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Saturday, April 10, 2010


Earth struck by most powerful space storm in three years

The most powerful geomagnetic storm since December 2006 struck the Earth on Monday.
— New Scientist

UFO's: Not So Strange After All?

A look at the 1967 'Chupa-Chupa' attacks in the Amazon, and other cases.
— Inexplicata

Beware of low-flying twit

An owl is afraid of heights.
— The Sun

U.S. forecaster sees increased 2010 hurricane threat

The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will produce an above-average eight hurricanes.
— Reuters

Newly Discovered Asteroid Will Pass by Earth April 8

At the time of closest approach asteroid 2010 GA6 will be about 223,000 miles away from Earth.
— Universe Today

Mysterious Planet-like Object Challenges Simple Definition

Object orbiting a not-quite-starlike "brown dwarf" is the most recent enigma discovered by astronomers.
— PhysOrg.com

Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake

Chopra sent messages to his Twitter followers apologizing for causing an earthquake in Southern California with powerful meditation.
— AOL News

7 Disruptive Foods Changing the Way We Eat

Ideas from the fringes of how we might eat in the future.
— Epicenter

Hitler 'wanted to steal' Turin Shroud

The Shroud was secretly hidden in a Benedictine abbey during the Second World War.
— The Telegraph

Is there life after bodily death?

We all need to come to terms with the end of our earthly existence.
— Vancouver Sun

NASA's Mini X-Plane Completes Initial Flight Testing

A team from NASA and Boeing completed the first phase of flight testing of its blended wing body design.
— Autopia

'Alien invasion' April Fools' story angers Jordan mayor

A front-page newspaper story said flying saucers flown by 10ft creatures had landed in the desert town of Jafr.
— BBC News

Not a carpenter

Jesus 'was the son of a middle-class architect', new book claims.
— Daily Mail

Rare Sight: Asteroid to Hide Easily Spotted Star Tuesday

Astronomers refer to such an event as an "occultation" — a temporary hiding of one celestial object by another.
— Space.com

In Syria, a Prologue for Cities

Investigators at the site known as Tell Zeidan have uncovered a tantalizing sampling of artifacts.
— NY Times

Massive Earthquakes Barely Disturb Earth's Natural Rhythms

In a geologic sense, there are greater forces at work, from ice ages to an imbalance in the planet's rotation.
— LiveScience

Earth's biggest tree rings tell fiery tales

Fallen giant sequoias reveal a 3,000-year-old history of fire and drought.
— Discovery News

How your brain remembers the future

Our brain generates predictions of likely visual inputs so it can focus on dealing with the unexpected.
— New Scientist

Some disquiet on these L.A. film sets

Linda Vista Community Hospital gives crews working on horror flicks the creeps.
— LA Times

River reveals chilling tracks of ancient flood

Water from melting ice sheet took unexpected route to the ocean.
— Nature

Air Force's mystery spaceship: X-37 gears up for launch

The Air Force has announced an experimental craft that looks and acts like a miniature, unmanned space shuttle.
— Christian Science Monitor

Unexplained sheep attacks 'caused by aliens in UFOs', farmers claim

A series of bizarre incidents have led to farmers’ claims that aliens are attacking their livestock.
— The Telegraph

'Miracle' of woman brought back from the dead 114 TIMES in 30 hours

Ann Mintram's heart stopped 114 times over 30 hours but doctors never gave up.
— Mail Online

Bionic Eye Attempts to Restore Vision

A company has developed a device called the wide-view neurostimulator for patients suffering from degenerative vision loss.
— Wired

Twisted Physics: 7 Recent Mind-Blowing Findings

From bizarre antimatter to experiments that tie light up in knots, physics has revealed some spooky sides of our world.
— LiveScience

Night jumpers

William B Stoecker investigates sightings, stories and legends of strange creatures from all over the world.
— Unexplained Mysteries

Study: Magnetic Waves Alter Moral Compass

MIT researchers find that magnetic pulses directed at the brain change people's ability to tell right from wrong.
— CBS News

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