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News Briefs 25-10-2004

News is late today because I’ve been violently sneezing after inhaling too much fossilised crocodile dust. Don’t ask.

  • The Elmendorf Creature is proven to be canine, but its DNA has been subjected to too much stress to determine a specific species. Someone’s been cross-breeding for illegal dog fights, methinks.
  • The Canadian town of Moonbeam embraces its history of UFO sightings by luring the tourist dollar.
  • The Australian town of Wycliffe Well, north of Alice Springs, claims its own status as a UFO hotspot in the name of the almighty tourist dollar.
  • The story of a UFO close encounter in Mexico.
  • According to a Roper poll, two thirds of Americans believe their Government is withholding information on UFOs.
  • A ghost that can only be seen by women.
  • The German discoverer of Iceman, the bronze-age mummy frozen in a glacier, dies in the Alps where he found it.
  • Scientist says some humans alive today will live to the age of 150. Quality, not quantity, is the key to a life well lived.
  • Chinese archaeologists begin to excavate hundreds of tombs near the Lop Nur desert, north-west China, that may have belonged to a mysterious caucasian civilisation (Urumchi area). I think the arid desert lands of north-west China hide a lot more mysteries yet to be discovered.
  • Believers and skeptics mix at Bigfoot conference in Texas. Mangey zombie-coyotes and Bigfeet: Bill sure lives in an interesting part of the world!
  • Letters and documents 1000-years-old show Egyptians were sophisticated, polite and literate. They should be compulsary reading at SCA meetings.
  • Should modern Egypt and Israel put aside their differences and rediscover their shared past?
  • If you were at Abu Simbel on Friday, you may have witnessed the rising sun’s rays fall perpendicularly on the face of Ramses II.
  • Mexico is struggling to preserve and research ancient sites. Perhaps Wal-mart could sponsor archaeological excavations?
  • Archaeologists are mystified by what they’re finding at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.
  • Here’s a report about the submerged structures off the coast of Cuba, by Manuel Iturralde-Vinent. It will be updated regularly.
  • Believe it or not, 25’000 rate neurons can pilot an F-22 plane.
  • A sign of the times, Halloween is going high-tech.
  • The bizarre biology of Australia’s platypus.
  • The quantum effect of entanglement (which allows two particles to behave as one, even when separated) could reveal where mass comes from. I think it could also reveal what God is.
  • Technology is creating smart fabrics. Personally, I don’t want underwear that’s smarter than me!
  • The film Troy is out on DVD (Amazon US and UK). Apart from the musical score and the actress who played Briseis, this is a great film. What do you think? Log in under a username and post your thoughts.

Quote of the Day:

War is young men dying and old men talking.

Odysseus

  1. Living to 150 years old
    You are right Rico. The length of life is not the issue. Abraham Lincoln said: “It’s not the amount of years in your life that counts but the amount of life in your years”.

    Onward…

    Neanderthal
    ‘Whatever you do, comes back to you’

  2. Smart fabrics
    Endless possibilities: a whole new generation of hackers giving remote wedgies. 😉

    Regards,
    khefre

    “Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.”
    Ogden Nash

  3. Troy
    I’ll oogle Brad Pitt, go into trance and won’t pay attention to the story. Then I’ll have to watch it over again … and again! (I’m shameless) LOL! Pam

    1. Troy
      Y’know, Troy was Brad Pitt’s finest hour as far as acting goes, he did a great job. I’m a heterosexual guy, but I gotta admit, I wish I had abs and an arse like him!

      Helen, played by Diane Krueger, was hot. 😉

      I was disappointed in the score — it was more like an afterthought, as though the producers said one hour before the film’s premiere, “Shit, we need music!” Also, Rose Byrne was way out of her depth — the other actors made me believe they were real people, even Orlando Bloom (when he had the bow and arrow, I didn’t think about Legolas!) — but Rose Byrne was inconsistent and wasn’t up to the challenging role. In fact, she annoyed the hell out of me and killed the mood of the movie.

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