Monday Aug. 3, 2009 to Wednesday Sep. 2, 2009

War Games 02-Sep-2009 The military often uses special "games" to play out scenarios about whether or not it would be wise to undertake a certain military exercise (but do they pay attention to the results? That's another topic!) It turns out that this is one of the things that has been done with regard to whether or not Iran will use its nuclear capacity to build a nuclear bomb. Full Story

Placebos Working Better Than Ever 02-Sep-2009 But why? - Nobody can figure out why, but placebos are working better than ever. Are people more gullible than they used to be? Full Story

Subscriber Chat GOING ON NOW 02-Sep-2009 Join us! - Anne and Whitley Strieber are back from Texas and ready to chat on Wednesday! One of the things they want to talk about is what YOU want to hear at the Joshua Tree conference in October, so be ready with your suggestions and ideas. If you're not a subscriber and want to join in NEXT Wednesday, subscribe today! Full Story

Some Moon Rocks are Fake 01-Sep-2009 It's like a bad dream: A piece of moon rock given to the Dutch Rijksmuseum in 1969 by the three Apollo astronauts has been revealed to be fossilized wood. This is certainly fuel for conspiracy theories! Full Story

If it's HOT Where You Are 01-Sep-2009 Here's why - What's going on with the weather? More extremely hot summer days are projected for every part of the country. While the data show indisputable warming over the past several decades, cooler-than-average temperatures across the Midwest and Northeast this summer 2009 make it is easy to lose sight of this long-term trend. According to the most recent science on heat waves, this respite is temporary. Think there's no such thing as climate change? We're afraid that's just a dream. And alas, it's time to wake up. Full Story

Fake Trees are Fine 31-Aug-2009 For some things - Living trees are a vital part of the earth but fake ones can be important too. Engineers want to plant a forest of 100,000 "artificial trees" within the next 10 to 20 years to help soak up the world's greenhouse gases by capturing the CO2 from the air through a filter. The greenhouse gas would then be removed from the filter and stored. Full Story

Smell Study 31-Aug-2009 Is smell influenced by our culture or are genes? As part of a year-long recreation of Darwin's epic voyage on the HMS Beagle, olfactory scientist Sanne Boesveldt will explore how people respond to smell at each of the ship's ports of call. Full Story

Surprising Hangover Cure 31-Aug-2009 News Year's isn't the only time you're likely to drink too much. There are lots of clever hangover cures, most of which don't work. But here's a new one: asparagus. Full Story

Anne's Diary: Two Birthdays 28-Aug-2009 In Anne's new diary, she writes: "We were recently in Texas for Whitley's uncle's 90th birthday party. My birthday came around while we were there, and MY celebration was MUCH MORE staid than his!" You can come meet Anne in person in October (she promises to keep her clothes on). Full Story

Nessie Spotted on Google Earth 28-Aug-2009 No, we're not dreaming! Jason Cooke was surfing through Google Earth when he decided to look at a satellite photo of Loch Ness in Scotland, and spotted an image which may be the Loch Ness monster. Full Story

Why Do We Sleep? 28-Aug-2009 In order to dream, we first have to sleep. Humans spend about one-third of their lives asleep, but sleep researchers still don't know why we do it. Full Story

Trees on the Move 27-Aug-2009 Birds are doing it, now trees are too. Full Story

Why Don't We Act on Global Warming? 27-Aug-2009 While most Americans think climate change is an important issue, they don't see it as an immediate threat (even though it's affecting people's lives RIGHT NOW in many places) so getting people to "go green" requires policymakers, scientists and marketers to look at our psychological barriers to change. What will lead people to take the action that is needed? Full Story

Recreating Dinosaurs 27-Aug-2009 After years spent hunting for prehistoric fossils, a paleontologist now plans to manipulate the DNA in chicken embryos to create a flying dinosaur. Full Story

Do We Read Each Other Right? 26-Aug-2009 Speaking different languages is hard enough, but interpreting facial expressions differently only adds to the confusion when people from different places try to communicate! When Asians migrate to US and open small businesses, there is sometimes a lot of misunderstanding, because smiling at strangers is considered rude in many Asian countries, while Americans can be put off by what they perceive as coldness. This is just another example of the fact that different cultures read facial expressions differently. Full Story

