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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

You Too Can be a Savant

June 25, 2003
In the June 22nd Sunday New York Times, Lawrence Osborne writes about Australian researcher Allan Snyder, who has developed the Medtronic Mag Pro. When you wear it on your head, it turns you into a savant. Scientists have always been... continued

Paganism is on the Rise

June 25, 2003
The soaring numbers of new pagans may have been influenced by TV shows and films like "Harry Potter," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch." There has been record attendance at rites held near Stonehenge in the U.K.... continued

Visions of the Amazing and the Miraculous

June 25, 2003
Eric Convey writes in the Boston Herald that Milton Hospital in Massachusetts seems to be the site of a miracle. First, one of the building's windows showed what looked like a clear image of the Virgin Mary. Now, there seem... continued

Pilot of Missing Jet Disappeared Too

June 23, 2003
Pierre Thomas writes in abcnews.com that Benjamin Padilla, who piloted the Boeing 727 that vanished after taking off in Africa, has disappeared as well. "I am concerned that he might have been hijacked," says Padilla's brother, Joseph. The plane took... continued

Did We Finally Get Him?

June 23, 2003
The U.S. has captured 32 of the 55 Iraqis in our "deck of cards." Now Jason Burke writes in the U.K. Observer newspaper that we may have caught the Ace of Spades?Saddam himself. Scientists are carrying out DNA tests on... continued

Mob Projects

June 23, 2003
Michelle Delio writes in wired.com about something new on the internet: Mob Projects, where a group of people agree by e-mail to suddenly turn up together to play a practical joke. Recently, 200 people went to Macy's department store in... continued

Proof of Exodus?or Not?

June 23, 2003
Peter and Mark Elmer have figured out the route Moses took to lead the Jews out of Egypt 3,000 years ago. Neither of them are trained archeologists?Peter is a mechanic in the U.K. and Mark makes surgical appliances there. There's... continued

Mercury in Autism May Come from Mother’s Teeth

June 23, 2003
Autism is increasing at an alarming rate in the U.S. and in Europe. Mercury preservative in vaccinations (which is no longer used) has been blamed, but then why don't all children develop this problem? Now researchers think that children who... continued