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Yeti DNA Matches No Known Creature

July 22, 2003
Explorers may have proven that a Yeti-like creature is living in Sumatra, because hairs and a footprint found there do not belong to any known species. They're searching for the Orang Pendek, also known as the Sumatran Yeti. According to... continued

Satellites Show Korea’s Making Bombs

July 22, 2003
Rob Edwards writes in New Scientist magazine that the U.S. can tell North Korea is extracting plutonium from nuclear power plant fuel rods and using it to make bombs, because satellites are detecting signs of the radioactive gas krypton-85 in... continued

Coral Almost Gone

July 22, 2003
Alex Kirby writes in bbcnews.com that Caribbean coral reefs have declined 80% in the last 30 years. All the coral seems to have been struck at about the same time. Some causes for the destruction are hurricanes and disease, overfishing... continued

How Long Can We Live?

July 22, 2003
Adam Tanner writes that scientists say we may eventually live to be hundreds of years old. "I think we are knocking at the door of immortality," says Michael Zey. "?What was science fiction a decade ago is no longer science... continued

Nessie in Vermont

July 22, 2003
Sam Hemingway writes in The Burlington (VT) Free Press that researchers have recorded underwater sounds from Champ, the Nessie of Lake Champlain, using sonar equipment. They're a rapid series of ticks similar to sounds made by whales or dolphins?only ten... continued

Iraqi Prisoners Beat Lie Detectors

July 22, 2003
Rowan Scarborough writes in The Washington Times that captured Saddam Hussein loyalists in Iraq are able to beat lie-detector tests. This is frustrating our attempts to find hidden weapons and to learn what happened to Navy Capt. Michael Speicher, who... continued

Photos of Sick Boy’s Guardian Angels

July 22, 2003
Michael Flannery writes in abcnews.com that 10-year-old Ryan Reynolds of Cincinnati, who recently died from a brain tumor, could see his guardian angels?and his mom took photos of them. "We had first thought that it was something to do with... continued

Married in Space

July 21, 2003
A Russian cosmonaut and an American woman are planning a long distance marriage on August 10th, because they can't find time to get married on the ground. Yekaterina Dmitriev, who lives in Richmond, Texas, plans to marry Russian Air Force... continued

Biblical Burning Bush Explained

July 21, 2003
Norwegian reporter Hanne Dankertsen writes that researchers have found the explanation for the burning bush, from which God spoke to Moses in the Bible. They went to the Sahara desert to study bushes that were setting themselves on fire. Smoke... continued

Superbugs Spread from Patients to Visitors

July 21, 2003
Will Boggs writes that not only do some hospital patients become infected with superbugs, their visitors can take the infection home with them. Antibiotic-resistant staph infections are now frequently found outside hospitals. Dr. David P. Calfee studied 172 personal contacts... continued