Only a Matter of Time 26-Aug-2009 The methane frozen in the ocean floor is a global warming time bomb. There may have been small leaks before, but now scientists say melting Arctic glaciers are releasing huge amounts of this potent gas into the atmosphere. Full Story

No Subscriber Chat Tonight 26-Aug-2009 Anne and Whitley Strieber will not be able to chat on Wednesday, August 26, because they will be flying home from Texas, where they attended an uncle's 90th birthday party, and (among other things) went skinny dipping(!) Anne promises to write a diary about it next week! Remember, you can meet the Striebers IN PERSON in October. They will be chatting again on Wednesday, Sept. 2 so JOIN US: Subscribe today! Full Story

Far Far Away 25-Aug-2009 The Kepler Space Telescope, which was launched into space 5 months ago, is designed to take direct images of planets outside of our solar system. It has stunned and delighted astronomers with a picture of a planet a thousand light years away, the first every direct photo of light from a planet not in our solar system. This system definitely holds promise for detecting planets that harbor life. Full Story

Are We Next? 25-Aug-2009 Whole "chunks of life" are lost in extinction events, all at the same time. If related species are threatened, you may be too (since primates are endangered, what does that say about humans?) Full Story

It Can Make You Sick 25-Aug-2009 Stress can make you fat and fat can make you sick. Full Story

ANOTHER Fossil Fuel Danger 24-Aug-2009 We know the climate will be healthier if we switch from gasoline to biofuel, solar fuel and wind power. It turns out that PEOPLE will be healthier too. Full Story

No More Need to Spray? 24-Aug-2009 Or create GM crops! - Pesticides are dangerous, so let's use everyday herbs and spices instead! Full Story

The Gap 24-Aug-2009 Educators want to know why so many black students underachieve in school. It could be partly due to their mothers' exposure to urban air pollutants. Full Story

Roaches Will Survive 21-Aug-2009 Once we learned that they can survive a nuclear war (while we won't). Now it turns out they're impervious to global warming as well. I guess we have to accept the fact that they will always be around (even if we are not). Full Story

Where Did White People Come From? 21-Aug-2009 Despite the fact that we've elected a black president, race is still a problem in the US. We know that humans originated in Africa, so why did some people's skin turn white, anyway? Full Story

Moving Causes Cancer 21-Aug-2009 In Latinos, anyway - Hispanics who move to the US have higher rates of cancer than their relatives who stay home. This may be due to under reporting in their home countries, but it's something that is concerning researchers who are searching desperately for some of the causes of this dreaded disease. Full Story

Strong Storms Hit US as Bill Becomes 'Extremely Dangerous' 20-Aug-2009 Don't say we didn't warn you: Powerful storms crossed the central and northeastern US as Hurricane Bill became an 'extremely dangerous' storm in the South Atlantic. So far this year, the US tornado season has been relatively mild, but it threatened to increase in intensity today as powerful storms struck from Colorado to New York.New York's Central Park lost over a hundred trees to 80 MPH winds, one of the strongest storms to strike the park in years. Meanwhile, Hurricane Bill increased in strength to a Category 4 storm and was expected to strengthen further as it continues to move north and west toward the US East Coast. Full Story

Cave Underneath Giza Pyramid 20-Aug-2009 A huge system of caves, chambers and tunnels is hidden beneath the Pyramids of Giza, which could reveal the lost secrets of the pharaohs. Full Story

Soapy Dolphins 20-Aug-2009 Dolphins are dying from lots of different causes, and one of the strangest of these is soap. Full Story

Subscriber Chat GOING ON NOW 19-Aug-2009 From 7 to 8 pm Pacific - Anne and Whitley Strieber are looking forward to chatting again tonight. It's a great way to make new friends and you can join us if you in our wonderful journeys of the mind and spirit if you subscribe today (and this week's subscriber interview with Andrew Collins is VERY SPECIAL)! Full Story

Hypocrisy 19-Aug-2009 In the very place where it shouldn't be - Politicians aren't the only preachers who have been caught being hypocrites: The Catholic Church has had some recent embarrassments as well. Our only consolation is that change is possible. Full Story

Neanderthal Taste Test 19-Aug-2009 Some people like broccoli and some people don't, and those who do may be related to Neanderthals! This is even more likely if you're a redhead. Full Story

