According to a new study published in the new issue ofApplied Physiology, six minutes of intense exercise a weekworks as well as six hours. No time to go to the gym? Cutyour workout down to two minutes a day! But use that timewell: Ride as fast as you can on an exercise bike in four30-second bursts of speed.
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By evoking the British Freedom of Information Act, which isnow in place in the UK (as well as in the US), Welsh UFOinvestigator Chris Fowler was able to get a 107-page reportabout an incident in 1993 when 70 UFO sightings werereported at 1 a.m. on March 31st in the UK.
David James writes in the South Wales Echo that thesesightings were taken seriously by the government andmilitary. Covert operations was consulted to determine ifsecret tests of US stealth aircraft Aurora were being done,but this explanation was ruled out at the highest levels ofthe government and military. The US has never admitted theexistence of the Aurora craft, a special type of stealth plane.
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Something has caused the breakers to disappear from Europe’smost famous surfing beach. The Basque Wave, which may reachupwards of 20 feet as it breaks, has been reduced to littlemore than a ripple.
Scientists are unable to explain the disappearance of thewave, which was discovered by surfer Craig Sage about 20years ago. The Basque Wave was famous for sweeping in fromfar out at sea, and offered the most exciting surfingexperience in Europe.
The wave may have been affected by offshore dredging or bychanging sand bars, but its sudden disappearance suggeststhat changes in ocean currents or the structure of the seafloor could also be responsible.
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After my stroke in October, I was afraid I had brain damage. But I found out that things aren’t always what they seem, that I needed to learn to look a little deeper.
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