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This week Whitley Strieber reads the first chapter of his new book Hybrids, due to be published April 12. This is the first of three readings to be spread over the coming months prior to publication, exclusively for our Unknowncountry.com subscribers. Hybrids is about what happens when advanced hybridization technology falls into the wrong hands, and hybrids with a difference are created: they are smarter than their creators…us. Machines that are smarter than us are right around the corner, which makes this novel, like all of Whitley’s books, incredibly timely and probably equally prophetic.read more

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NASA’s new GBM telescope has detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth by energetic processes similar to those found in particle accelerators. Scientists think the antimatter particles are formed in a terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF), a brief burst produced inside thunderstorms that has a relationship to lighting that is not fully understood. As many as 500 TGFs may occur daily worldwide, but most go undetected.
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Scientists in Canada (where they speak both English and French) have discovered evidence that speaking two languages can help delay the start of Alzheimer’s symptoms by as much as five years. PhysOrg.com quotes researcher Fergus Craik as saying, "We are not claiming that bilingualism in any way prevents Alzheimer’s or other dementias, but it may contribute to cognitive reserve in the brain which appears to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms for quite some time." It’s a good reason to study a foreign language!
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