Will Gov. Health Insurance Kill the Elderly? 18-Aug-2009 Dannion Brinkley, the world's most famous near death survivor (who strongly supports hospice work) once made the statement that, "In the United States we torture our old people to death" (subscribers can still listen to this extraordinary Dreamland show). This means the cost savings from rationing health care may come from "procedures" that are currently provided at the end of life, which are neither wanted nor useful, but provided out of habit, as a result of financial incentives, or through our failure to accept that death is a natural end to life. Full Story

More Hurricanes Coming 18-Aug-2009 Here's why - Hurricanes in the Atlantic are now more frequent than at any time in the last thousand years. The frequency of intense hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean over the last 1,500 years has been closely linked to long-term changes in the El Nino and global warming, both of which affect sea surface temperature. Full Story

Can We Build a Human Computer? 18-Aug-2009 Would it be murder if we turned it off? - We can implant a computer control inside a disabled person's brain, but can we implant a brain inside a computer? Full Story

Radio Repels Mosquitoes 17-Aug-2009 Talk radio is often ridiculous, if not downright dangerous, but an Austrian radio station has come up with a great idea: Broadcast sounds that repel mosquitoes, so if you hear something buzzing in your ear, you know what to do. Full Story

Space Attacks 17-Aug-2009 First, something enormous strikes Jupiter. Then a huge spot appears on Venus. Now, something has smashed through Saturn's F ring. Is our solar system under bombardment by an asteroid swarm? So far, nobody is sure. We just hope whatever it is doesn't hit the earth next! Full Story

Post by Whitley Strieber Blocked by Facebook as Abusive 17-Aug-2009 It was about corn syrup! - It's evil corn again: On Saturday, August 15 Whitley Strieber posted an article to his Facebook account from the Washington Post about a study that showed that high fructose corn syrup contains mercury. Facebook blocked access to the Washington Post article, claiming that it was abusive. Whitley's post asked the question: "Could this be why we Americans seem so easy to fool? Have we been dumbed down by this?" This was followed by the link to the article that offended Facebook. Full Story

Dreamland Now Available 15-Aug-2009 Due to an error, Dreamland was not posted at the usual time on Unknowncountry.com. The show, featuring Robert Temple's latest research on the Sphinx, is now available by clicking on "Listen Now" beside the Dreamland Radio logo on the right side of our masthead. Subscribers had a wonderful chat with Joseph Farrell on Saturday morning. Join us next time: We have lots of great chats coming up, plus our regular chats every Wednesday evening. Subscribe today! Full Story

Vampires! 14-Aug-2009 Vampires and zombies, both of which became a popular phenomenon in Victorian Britain, are all the rage. The female vampire Whitley wrote about in "The Hunger" and "The Last Vampire" has been voted one of the most popular vampires of all time by Entertainment Weekly Magazine. One English Professor believes this not just a pop culture trend, but rather a reflection of the strong parallels between that period in Britain and our own here in the US, when society was divided between the rich, who had all the money and power, and the poor. Full Story

Whitley's Journal: Life After Death 14-Aug-2009 Why he believes in it - Whitley Strieber thinks there is a soul and an afterlife (just as the Egyptians did). His conviction does not come from belief, it comes from personal experience. If you want to chat with someone who has studied the incredible substance called white powder gold, which may have something to do with this, subscribe today! Full Story

Subscriber Chat GOING ON NOW 14-Aug-2009 Chat with an extraordinary researcher from 10 to 11 am Pacific - This weekend we're having another one of our popular subscriber chats with fascinating Dreamland guests: subscribers will be able to chat with Joseph Farrell from 10 to 11 am on Saturday, August 15. Learn the secrets of white power gold! But you can only join in the fun if you subscribe today! Full Story

Whitley on Coast to Coast AM TONIGHT 13-Aug-2009 He will discuss alien abduction and covert ops - Whitley will join the conversation at around midnight Pacific time. To find out where to listen in your area, clic k here. Full Story

Pretty Doggone Smart 13-Aug-2009 People are like dogs, and dogs are like people. Although you wouldn't want a dog to balance your checkbook, dogs can count. A leading dog researcher thinks that dogs' mental abilities are close to those of a human child of around 2 years old. Full Story

Will Oil be Gone Soon? 13-Aug-2009 Societies in the past managed without it, and we may have to learn to do so as well. Is oil something that we won't ever run out of, or is it something we'll run out of SOON? We know one thing: it's something that we fight wars over, and this argument has yet to be settled. Full Story

