Hot Stories for the Week with Links

• Debunked 9/11 Conspiracy Claims From NIST
  The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report has responded directly to many conspiracy claims, specifically linked to WTC 7. --Popular Mechanics
• How Much Can You Learn From a Home DNA Test?
  One reporter has her DNA analyzed and finds that genetic testing isn't an exact science. --Discover
• Sixth 'Taste' Discovered - Calcium
  The capability to taste calcium has now been discovered in mice. --Live Science
• Two more face transplant triumphs
  One operation was on a Chinese man whose face was slashed by a bear. --New Scientist
• Man Makes Record Catch With Barbie Fishing Rod
  Toy hooked a state-record channel catfish, at 21 pounds. --Fox News
• Supernatural science: Why we want to believe
  Monsters are everywhere these days, and belief in them is as strong as ever. --LiveScience
• Poltergeists and Our Plastic Reality
  Brad Steiger delves into case histories of psychical researcher Harry Price. --Haunted America Tours
• Elephants master basic mathematics
  A cunning Asian elephant won a simple counting game. --New Scientist
• Mystery surrounds humming noise
  In the U.K, a hum has led to 50 people contacting Sudbury Town Council. --BBC News
• Scientists Make a Fat-Burning Fat
  Brown fat is full of mitochondria, the body's energy-producing cellular machines. --Wired
• Ex-Salem cop channels spirit world
  Chuck Bergman helps police and desperate families find missing loved ones. --Boston Herald
• Scientists Say We Can See Sound
  New research suggests the human visual system processes sound and helps us see. --LiveScience
• Five Mysterious Skulls
  Dare they be called, human? --Cult Case
• Who I Think the Visitors Are
  The 'visitors' may be time travelers, from a parallel universe, the dead —or all 3, writes Anne Strieber. --Unknown Country
• Meet Yoda the cat with FOUR ears
  The household pet was born with an extra set of ears. --Daily Mail
• Shroud of Turin stirs new controversy
  A Colorado couple researching the shroud dispute radiocarbon dating. --LA Times
• Inventors are sure cars can fly
  Most flying cars never get off the page, let alone the ground. --USA Today
• Astronomers Find a 'Minor Planet' near Neptune
  The small, comet-like object is likely made of rock and ice. --Universe Today
• Premature baby 'comes back to life'
  Miscarried fetus, which had been declared dead five hours earlier, was found to be breathing.
  --Jerusalem Post
• Israeli Turtle Gets Skateboard to Replace Legs
  Arava the disabled turtle is using her new set of wheels to get around. --AP
• Star Trek warp drive is a possibility
  Two physicists have devised a new scheme to travel faster than the speed of light. --Telegraph
• Bird flu hopes from 1918 victims
  Victims of the 1918 flu virus that killed 50m still have protection. --BBC News
• 3D galaxy map to probe dark energy's history
  The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has made detailed 3D maps of relatively nearby galaxies. --New Scientist
• Bigfoot press conf. & the art of selling a website
  What was most revealing about the Bigfoot press conference was not what was said, writes Chris Matyszczyk. --CNET News
• 10 Best Science Fiction Planets
  Sometimes an author will create a world whose presence has a weight and ring of truth. --Discover
• USAF still silent on Stephenville
  Billy Cox has been pressing the U.S. Air Force for a response to MUFON's report on the Stephenville UFO. --Sarasota Herald-Tribune
• How Big Brother watches your every move
  The average Briton is being recorded 3,000 times a week. --Telegraph
• Sightings of 'Wolf-Like' Creatures in Stafford, UK
  A tribe of subterranean creatures who surface to hunt for food could be behind the 'werewolf' sightings. --Phantoms and Monsters
• Minding Mental Minefields
  A new report from the National Research Council argues that the military should harness the power of neuroscience research. --Science Progress
• Earth's Plate Tectonics May Eventually Stop
  The Pacific is the biggest ocean on Earth, but it's getting smaller every day. --LiveScience

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