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Can the sun cause cold weather? Cold winters that have dumped tons of snow on areas like the Northeastern US may have their origins in the sun’s varying ultraviolet emissions. Recent satellite data shows that the sun’s UV output is far more changeable than scientists had previously thought, and these changes lead to warmer winters in some places and colder winters in others.
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If we create these, it could definitely become a horror story–IF they take over! When the Master of the Key burst into Whitley Strieber’s hotel room in 1998, Whitley asked him if he was an intelligent machine. MOTKE replied (naturally) that "If I was, I wouldn’t tell you." Are scientists planning to create hybrids to take over some of the work that humans do now? (NOTE: You can get "Hybrids" and "The Key" from the Whitley Strieber Collection, and they will arrive with an autographed bookplate designed by Whitley!)
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In Ireland, it looks as if a man has spontaneously burned up. A coroner has ruled that a man who burned to death in his home was a victim of spontaneous human combustion. This is the first time in 25 years that an Irish court has recorded this verdict. "Spontaneous combustion" occurs when a living human body is burned without an apparent external source of ignition. Investigators find a charred body in an unburned house, with no burned furniture or other signs of a fire nearby.
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