Held Hostage by Hummingbirds 13-Aug-2009 Anne Strieber reports that she is being held hostage by aggressive hummers. This is an ancient problem, and no, it's not funny! You can never predict what birds will get up to. Full Story

High Tides 12-Aug-2009 Here's more evidence of global warming that nobody else is talking about. Tides from Maine to Florida have been mysteriously higher than normal this summer, with some as much as two feet above normal. This has mystified scientists, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is studying the phenomenon. Full Story

Hard to Believe 12-Aug-2009 Listen to William Henry's comment on this! - Sometimes facts are less believable than fiction: Could the terrorist we want more than any other, Osama bin-Laden, have once worked for the US? Even more shocking: Could something as tragic as the Iraq War been the result of one man's confused religious beliefs? William Henry comments on this in our Dreamland "special event" this weekend. When you click "Listen Now," it's the 5th item on the list on the Windows media player. Full Story

Major Meltdown 11-Aug-2009 The secret is out: US scientists monitoring shrinking glaciers in Washington and Alaska are warning that a major glacier meltdown is under way. Glaciers worldwide are melting faster than anyone had predicted they would, which will lead to rapidly rising ocean levels along the coasts. Major cities may drown, and since this news is so sudden and unexpected, many of them will be caught unawares. Full Story

Another Cause of THE HUM 11-Aug-2009 Over the years, we've written many articles about communities all over the world where people are being driven crazy by mysterious humming noises. Now there may be a new cause for this problem: Wind farms. Full Story

Temptation 11-Aug-2009 Why do so many politicians get into trouble? - Whether it's Argentinean affairs and Ponzi schemes or personal battles with obesity and drug addiction, people regularly give in to greed, lust and self-destructive behaviors. This is partly because we believe we have more self control than we actually have. Full Story

Whitley's Journal: The Rest of the Story 10-Aug-2009 In Whitley's philosophical new Journal, he dispels the dark mood of his earlier journal and finds new understanding of some of the things he went through on his "initiation" into the world of the Visitors. If you treasure Whitley's writing, make sure he can continue to come into your computer in the future: Subscribe today! Full Story

Women in Danger 10-Aug-2009 Thanks to Religion - Woman aren't just discriminated against in the Middle East. Fundamentalists in Europe are a threat to women and so are fundamentalists right here in the US! Full Story

Robot Laws 10-Aug-2009 If we use robots in the future, we have to make sure they behave. Scientists are now enmeshed in philosophical discussions about this. Full Story

Astonishing Crop Circle Destroyed--But the Pictures are Incredible 07-Aug-2009 One of the most fantastic crop formations that has ever appeared was immediately destroyed by an outraged farmer even after he was paid to allow time for scientific research. He accepted the payment, then, moments later, wrecked the formation with his tractor. Fortunately, famed Mexican UFO researcher Jaime Maussan, who has the right philosphy about UFOs and crop circles, was in the formation and managed to take the fine close-up photos reproduced here of the delicate, three-dimensional swirls that had appeared, two of which appear in this story. Full Story

Whitley's Emotional New Journal 07-Aug-2009 In his emotional new Journal, Whitley writes personally, for the first time, about something about his abduction that Anne Strieber reported learning about only a year ago. If you got our FREE weekly email newsletter, you would have already read this story! To sign up, click here (and we NEVER share you email address with anyone). Full Story

The Irish Milkmen of the Dog World 07-Aug-2009 In Anne Strieber's very funny new Diary, she writes: "I'm afraid this diary may insult both dog lovers and Irishmen but hey, that's never stopped me yet!" If you love Anne's diaries and Whitley's journals, support this site: Subscribe today! Full Story

Allergic? 06-Aug-2009 Allergies aren't simple: people in different countries tend to have different food allergies. In one part of Europe, some people are allergic to the flesh of apples (but not the skin), while others are allergic only to the skin! Full Story

Stay Away from Gorillas 06-Aug-2009 And don't eat them! - A 62-year-old African woman living in Paris who tested positive for HIV is carrying a new strain of the virus which comes from gorillas. This was probably caused by eating illegally imported bush meat (monkey meat), which is considered a delicacy by many Africans living in Europe. Full Story

