My third eye needs a good squeedgee-clean…
- JIMO and Hubble suffer in new NASA budget.
- Not content to do it to one planet, scientists theorise we could inject greenhouse gases into Mars’ atmosphere to make it habitable.
- Science fact and fiction about space rescue technology.
- Get your tickets now to watch an asteroid fly-by in 2029. That graph makes things look a bit too close for a 25 year prediction…
- Arecibo begins massive sky survey.
- Dust devils and a high voltage Mars.
- Opportunity gives us a closer look at its own ‘crash site‘.
- Star Trek Enterprise cancelled after four seasons.
- Got a few pennies (okay, a lot of pennies) to spare? Why not bid at the origins of cyberspace auction at Christie’s?
- New geometric computer programming language could move us towards a truly clever artificial intelligence.
- Spam fighters go on the offensive.
- Libido meter tests level of sexual arousal. Do these scientists realise that man has an inbuilt libido meter, with needle and all?
- Researchers study of bird flocking behaviour may lead to insights into mob mentality.
- Influential evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr passes away, aged 100.
- Anniversary of Bob Marley’s 60th birthday brings Rastafarianism to the fore.
- On a related note, marijuana makes blood rush to the head. And yes, I would consider 50 joints a day a ‘heavy’ smoker. That guy must go through some chocolate biscuits.
- Why does a graph of sun cycles look like a butterfly?
- Wiccan stands her ground against local discrimination.
- Scholars debate Biblical archaeology controversies.
- Solar panels to power historic Scottish castle.
- Ancient statue of naked Hermes fitted with protection. Earthquake protection, that is…
- Uncovered ancient Malaysian ruins are not part of the lost city of Kota Gelanggi, says government.
- Will World Heritage listing make a difference to cultural treasures of India?
- Women thrashed with brooms to remove ghosts.
- ‘Crazy Radio‘ gives mental patients a voice.
- University of California considers barcodes for cadavers. Is that for tracking or for distribution to Wal-Mart?
- Hoop snake story is quite a tail…err, tale. I live for the day when a hoop snake takes on a drop bear. We even have signs warning of the danger.
- Fiery objects across the UK.
- For all the latest in UFO activity, here’s Filers Files #6-2005.
- To many Romanians, vampires are a terrifying reality.
- Tracks on Australian beach caused by panther or prankster?
- Move over Hogzilla, here comes Hog Kong (with image). Props to whoever came up with those names.
- Bigfoot Museum investigates everything Sasquatch.
- AmericanMonsters.com present an interview with Loren Coleman.
- Randi’s latest newsletter, with weeping Madonnas, Sylvia Browne, and ‘converts’ to the CSICOPian religion.
- Here’s the details of the latest issue of New Scientist. How they do that on a weekly basis I don’t know.
- Also, here’s the latest Near-Death Newsletter.
Quote of the Day:
He who confronts the paradoxical exposes himself to reality.
Friedrich Durrenmatt
