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Why Are Our Soldiers Getting Sick in Iraq?

August 10, 2003
Joyce Riley VonKleist, of the American Gulf War Veterans Association, writes that nearly half of the 697,000 Gulf War I Veterans are ill and have received no adequate diagnosis or treatment. Whenever veterans become ill, the term "mystery illness" seems... continued

What’s in That Tattoo Ink?

August 10, 2003
People who get tattoos may be putting poisonous chemicals into their skin because they don't know what ingredients are in the dyes. But tattoos and body piercing will soon be passe anyway?the newest fad will be creating new body parts... continued

Alligators Get West Nile?and Pass it on to Us

August 10, 2003
Florida residents have to watch out for mosquitoes, since they carry the West Nile Virus. Now it turns out that alligators carry it too. Researchers have found that the levels of West Nile in alligators is 4 times as high... continued

Ancient Art Appears Like Magic

August 10, 2003
Prehistoric art in Australia that is invisible to the naked eye is being discovered by digital cameras and image-enhancing computers. Archeologists take pictures of blank walls and enhance them, and ancient images magically appear. Archeologist Bruno David says, "Sometimes you... continued

Moms Near 9/11 had Smaller Babies

August 10, 2003
The smoke and toxic dust from the destruction of the World Trade Center on 911 affected pregnant women living nearby, causing them to have smaller babies, which tend to have more health and developmental problems. A new report says the... continued

UFO Books on Sale This Week!

August 8, 2003
Check out the Great Sales! section of our store for these special books about UFOs?all marked down from their original prices (which were discounted to start with). Some of them are no longer available from publishers, so there are only... continued

Is Cold Atlantic Sign of Climate Change?

August 7, 2003
The long hot summer, along with recent droughts, makes some scientists think global warming may be here with a vengeance. But the real sign of climate change will be when Europe gets colder, because the ocean current that warms it... continued

UFO May Have Made Canadian Crop Circles

August 7, 2003
Crop circles have appeared in a wheat field in Ontario, Canada shortly after a UFO was spotted in the sky nearby. Farmer Erv Willert found the circles this week while combining his wheat. "I've never seen anything like it," he... continued

Macchu Picchu was King’s Country House

August 7, 2003
Archeologists have a new interpretation of Macchu Picchu, known as the magical "lost city" of the Incas. To get their new evidence, they didn't have to travel to Peru?they simply dug for artifacts in the basement of the Peabody Museum... continued

Cosmic Dust Storm is Coming

August 7, 2003
We're at the beginning of a ten-year-long cosmic dust storm and we don't know what the consequences will be. The Sun's magnetic poles have flipped, as they do periodically, so now some of the dust that floats around in our... continued