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Whitley Strieber is in California right now, touring for his new novel “Lilith’s Dream.” If you’re in California, Whitley would love to meet you, so show up at one of his destinations and get your book signed. He?ll also be in Austin, Texas on October 24. You can hear Whitley reading an excerpt from his book by clicking “Listen Now” at the top right of our homepage. To learn more about “Lilith’s Dream,”click here.

Friday, Oct. 18, Whitley will be in San Diego, CA at the Mysterious Galaxy bookstore, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. at 7 pm for a reading and book signing.

On Saturday, Oct. 19, he?ll be at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA, on 4213 W. Burbank Blvd. starting at 2 pm.
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Nearly 40% of weight-loss advertisements make at least one statement that is totally false, and about 55% of them include at least one statement that can’t be backed up by research, according to an FTC report, which says that consumer testimonials and before-and-after photos “rarely portrayed realistic weight loss.” The FTC evaluated 300 advertisements from broadcast and cable television, infomercials, radio, magazines, newspapers, supermarket tabloids, direct mail, commercial e-mail and Internet Web sites.
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Does an injection hurt less if we don?t look while we’re getting it? New research from the U.K. says it does.

Marisa Taylor-Clarke poked volunteers’ forearms with a two-pronged device and asked them if they could tell whether they had been touched in one place or two. They were not able to see the device touching their skin. The first time, they could look at their arms immediately before and afterwards. Other times, they looked at another object or were in total darkness.
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Believe it or not, scientists are using the AIDS virus to treat people who have Parkinsons disease. The AIDS virus can penetrate a cell’s nucleus, which is what makes it so dangerous. Now researchers want to remove the dangerous parts of the virus and use this system to deliver genetic material that can relieve Parkinsons symptoms. “It can deliver a large amount of genetic material,” says Peter Working, “which means that you can deliver big genes to fix big problems.”

In its natural state, the AIDs virus takes control of an immune cell’s genes, and forces it to make copies of the HIV’s genes, and then sends those copies out to attack other cells. This shuts down the body’s ability to defend itself.
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