A Scientist Weighs the Soul

July 6, 2003
Dr. Duncan MacDougall believed that if there's a soul that exists separately from our brains and bodies, then it has to take up physical space and have weight, and this can be measured. The way to find out is to... continued

Doomsday Weather in June

July 6, 2003
In a startling announcement, the World Meteorological Organization says the world's weather is going crazy. The WMO usually produces dry, detailed scientific reports, but this time it's sounded an alarm because of the record extremes in weather that have been... continued

Hermaphrodite Created in a Test Tube

July 4, 2003
On July 1st, we report that an aborted fetus can now become a mother. Martin Hutchinson writes in bbcnews.com that the bizarre experiments haven't stopped: a U.S. scientists has created a hermaphrodite embryo that is both male and female. Dr.... continued

CA Crop Circle Adds to Scientific Mystery, by Leslie Kean

July 4, 2003
Last summer crop circles were in the news with the release of the movie "Signs." This time around, the Bay Area has been graced with the real thing. The recent design found in a Rockville wheat field in Solano County... continued

Osama Caught?and Let Go?in Iran

July 4, 2003
Italian intelligence says Osama bin-Laden and his son Saad have been traveling to Iran from Afghanistan regularly for meetings with al-Qaeda members there. They use Iranian passports and identify themselves as businessmen. When they were recently spotted in Tehran a... continued

Mass Hacker Attack Due Sunday

July 4, 2003
Watch out: The Department of Homeland Security and private technology experts are warning us that hackers plan to attack thousands of websites on Sunday in a coordinated "contest" that could disrupt traffic on the internet. Their goal is to vandalize... continued

Special Dreamland Report on Brazilian Bedsheet Abduction

July 3, 2003
Brazil's MUFON Director A.J. Gevaerd claims that the controversial Brazilian bedsheet abduction of Urandir Oliviera is a hoax and says Olivera is the leader of a large cult. On unknowncountry, we have reported on the many clashing points of view... continued

Safe Cigarettes Could Have Been Made Years Ago

July 2, 2003
A company is developing "safe" cigarettes that reduce the risk of emphysema, using research done by the big tobacco companies. Why didn't these companies use their own research to make cigarettes safer? They were afraid it would be seen as... continued

Saturated Fat Good, Margarine Bad

July 2, 2003
We've written before about researchers who think that margarine may cause childhood asthma. Now they say that children who regularly drink whole milk are less likely to develop this condition. People are having success losing weight and lowering their cholesterol... continued

Was the Rendlesham UFO a Hoax?

July 2, 2003
First, the Rendlesham case was dismissed as misidentification of a lighthouse. UFO investigators proved conclusively that this could not have been the source of the lights seen that night in the English countryside. Now Kevin Conde, a former Air Force... continued