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Revolt Spreads in Brazil as Turkish Crisis Continues

Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Mass demonstrations are sweeping Brazil as the Turkish prime minister appears ready to call in the army to bring a violent end to protests in that country. The Arab Spring began in the wheat fields of Russia and the Ukraine in 2008, when both countries embargoed exports due to extreme drought conditions and plummeting crop yields. Across the...
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Where the Fattest Americans Are

Tuesday, June 18, 2013
What region in the US is the fattest? We used to assume it was the South, but Southern researchers dispute that--they say it's the Midwest.
Statistician George Howard says, "The obesity epidemic is overwhelming the US, and there's this strong perception that Mississippi and Alabama are number one and number two in obesity--fighting for...
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Massive Worldwide Bee Decline Continues as Pesticide Companies Ramp Up the PR

Monday, June 17, 2013
On May 13 Unknowncountry.com reported that bee colonies in the United States have been devastated, and now similar devastation is being reported from the United Kingdom. If colonies continue to collapse at this rate, many primary food sources are going to become scarce due to...
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UFO Flashes Past in News Report

Monday, June 17, 2013
A UFO flashes past at 5:58 in this edition of the Keiser Report, an economics program on the English Language RT network. The program was being taped in London on June 13. Nobody involved appears to have been aware of the object, which moved past the window at a speed that seems far higher than would be the case with a bird. It is too...
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Uknowncountry Weekender: Life Experiences are Passed Down in Our Genes

Friday, June 14, 2013
A startling new study has answered a huge question: do our life experiences enter our genetic code? The incredible answer is, 'yes.' Your likes, dislikes and prejudices--you may think they originated with your own life experiences, but most of them came from your ancestors, via your GENES. Life experiences not only affect your genes, your mother's...
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New Study Warns of Pacific Northwest Megaquake

Thursday, June 13, 2013
A study published yesterday by the School of Environment and Sustainability at Royal Roads University in Canada suggests that conditions in the Pacific Northwest are ripe for another megaquake on the order of the one that struck the region 313 years ago and swamped most of the area with tsunamis and devastating quakes. The area in question...
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Pole Shift May Happen Sooner than Expected

Wednesday, June 12, 2013
In 2011, scientists announced that the magnetic north pole was moving much faster than expected, changing position at a rate of 40 miles per year, and now recent measurements suggests that the movement may be accelerating. Magnetic pole shifts happen on average every 300,000 years. The last one took place 780,000 years ago, so the next one is long...
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Storm Leaves Midwest without much Damage

Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The storm system that developed yesterday over the midwest did not result in much damage. It has now moved east and will build again today, and there remains the possibility of tornadoes and damaging winds, including the high speed straight-line wind known as a derecho, which can move up to 80 miles and hour.

Weather conditions...
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Possible New Pyramids Discovered in Egypt

Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Satellite archaeology researcher Angela Micol has located what could be a very ancient pyramid complex in southern Egypt. The complex could also be the remains of a fortified settlement built in later times, during the Ptolemaic period. From above, though, the structures appear to be far...
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