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“Unless you are suffering from a severe deficiency, if you have a disease or disorder that is causing you to be nutrient-deficient, the most you are going to need is a high quality multivitamin supplement, to be taken as insurance, and not used as your main source of nutrients,” says nutritionist Laurie Tansman. But many of us take much more than that, and it turns out that can be dangerous.

The fat-soluble vitamins A, D and E can be stored for long periods of time in the body, build up in the liver and become toxic. “Vitamin D is one of the most toxic supplements there is, and in extreme cases and in very large amounts can lead to liver and kidney failure,” says nutritionist Jyni Holland.
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Astronomers who are searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence are studying over 150 radio transmissions that have reached Earth. Using a huge network of home computers, SETI has found millions of strong radio signals since 1999. On March 18, they plan to spend 24 hours on the Arecibo radio telescope to check out those considered most likely to be radio broadcasts from alien civilizations. If they do pick up a transmission, says Dan Werthimer, chief scientist for the project, “we would be hopping around and calling telescopes in England and in Germany,” since they would need independent confirmation “to make sure it isn’t a bug in the software or a graduate student playing a prank” before making an announcement.
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If the U.S. invades Iraq, Saddam Hussein is planning attacks on his own people and will blame the atrocities on the American forces. The Iraqi forces that do the killing will dress in coalition uniforms. The Pentagon is trying to stop Iraqi military commanders from carrying out Saddam?s orders by dropping leaflets and sending them e-mails giving them instructions on how to safely surrender. “They are being communicated with privately at the present time,” says Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld. “?They will receive instructions so that they can behave in a way that will be seen and understood as being non-threatening.”
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On unknowncountry.com, we drive some of our readers nuts! We get criticized regularly for being too left wing?and also for being too far to the right. We’ve been called both hawks and peaceniks, for and against Israel, pro-Bush and anti- Bush. We get e-mails filled with invective and exclamation marks, criticizing us for contradicting ourselves. Recently we’ve put up stories saying that Osama bin-Laden has been captured?or not, that two of his sons may or may not have been captured and that the recently nabbed terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was already dead. We’ve also given several possible dates for the start of the Iraqi war. With so many conflicting stories, how can our readers find out the truth?
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