Friday December 3, 2004
'We will be able to live to 1,000'
Geneticist Aubrey de Grey believes life expectancy will soon extend dramatically.
--BBC News
Microbes on Mars pose risk to Earth
Bacteria from Mars could contaminate the Earth with unpredictable effects.
--Evening Standard
Imperishable body mesmerizes medics
Buddhist lama's skin, hair and nails have not aged since his death.
--Pravda.Ru
Headless bodies found at mysterious pyramid
Mexican site may have had gory sacrifices.
--Reuters
DNA 'Velcro' binds nanoparticles
Development could lead to the production of 'self-constructing' materials.
--New Scientist
Thursday December 2, 2004
Emissions double heatwave risk
Study suggests a link between greenhouse gas emissions and actual harm.
--BBC News
Did Our Sun Capture Alien Worlds?
Computer simulations show a close encounter with a passing star about 4 billion years ago.
--Space Daily
More Robot Grunts Ready for Duty
At an Army tech conference, companies show off new machines that do the work of flesh-and-blood soldiers.
--Wired News
UFOs in the UK
Nick Redfern shares old cases and new data.
--Phenomena Magazine
Photo: Six Fingered Hand
Man had sixth digit surgically removed.
--Associated Press
Wednesday December 1, 2004 PR Meets Psy-Ops in War on Terror
The use of misleading information as a military tool sparks debate in the Pentagon.
--LA Times (requires registration)
Knights Templar seek papal apology
700th anniversary of the group's persecution is approaching.
--Independent U.K.
Planetary Parks Proposed For Mars Conservation
Each of the parks would contain representative features of the landscape on Mars.
--Technovelgy.com
Hybrids vs. Hydrogen: Which Future Is Brighter?
Scientists argue hybrids make more sense.
--ABC News
Under All That Ice, Maybe Oil
The ice-cloaked Arctic Ocean was once apparently a warm, biologically brewing basin.
--New York Times (requires registration)
Tuesday November 30, 2004 Brain imaging could spot liars
Tests reveals patches in the brain that light up during a lie.
--Nature
Maverick theory on Earth's core up for a test
Controversial view sees vast uranium field that serves as natural reactor.
--San Francisco Chronicle
Dumbing Down a Smartwatch
RFID-enabled watch system is being designed with privacy rights in mind.
--Wired News
Anti-Gravity Devices Near
'Lifters' may change the world as we know it.
--Unknown Country
Lab zaps strokes with magnetic pulses
Scientists hope experimental techniques may offer new tools.
--Associated Press
Monday November 29, 2004 President's Plea: Find Nessie
Clinton's secret psychic spies ordered to contact monster.
--Sunday Mail
A Robot for the Masses
Meet Robosapien, the $99 humanoid that belches, dances and possibly picks up your socks.
--New York Times (requires registration)
'Suicide tree' toxin is 'perfect' murder weapon
Plant is a common means of suicide across India.
--New Scientist
Alien Implants
Dr. Roger Leir discusses his latest findings with Tracie Austin-Peters.
--Phenomena Magazine
The safety of objects
Amulets popular with people who fear bad luck or possible disaster.
--Express-Times
Sunday November 28, 2004 Largest Quake Since Oct. Hits St. Helens
A 3.1-magnitude earthquake shook Mount St. Helens on Saturday.
--Associated Press
Rough Reception for DNA Law
Privacy advocates fight against creation of criminal DNA database.
--Wired News
NASA Plans Trip to Moon
Agency hopes to have permanent manned base between 2015 and 2020.
--Earthtimes.org
Energy Efforts Close to Starting
State program will help fund solar, wind farm projects.
--Las Vegas Review-Journal
Blog: Consensual Monitoring
RFID might be quite useful for tracking those who
want to be tracked.
--Stapleton-gray.com
Saturday November 27, 2004
Moon gas may solve Earth's energy crisis
"The moon contains 10 times more energy... than all the fossil fuels on the earth."
--ABC News Online
Chocolate Factory Makes Edible Room
Walls, decorations made entirely of chocolate (with slideshow).
--News Channel 10
Magnetic field benefits bacteria
Weak magnetism shown to affect chemical reaction inside cells.
--Nature
Getting the Intergalactic Message Across
What happens if the next signal turns out to be the real thing?
--Daily Breeze
Flu Pandemic Inevitable
Expert says, "No country will be spared once it becomes a pandemic."
--Reuters
Friday November 26, 2004
'Grail' Mystery Unveiled
Exerpt says Shepherd's Monument inscription is not about the 'Holy Grail.'
--Sky News
Flying Triangle Encounter Near India China Border
Girl reports seeing large, silent triangular craft moving quickly through the sky.
--IndiaDaily
Bison Shed Light on Big Wipeout
New evidence suggests climate change, not hunting, caused extinctions.
