The Worst Addictions Start Early

June 27, 2003
Permissive parents, who feel their teens are old enough to make decisions for themselves, should know that at that stage of mental development, the part of the brain that tells them to experiment with drugs is much more advanced than... continued

Secret Code of the Incas

June 27, 2003
Steve Connor writes in the Independent (U.K.) newspaper that although the legendary Incas supposedly had no written language, they managed to create a huge empire which lasted from the second to the sixteenth centuries, with roads, granaries, warehouses and a... continued

Naked at the Airport

June 27, 2003
Is this the description of a nightmare? It will be reality soon, if a new kind of scanner starts being used. You'll step behind it, dressed normally, while X-rays bounce off you and produce a black-and-white image that reveals if... continued

The Government Hides Strange Secrets

June 27, 2003
On this week's Dreamland, Whitley interviews Nick Redfern, who has been researching the unknown for years (and his recent move from the U.K. to Texas hasn't slowed him down). He's noticed that the government suppresses anything strange or unusual, and... continued

Why This Book is Important

June 26, 2003
NASA Chief Engineer Paul Hill, author of Unconventional Flying Objects, was a distinguished, award winning engineer of the very highest caliber, who knew UFOs are real because he saw them himself. Instead of denying their existence or blaming them on... continued

King Arthur was?Italian?

June 25, 2003
According to author Mario Moiraghi, the legend of King Arthur, his sword Excalibur, and the knights of the Round Table originated in Italy, and not in England. Moiraghi says a sword embedded in a rock in an abbey in Tuscany... continued

Monogamy Can be Lethal

June 25, 2003
Amanda Onion writes in abcnews.com that monogamy may be good for a marriage, but in some animals, it's bad for the species. Researchers in Ghana have discovered that animals living on reserves, with access to fewer mates than they would... continued

Gas Tax

June 25, 2003
In New Zealand, farmers have to pay a "gas tax" based on the flatulence of their farm animals. Scientists say methane emitted by farm animals is responsible for more than half of New Zealand?s greenhouse gases. Last year, New Zealand... continued

Solar Flares Now Strike Without Warning

June 25, 2003
Robert Roy Britt writes in Space.com that the SOHO spacecraft, which warns us about large solar flares, has a stuck antenna which causes blackout periods, when it can't send home data. If a giant solar flare should occur?and there have... continued

Why Do Cannibals Do It?

June 25, 2003
It's not just humans who practice cannibalism: birds, certain flies, our close cousins the chimpanzees, and even bacteria eat their own kind. Intelligent species, like humans, may eat each other for psychological or religious reasons. Chimps seem to do it... continued