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Saudis Paid Al-Qaeda Not to Attack
May 15, 2003The Saudi royal family paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to al-Qaeda and the Taliban in exchange for an agreement that they wouldn't attack targets in Saudi Arabia. This was clearly a waste of money. The tragedy is not only... continued
Why the Record Number of Tornadoes?
May 15, 2003Henry Willis, author of Earth's Future Climate, says, "The first two weeks of May this year saw the largest cluster of tornadoes in the Midwestern U.S. since record keeping began in 1950. In a ten day period of time, 384... continued
Betty Andreasson Star Language Decoded!
May 15, 2003What's going on behind the scenes in UFO research? We're beginning a searching new series of interviews with UFO researchers, some famous like Stanton Friedman, others less well known, but doing unique and important work in the field. Our first... continued
Time Slows Down for Ex-Smokers
May 13, 2003People who try quit smoking experience a slower sense of passing time, just when they wish it would go more quickly. This may be due to the effects of nicotine withdrawal on the brain. Researcher Laura Cousino Klein says, "The... continued
People Get Nicer as They Get Older
May 13, 2003Researchers have found that people get nicer as they get older. This contradicts earlier studies showing that people's personalities don't change after around age 30, due to genetic programming. Scientists studied 132,000 people between the ages of 21 and 60.... continued
North Pole on the Move
May 13, 2003The magnetic North Pole is leaving Canada and will eventually wind up in Russia. Larry Newitt, of the Geological Survey of Canada, says, "Although it has been moving north or northwest for a hundred years, it is not going to... continued
Record Number of Tornadoes Tied to Global Warming
May 13, 2003There have already been a record-breaking number of tornadoes in the U.S.?almost 400?and the tornado season isn't over until July. The last record was 188 in 1999. ''It's the longest stretch of outbreaks that I can recall,'' says meteorologist Dan... continued
New Uses for Viagra
May 13, 2003Viagra is good for treating pulmonary hypertension, an often deadly form of high blood pressure that affects the lungs. This isn't as strange as it sounds, since Viagra was originally created to treat the chest pain of angina by opening... continued
Attend an Inflatable Church
May 13, 2003A company in the U.K. has produced the world's first inflatable church. You could blow it up and use it as a temporary place to have a wedding. It could also be handy for congregations that can't afford a church... continued
Neanderthals Aren’t Us
May 13, 2003There's a long-running controversy among scientists about whether or not early humans interbred with Neanderthals,and if they didn't, why not? Now DNA has answered the first question by revealing that modern humans show evidence of Cro-Magnon ancestry, but there's no... continued