Knapp's News 7/31/11
A number of items have caught George Knapp's attention this week, including an article about scientific claims of alien life (a microbe in a meteorite is pictured).

A number of items have caught George Knapp's attention this week, including an article about scientific claims of alien life (a microbe in a meteorite is pictured).
Dodo, a two-and-half-year-old male chimpanzee, has been trained to feed tiger cubs in a zoo in Thailand.
South Korean scientists have created a glow-in-the-dark dog using a cloning technique that may one day lead to cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
A long-running drought in Texas is causing changes for the 1.5 million bats who reside under a bridge in downtown Austin. They must now leave their colony earlier each night to search for scarcer food.
Carmen Boulter sent us several images, and links to three photo galleries, in tandem with her 7/27/11 appearance.
A number of items have recently caught George Knapp's attention, including articles on the FDA declaring that walnuts are drugs, human-animal hybrids, and a 1978 UFO sighting that netted some remarkable pictures ...
Chinese villagers feared a visitor from another world had landed in their village when they saw a malnourished monkey stealing cucumbers
The Terrafugia Transition, a 2-seater aircraft that converts into a car, has been approved by the US National Highway Safety Administration, and could possibly be in the air/on the roads by the end of next year.
George Knapp shares a number of items this week, including his I-Team video report on a possible serial killer in Northern Nevada.
A 200-ft diameter crop circle has turned up in a wheat field right next to the famous ancient monument, Stonehenge, prompting questions as to who is responsible.
Wilbur Allen shares this comparative analysis of several UFO sample images taken over the course of years 2002-2010.
As the invasive lionfish continues to ravage America's Gulf Coast, environmentalists have come up with a unique concept to combat their ever-growing presence: start eating them...
One of the most anomalous creatures on the planet, the pig-nosed turtle, is facing increased risks its native New Guinea.
Despite fears that inclement weather would scrap today's lift off, the space shuttle Atlantis successfully launched into orbit, beginning the final mission of NASA's 30 year shuttle program.
A massive dust storm enveloped Phoenix on Tuesday night, blanketing downtown and grounding flights.
At a market in Fujian Province, China, a man who bought a duck ended up returning it because he noticed it had three legs.
The first Sunday of every month, George Noory features emerging artists for some of the Bumper Music selections. On the 7/3/11 show, we heard from Joel Guenther, Alan Cherry, Jerry Fretto, The Lost Pines, Austin G. Smith, Sherry Marquelle, and Mick Valenti.
According to a rumor from the Kit Up! website, members of Seal Team 6 might have been wearing advanced "cat vision" contact lenses during their raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound.
A magician known as Dynamo stunned onlookers as he appeared to walk across the River Thames in a jaw-dropping publicity stunt for his new television show.