--BBC News
Leukemia Hope in Cord Stem Cells
Thousands of adults with no marrow donors could benefit.
--Betterhumans
Artificial Gravity: A New Spin on an Old Idea
Short radius centrifuge could help condition astronauts in space.
--Space.com
Thursday November 25, 2004
Yushchenko's acne points to dioxin poisoning
But experts challenge diagnosis that relies on snapshots of politician.
--Nature
Cassini captures Tethys in all her glory
Saturn's lonely-looking moon is photographed hanging in space.
--New Scientist
Dive! Dive! Dive!
Milestones on the voyage to the bottom of the sea.
--Wired Magazine
In Texas, bright lights, small city
Mysterious lights in the desert have baffled scientists—and delighted tourists—for more than a century.
--Washington Post
Meteorite 'photographed' hitting Earth
Amateur photographer captured image in Australia's Northern Territory (includes photo).
--AAP
Wednesday November 24, 2004
Flying Triangles
Are they alien technology or a new military propulsion system?
--Phenomena Magazine
Smallest 'test tube' scoops world record
Researchers believe process could be used the create quantum computers.
--New Scientist
'Ghost Car' Causing a Stir
Car roared to life and "jumped" backwards by itself.
--News24
Strange, Powerful Storms in US
A brief recap of the unusual weather occuring around the country.
--Unknown Country
New Studies Support New Nukes
Study shows nuclear power can be a competitive source of energy production.
--Energy User News
Tuesday November 23, 2004
Dolphins protect swimmers from shark
Pod circled them to fend off 9-foot great white shark.
--Reuters
Britain's biggest dinosaur found
The reptile was probably over 65 feet long and could have weighed as much as 55 tons.
--BBC News
As volcano swells, so does worry
Scientists think reservoir inside the volcano is probably filling with magma.
--The Honolulu Advertiser
Computers confront the art experts
Automated method seems to spot forgeries as well as a connoisseur does.
--Nature
ESA mission captures photos of earth and moon
View spectacular portrait of earth and moon taken during eclipse.
--AFP
Monday November 22, 2004
Unthinkable?
An nuclear attack on a U.S. city by terrorists is an even bet within a decade some experts say.
--San Francisco Chronicle
Mack, the life
In snubbing professor John Mack's memorial, 'official Harvard' testifies to the power of his brilliant. unconventionality.
--Boston Phoenix
Woman says 'skunk ape' stood up beside highway
Witness described the creature as 6 to 8 feet tall and covered with hair about 2 inches long.
--Orlando Sentinel
You gotta have faith building a UFO in China
Countryside inventor has a lifelong dream.
--Baltimore Sun
Does this animal really exist?
Photo of 'Diplocaulus' that lived some 270 million years ago is making the rounds on the Internet.
--Malta Times
Sunday November 21, 2004
Photo: Swarm of Locusts in Israel
Arriving from Egypt, the insects devoured lawns and palm trees in the town of Eilat.
--Associated Press
NASA Launches Black Hole Hunter
Swift spacecraft will hunt for gamma ray bursts.
--Associated Press
Tax drivers per mile? California considers
"Black box" would be attached to cars.
--Reuters
House Passes Private Spaceflight Bill
Bill would establish regulations for emerging sub-orbital human spaceflight industry.
--Space.com
Of mice, men and in-between
Scientists debate blending of human, animal forms.
--Washington Post
Saturday, November 20, 2004
UK timekeepers get very precise
New "clockwork" technology promises billion-year accuracy.
--BBC News
Astronomer Predicts Alien Contact By 2025
A lot of people are skeptical about aliens, but qualified astronomers think otherwise.
--Wireless Flash
Nanotech golf ball corrects its own flight
Straight-shooting ball aimed at the sports market.
--CNET News
Following in Pioneer's footsteps
Calls grow for a mission to find out why old space probes are slowing down.
--Nature
U.N. Deadlocks on Cloning Ban
The U.N. abandons efforts to ban all cloning.
--Wired News
Friday, November 19, 2004
'Original' great ape discovered
Scientists have unearthed remains of a primate that could have been ancestral to humans and apes.
--BBC News
Sunspot activity impacts on crop success
Mysterious sunspot cycle said to have a measurable affect on the price of US wheat in the 20th century.
--New Scientist
Major Conference On Crashed UFOs
Nick Redfern reports on the Las Vegas gathering.
--Phenomena Magazine
San Antonio Chupacabra
Blue-grayish animal with little hair, a long tail, and fangs found (with video).
--WOAI.com
Thursday, November 18, 2004 Scientist: Man in Americas earlier than thought
Archaeologists put humans in North America 50,000 years ago.
--CNN
Russia Developing New Nuclear Missile
System is said to be one that none of the other nuclear powers have.
