Steven Sora explores the mystery of the identity of the Master of the Key, who may have been a member of an Indian tribe from Nova Scotia. He discusses a completely amazing and unknown connection between the Mick Macks and the Mack clan of Scotland.
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Steven Sora tells us all about relics, from the Ark of the Covenant to the Shroud of Turin. Which are real and which are fakes? Join Anne and Steven on a truly mind opening–and mind-bending–journey into the past.read more
Where are the Salmon? More than 200,000 salmon should haveshown up in the Columbia river to spawn by now, but only afew hundred have been seen. The absence of the wild Chinooksalmon is a disturbing environmental mystery. The best casescenario is that they’re being kept away by low water andhigh sediment levels due to the drought in the PacificNorthwest. The worst is that there has been a shortage ofthe krill that is essential to their diet, and they havestarved while wintering out at sea. This means we’re going to see only farmed salmon in our grocery stores thisyear, although it may be designated as “wild” (Keep readingand we’ll tell you all about that).
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There’s been an unsubstantiated rumor flying around theinternet that “gonzo” journalist Hunter S. Thompson waswriting an article on the collapse of the World Trade Centerwhen he killed himself, implying that there remains asecretabout what made those towers collapse when planes wereflown into them on September 11, 2001.
Will Knight writes in New Scientist that a new federalreport shows that the towers collapsed because ofineffective fireproofing and a shortage of staircases. Whenthe towers were built, starting in 1966, they were a radicalnew design. This study is likely to have a major impact onhow skyscrapers are built in the future.
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