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Underarm Sweat Turns Women On
June 6, 2003New research shows that the smell of male armpit sweat calms women down. Sniffing a lot of it can alter women's menstrual cycles, so this discovery could be the start of a line of perspiration-derived contraceptives or fertility drugs. "The... continued
GM Creeping into U.S. Wheat
June 6, 2003Traces of genetically modified grains are turning up in U.S. wheat, despite the fact that the sale of GM wheat has not been approved here yet. GM soybeans and corn, the two most widely grown genetically modified crops in the... continued
Pollution Protects Us from Global Warming
June 6, 2003The smoke in the atmosphere is protecting the Earth from the effects of global warming. This means that as we send out less pollution in the future, we may find that global warming is two or even three times more... continued
Crop Circles in Louisiana
June 5, 2003Andrew Griffin writes in thetowntalk.com that crop circles have appeared in Shreveport, LA. Local resident Cliff Brown saw one in a weed-filled lot behind a shopping center. "The (crop circle) is in a field of weeds and Johnson grass behind... continued
As Mars Gets Closer, UFO Sightings Increase
June 5, 2003George Filer of Filer's Files reports in his June 4 issue that there has been an increase of UFO sightings in the U.S., especially of saucer and cylindrical-shaped objects in the sky. This fulfills a prediction Whitley Strieber made six... continued
Hellish Heat Wave in India
June 5, 2003More than 1,000 people have died in the Andhra Pradesh area of India in a 3 week heat wave. Hundreds more have been hospitalized. The town of Kottagudem recorded a temperature of over 126 Fahrenheit for almost a week. "Life... continued
Counting Critters
June 5, 2003It's been discovered that salamanders can count and dogs can do calculus. When salamanders have a choice between tubes containing two fruit flies or three, they always go for the tube of three. And dogs always figure out the most... continued
Al-Qaeda Planning Nuclear Attacks
June 4, 2003A new CIA report says al-Qaeda is getting ready to use chemical, biological and nuclear weapons "to cause mass casualties." However, the report says, "most attacks?will probably will be small-scale, incorporating relatively crude delivery means and easily produced or obtained... continued
New Tape Lets You Move Like Spiderman
June 4, 2003Scientists have studied geckos, the lizards that like to walk on the ceiling, and have created a sticky tape that will allow humans to do the same thing. Each gecko toe is covered by billions of tiny hair-like structures which... continued
How to Stop a Hurricane
June 4, 2003Meteorologists are trying come up with ways to calm down hurricanes. One method would be to blast them with a nuclear weapon. "The answer to that is a hurricane is bad enough without making it radioactive," says Hugh Willoughby, of... continued