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An article in the latest issue ofAncient American Magazine makes a compelling case that Greek mariners reached the Americas as long ago as the fifth century B.C., possibly traveling as far west as Newfoundland.

Rather than relying on maps or archaeological remains whose authenticity cannot be confirmed, the author, Alban Wall, looks to the writings of the ancient Greek author Plutarch for his evidence. In volume 5 of his Morals, according to the author, “Plutarch set down astonishingly accurate sailing directions so precise that they provide, in and of themselves, absolute proof that ancient mariners knew full well how to get to these western shores.”
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Millions of honey bees in France are suffering from “Mad Bee Disease,” becoming too disoriented to find the way back to their hives. If they can’t get home again, they die within hours.

Environmentalists say the problem can be traced to the pesticide Gaucho, sprayed on sunflowers. The French government ordered a two-year extension of a ban on spraying the chemical on sunflower seeds, to allow more study of its impact on the nervous systems of bees.

The National Union of French Beekeepers says that the amount of honey produced has fallen drastically since the pesticide was introduced in 1994. Gaucho is also used on wheat, barley and sugar beets.
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The chance that Russia’s decrepit space station Mir will crash into the Earth, instead of the Pacific ocean, is as high as one in 33, according to a Russian space control official. Space experts warn that if anything goes wrong during the operation, the sections that do not burn up in the atmosphere could end up on land.

“Any technical equipment can fail at any time,” Vladimir Solovyev said. “We put the risk at 2 to 3 percent.” But he adds that, “Right now, everything is fine on board the station.”
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Robert Bigelow’s National Institute for Discovery Sciences has completed a study of a wave of anomalous activity around Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana that shows a correlation between UFO reports, unusual helicopter activity and cattle mutilations.

The wave took place between 1975 and 1977. This was a peak period both for animal mutilations and UFO reports nationwide, but activity around Great Falls, Montana, was especially heavy. Nearby Malmstrom Air Force Base housed a number of Minuteman missile wings that included 221 Minuteman III missile silos. The base was also an important part of the nation’s early warning system for incoming Soviet missiles.
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