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New Mad Cow Disease Theory
April 25, 2001British scientists are beginning to seriously consider a new theory about the cause of Mad Cow Disease, proposed by organic farmer Mark Purdey, who feels that the conventional explanation-that BSE is caused by animals beingfed infected meat and bone meal-is... continued
New Trap for Loch Ness Monster
April 25, 2001A Swedish explorer who specializes in hunting unusual species has invented a special trap for the Loch Ness monster. Jan Sundberg and his Global Underwater Research Team (GUST) plan to use multi-beam sonar equipment and an acoustic underwater camera to... continued
New Way to Read Ancient Texts
April 25, 2001The eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD destroyed precious Roman documents, along with the city of Pompeii. Now scholars have discovered a new way to read the scorched remnants of these ancient texts. In Utah, Brigham Young University researchers are... continued
Arafat Recruits Terrorists Against Israel
April 24, 2001According to an intelligence report, the U.S. tipped off the Israelis that the Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden plans to support Yasser Arafat's uprising against them. His cells and networks in Lebanon are ready to launch strikes into Israel. Bin... continued
New Robot Uses Living Brain
April 24, 2001Scientists in Chicago have created the first cyborg that is controlled by a living brain. It works like a robot and thinks like an eel. It has been created by combining the extracted brain of a tiny, eel-like lamprey with... continued
Cow Patties May Solve Energy Crisis
April 24, 2001Washington state, faced with a severe drought, leading to dwindling reservoirs and an energy shortage, is planning to use one of its major natural resources to solve its energy problem: cows. There are 246,000 cows in Washington State and their... continued
Portugal Will Burn Pollutants in Nature Preserve
April 23, 2001After 4 years of scientific investigation and public debate, the Portuguese environmental agency has approved plans for two cement kilns to burn industrial waste as fuel. The government hopes to reduce a national stockpile of hazardous industrial waste, composed mostly... continued
Early Shrine Found Under Site of Jesus’s Grave
April 23, 2001The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem was supposedly built over the cave where Jesus was buried. Over the years, water seeping from the dome down into the shrine below has eroded the iron clamps that hold the 19th... continued
Dangerous Chemicals Buried in D.C.
April 23, 2001The 13,000 residents of Spring Valley, an exclusive neighborhood in Washington, D.C. where homes are valued at up to one million dollars, have discovered that there are lethal World War I era chemicals buried underneath them. From 1917 to 1919,... continued
Internet Listening Problems
April 22, 2001Dreamland was not broadcast live over the internet on Saturday, April 21, 2001. Therefore there will be no archive of this program. We are sorry for this inconvenience. It was due to a glitch that arose when the program's live... continued