Why the Weather is Changing 06-Aug-2009 It's not just global warming, it's El Nino - Is it HOT where you are this summer? The Pacific Ocean warming known as El Nino can disrupt weather patterns across the world. Over the next few months, there may be more drought in Africa, India and Australia, heavier rainfall in South America and increased extremes of hot and cold in Europe and the US. 2010 may end up being one of the hottest years on record. The 1997-98 El Nino, combined with global warming, made 1998 the world's hottest year. Full Story

Subscriber Chat TONIGHT 05-Aug-2009 From 7 to 8 pm Pacific - Last Wednesday, Whitley dumped their supper in the suds, so their stomachs were growling, but Anne and Whitley fired up their computers and chatted anyway. Then they kept getting thrown out of their own chat room! But all this is fixed, and they're looking forward to chatting again this Wednesday. Don't miss the wild times in the unknowncountry chat room! Join the fun: subscribe today! Full Story

You Could Almost Call it Murder 05-Aug-2009 One time it really was! - Recent questions about the death of Michael Jackson have focused media attention on the commonly used intravenous anesthetic propofol, since an autopsy revealed large amounts of this drug in his body. The doctor who prescribed it wasn't trying to kill him, but researchers have found a case 5 years ago where the drug was used as a murder weapon. Full Story

Secret Evidence of Global Warming 05-Aug-2009 The truth that Bush tried to hide - We all keep hoping the Obama will reveal what the government knows about UFOs, but while this hasn't happened yet, they HAVE revealed some fascinating classified information. Satellite evidence of a huge retreat of polar ice from the shores of northern Alaska between July of 2006 and July of 2007, that was classified by the Bush Administration, has just been released by the Obama Administration. Full Story

Ants More Rational 04-Aug-2009 than our politicians - Humans aren't always rational, but ants almost always are. Maybe we have something to learn from them. If we go extinct, insects may end up being the next dominant species here on earth. Full Story

Life on Venus 04-Aug-2009 Astronomers observed a huge scar on Jupiter on July 20, thought to be caused by a comet or asteroid impact. Now a similar scar has appeared on Venus. Because Venus is an inner planet, it is less likely that this scar was caused by an incoming object. However, if it is volcanic in origin, it would have been the result of an extraordinary eruption. It is also possible that it was caused by a wave of charged particles from the sun, but this is unlikely because no such wave was recorded on earth. If it is the result of a strike by space rock, it could mean that a significant number of undetected large objects are presently entering our solar system, and are reaching the inner planets. If an object large enough to cause such a scar struck earth, it would be the equivalent of the impact that ended the age of the dinosaurs. Full Story

Pee Power 04-Aug-2009 To piss off petroleum providers - Urine-powered cars, homes and personal electronic devices could be available in six months. No, you won't be pee into a battery: urine will be collected from cattle, just as it was collected from pregnant mares when hormone replacement therapy was being prescribed for post- menopausal women. Soon we'll use cows for more than milk: just one of them can provide enough energy to supply hot water for 19 houses. Full Story

4 Quakes Strike Pacific off Baja, and Gulf of California 03-Aug-2009 UPDATE - A swarm of 4 significant to strong earthquakes struck the western Pacific off Mexico and the Gulf of California today. The strongest was an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale, which struck 76 miles off the coast of Baja California this morning and was felt strongly in San Diego, where buildings were evacuated, including San Diego City Hall. This follows 5.9, 5.8 and 5.0 quakes in the Gulf of California earlier today. Full Story

Are We Going Extinct? 03-Aug-2009 Scientists don't agree on how many mass extinction events in earth's history were triggered by a space rock crashing into the planet's surface. However, most do agree that an asteroid collision 65 million years ago (among other things) was what brought an end to the age of dinosaurs. The outer planets Saturn and Jupiter protect us from many of these potential impacts, as was shown on July 20, when a huge scar appeared on Jupiter's surface, evidence of a comet impact. However, this is not always the case, and 12,600 years ago North America was struck by a massive object that ended the ice age and gave rise to flood legends around the world. Full Story

Yet Another Reason to be Stressed 03-Aug-2009 Stressed? Most of us are at one time or another, and the last thing we need is for our immune systems to let us down during busy times. But if you're under stress, you'll get sick more often. And if you get Swine Flu, you may have to deal with the military: the Defense Dept. wants to establish regional teams of soldiers to assist civilian authorities in the event of a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus this fall. Full Story

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