Arctic Explorer Warns: Ice is Thinning Fast

June 1, 2001
Scientists who work in the Alaskan Arctic have discovered that local shrubs are growing larger and spreading across previously bare areas of the tundra. Researchers looked through aerial photos taken 50 years ago and compared them with new photos and... continued

Want to REALLY Find Your Ancestors? Read On!

June 1, 2001
According to geneticist Bryan Sykes, of Oxford University, we are all descended from one of 33 ancient Eves. If you take a swab from your cheek and send it in to a laboratory, you can tell which of the 33... continued

Oldest Writing Found

June 1, 2001
A previously unknown Asian civilization used writing 4,000 years ago, hundreds of years before Chinese or Sumerian writing was developed. An archeological excavation near Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, revealed an inscription on a piece of stone that seems to... continued

Time Machine May be Possible

May 31, 2001
A professor of theoretical physics at the University of Connecticut believes he has found a way to build a time machine using light. He thinks that a circulating beam of light, slowed down almost to a snail's pace, might be... continued

Mad Cow Disease Could Have Environmental Cause

May 30, 2001
Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD), the human form of Mad Cow Disease, is thought to be caused by eating beef from cattle infected with BSE, or Mad Cow, but David Brown, a biochemist at Cambridge University in England, now says ?there is... continued

Black Mold Destroys Homes

May 30, 2001
In Texas, a potentially fatal black mold has forced 19 families to evacuate their homes and move into hotels. The Gabberts have lived at the Residence Inn with their 3 children for 3 months, since they discovered their home in... continued

Kentucky Horse Deaths Found to be Cyanide

May 30, 2001
Horses Killed By Cyanide The first autopsy results on some of the over 500 miscarried thoroughbred fetuses in Kentucky have revealed features characteristic of cyanide poisoning. Cyanide causes victims to gasp for air, and Len Harrison, of the University of... continued

New Whitley’s Journal–Greer’s ‘Galactic Federation’ a Fantasy

May 29, 2001
Dr. Steven Greer recently organized a highly successful press conference at which a number of government and military personnel came forward and discussed their UFO experiences. After an initial chill, the conference received surprisingly good press coverage, with one or... continued

The Momo Mystery

May 25, 2001
In 1972 in the little town of Louisiana, Missouri, there were sightings of a large, hairy creature with a nasty smell that became known as the ?Missouri Monster? or Momo. When a 15-year-old girl reported seeing Momo outside her home,... continued

Mysterious Big Cats

May 25, 2001
Sightings of a mysterious gigantic cat, about 4 times the size of a domestic tabby, have been reported during the past 10 years in south Herfordshire near north London. The animal was nicknamed the Beast of Barnet. The mystery was... continued