I never expected to post a story about the Material Girl on TDG, but…
- Madonna is causing a stir amongst traditional Kabbalists. Has she embraced this ancient tradition or is it just a glitterati fad?
- If aliens haven’t found Earth yet then they need to hurry says SETI.
- Plus ca change…Egyptian political fraud and corruption over tomb thefts goes back 3,000 years.
- Yet another ocean “dead zone” this time off the coast of Oregon.
- Do sceptics deny widespread climate change because its easier than accepting the catastrophic truth?
- A few weeks ago we posted a story that US pollutants were being found in the UK. Now, it appears Asian soot is being found in New England skies.
- The Rendon Group are media spin-doctors extrordinaire, happy to work for whoever wins the US Presidential election, or whoever else will pay their fees.
- A retired General alleges that the US’ new misslie defence system doesn’t work and is unneeded. After all, terrorists don’t use ICBMs.
- Project Thunderbird is attempting to follow DaVinci’s vision and build a human-powered helicopter. Looks like far more fun than the X-Prize.
- Excavations at a site in Israel reveal details of the Middle East’s Iron Age.
- While plans are afoot to take a closer look at a 6,000 year old industrial city and it’s metalworking in Iran
- Ireland is the latest canditate for lost Atlantis. See, the Celts did everything first! Problem is, Ireland isn’t drowned…and Milo Thatch will tell them its actually Iceland next.
- British scientists are given the go-ahead to clone human embyos for stem cell research. The pro-life lobby has already protested the decision.
- Climate change means more rain for Britain. As if that were possible, you scoff!
- T. Rex lived fast and died young. “He’s sort of the James Dean of dinosaurs,” says the scientist who did the study.
- U.S. uncovers Weapons of Mass Destruction, not in Iraq but in Texas and the national media ignores the story. Bill, can I pitch our tent on your land?
- Iraq destroyed its nuclear weapons programme in 1991 and never restarted it, says the man in charge of the programme.
- A Polish town is seeking grant aid to make big business out of it’s crop circles.
- Gene therapy can turn a lazy monkey into a workaholic. I had a boss who just used to shout, but of course the TDG News Team do it for the love of knowledge.
- A long-running religious feud between pagans and christians in Australia will now go to court.
- US “Black Ops” weapons programmes are still going strong, including an attack boat and a fast, stealthy, long endurance UAV possibly armed with energy weapons which would be the biggest secret programme since the B-2 bomber.
- In October, three astronauts and a Canadian doctor will test the latest concepts in long-distance house calls using a unique underwater laboratory.
- Danish authorities ban Kellogg’s enriched cereals as unsafe.
- Argentine ants form super colony spanning 100 kilometres in Australia.
- Building an intelligent robot is not as easy as you might think, because we really don’t understand what makes for intelligence in the first place.
Quote of the Day:
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
Winston Churchill