--Associated Press
The Final Capitalist Frontier
The solar system could be mined for its abundant natural resources.
--Wired News
Shape-shifting robot shows off its moves
Individual modules enable it to switch between different modes of locomotion.
--New Scientist
Atlantis 'just a volcano'
German physicist says he has identified underwater location off Cyprus as 100,000 year-old volcanoes that spewed mud.
--The Australian
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 Experimental NASA jet reaches Mach 10
Final test of X-45A appears to go as planned.
--CNN
Ectoplasm ain't what it used to be
Paris was once a world capital of spiritualism.
--Independent U.K.
Massive "Raygun" Fires Up In Megawatt Test
Laser weapon is 'suitable for use' in an airborne environment.
--Space Daily
Filer’s Files #47
UFO activity around the world documented.
--Paranormal News
Flash Animation: 'Bugging You'
Enjoy this insect serenade.
--SmilePop.com
'Virgin Mary' sandwich for sale on eBay
Florida woman says a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich bears the image of the Virgin Mary.
--AFP View eBay listing
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 2nd Black Hole Found in Milky Way's Center
The discovery also adds weight to the idea that black holes come in three sizes.
--Space.com
Dark Side of the Band
Short-range transmitters are beaming strange radio messages across the planet.
--Wired News
Cyborg geologist explores Spain
Part human, part machine tests kit for planetary missions.
--Nature
Shock waves tear food bugs apart
Method could be used instead of pasteurization to sterilize dairy products and fruit juice.
--New Scientist
Who do you think you are?
Criminal gangs may be applying for jobs which give them access to confidential customer data.
--BBC News
Monday, November 15, 2004 Ex-CIA Agent Warns of Attack
Sixty Minutes video report.
--CBSNews.com
Noon turns to night as cloud blacks out sun
Freak cloud formation blanketed Chinese city.
--China Daily
Our Own Loch Ness Monster?
Woman's sighting of ape-like green swamp creature studied by cryptozoologists.
--Lakeland Ledger
Himalaya glaciers melt unnoticed
Swelling glacial lakes would increase the risk of catastrophic flooding.
--BBC News
Honeybees Defy Dino-killing 'Nuclear Winter'
Somehow the tropical honeybee survived the end-Cretaceous extinction event.
--Science Daily
Sunday, November 14, 2004 Chupacabra Discoverers United
Witnesses compare sightings (with video).
--WOAI
Nasa wonder plane cleared for take-off
Air-breathing scramjet due to make historic Mach 10 flight on Monday.
--Sunday Herald
Tests may end Tutankhamen mystery
Egypt plans to X-ray Tutankhamen's mummy to find out what killed him.
--Reuters
Cyprus 'just the tip of Atlantis'
Man-made structures found submerged in the sea between Cyprus and Syria.
--ABC Online
Georgia Town Remembers 'Hogzilla'
Festival celebrates the legend of Hogzilla, a 12-ft-long wild pig (with photos).
--Associated Press
Saturday, November 13, 2004
Probe arrives at Moon's gateway
European spacecraft Smart is set to enter into orbit around the Moon on Monday.
--BBC News
Mars Gullies Likely Formed By Aquifers
Underground pockets of water could act as habitat for Martian microbes.
--Space.com
Who you gonna call?
Ghost trackers investigate sightings at Shoestring Theater.
--Daytona Beach News-Journal
Airlines Ordered to Expose Data
Government demands passenger data to test a new passenger screening system.
--Wired News
Animal life in the Arctic threatened
Rising temperatures in the Arctic will change region's biodiversity.
--AFP
Friday, November 12, 2004
Earthquake shakes Mount Rainier
Scientists said the quake was not related to recent rumblings at Mount St. Helens.
--Associated Press
Humans may get different forms of BSE
But some people may have a genetic make-up that protects them against the disease.
--New Scientist
Pieces from UFO Crash Site Analyzed
Thin metal objects allegedly came from the Plains of St. Agustin, New Mexico.
--Earthfiles
Mars moon emerges from the dark
Mars Express spacecraft has taken its most detailed image yet of Phobos.
--BBC News
Photo: Missouri's Green Ribbon Sky
Unusual auroral activity recorded on November 7th.
--Astronomy Picture of the Day
Thursday, November 11, 2004 Chemtrails: A Fortean View
A new look at a mystery of the skies by Colin Bennett.
--Phenomena Magazine
Mining the Moon, the Gateway to Mars
Lunar surface is being viewed as a nearby, problem solving place for testing and honing automated machinery.
--Space.com
Moving brain implant seeks out signals
Device may meet the needs of people with paralysis.
--New Scientist
Grim Signs Mark Global Warming
Reports released this week offer evidence of climate change's impact.
--Wired News
Mind control: The Zombie Effect
Methods of latent impact on the human psyche are no longer secret.
--Pravda.Ru
