If this is authentic I’d be very surprised. The special effects would appear to be a gorilla suit and an out of focus camera. But this is the Out There section, so we’ll give it the (slight) benefit of the doubt.
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You now have a chance to win a free copy of Hybrids, which will be in bookstores on April 12th. Subscribers got to listen to the first 3 chapters of this fascinating novel, now you can get a copy FREE–but hurry, supplies are limited. To enter the contest, click here.
Could there be machines among us that we don’t even notice, because they are so human? This is the premise behind Whitley’s new novel, titled "Hybrids." (To enter the contest to receive a FREE copy, click here!) How would humans feel if a robot touched them? (this could be important in the future, when robots perform some of the jobs, such as firefighting, that humans do now).read more
Some scientists say that more earthquakes are NOT immanent, but others strongly disagree. Are we in the midst of a worldwide plague of quakes? Three major quakes–the December 2004 Sumatra quake, the February 2010 Chile quake and now Sendai in Japan–have struck over the past 6 years. The March 19-25 edition of New Scientist warns us that "This presents a horrifying possibility: that there is a link between these megaquakes and that, as a result, more could strike."
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