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Plea for a Missing Pilot
August 12, 2003On June 23rd, we posted a story about Benjamin Padilla, who piloted the Boeing 727 that vanished after taking off in Africa. The plane took off from Luanda Airport in Angola without permission and no one knows where it was... continued
What is al-Qaeda?
August 12, 2003In Anne's new Diary, she writes, "Very often we vilify a single person, who stands for everything we hate. We've certainly done this with Osama bin-Laden. While I don't think he's a good guy in any way, I've realized that... continued
Climate Change is Coming Fast, but We Can Fix It?Easily!
August 12, 2003In his new Journal, Whitley writes about the hows and whys of global warming and says, "?The world remains rudderless and leaderless regarding global warming. European leaders, relying on the untested and probably hopeless mandates reached under the Kyoto protocol,... continued
New Contact Meditation
August 12, 2003Click "Listen Now" on our masthead to join Whitley in a short meditation for extraterrestrial contact. By the end of August, Mars will be closer to Earth than it's been since prehistoric times, and when Mars is close to Earth,... continued
Message in a Bottle, Part 3
August 12, 2003If you want to make sure to get your message across, send it off in a bottle. We've written about a 60-year-old message from people escaping from the Nazis and a 20-year-old message from a dead son. Now a homeless... continued
When Earworms Invade
August 12, 2003Jessica Kovler writes in the August 12th New York Times that "There's nothing nicer than a tune playing in your head?until you can't turn it off." And when you get a song stuck in your brain, it always seems to... continued
An Expensive Side Effect
August 12, 2003Whenever we take a new drug, we're concerned about possible side effects. One of the most unusual side effects ever discovered has been found with high doses of drugs for Parkinson's disease?they caused people to become compulsive gamblers. Two patients... continued
The Alps are Collapsing
August 12, 2003Scientists think global warming will melt the Alps over the next twenty years, causing the mountains to collapse into piles of rubble. The mountain range is made up of rocks, with an icy crust of permafrost holding them together. This... continued
How to Handle a Grouchy Parrot
August 11, 2003Parrots live a long time and like most people, they get grouchier as they get older. Some pet owners can't take it anymore and dump their pets in the U.K.'s National Parrot Sanctuary, where "parrot whisperer" Steve Nichols bonds with... continued
Internet Worm Spreading Fast
August 11, 2003An Internet worm detected Monday is spreading around the world like wildfire. The worm has has been spreading rapidly across the Internet, according to the CERT Coordination Center, a government funded security watchdog group at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.... continued