Could water really have a memory?
The news that the number of prescriptions for homeopathic medicines written by GPs in England has nearly halved in just two years coincides with the 20th anniversary of a seminal scientific paper on the subject...
New UFO mystery surfaces
A large object with a turquoise hue plummeted out of the sky earlier this summer and plowed into the earth south of Las Vegas near Needles, California. Eyewitnesses say this was no meteorite, especially since a bunch of helicopters came looking for it and then hauled it away. The object was seen in the early morning hours of May 14. It appeared to crash into the ground just west of the Colorado River. And that's when things got interesting for residents of the area...
Mysterious crash near Needles, California
On the hunt for Aberdeen ghosts
An intrepid pack of paranormal hunters have launched their own creepy investigations into a North-east library. And the brave band discovered ghostly whispers, unexplained footsteps and the eerie clanging of a bell. The East of Scotland Paranormal Society is a group supernatural enthusiasts out to research every aspect of the spirit world...
Mysterious crop circles materialize near northwestern Minnesota town
The first reports of something amiss in the wheat fields east of here came early Sunday from barking dogs and bawling cows, but no livestock is missing — no people, either — so locals seem inclined to doubt that alien spaceships made a stop at Dean Sorgaard’s place...
Sasquatch spotted in Ontario?
Two Ontario women say they saw what might have been the legendary sasquatch in northwestern Ontario in July 2008. Helen Pahpasay and her mother were north of Grassy Narrows, Ont., about 230 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, to pick blueberries when they spotted a hulking figure from their truck...
Gray wolf killed on road, Sasquatch allegedly seen near Alberton
One is endangered, the other may not even exist. But the sasquatch and the gray wolf - two creatures with a long history in human mythology - were reported to have turned up on the side of the road in western Montana last week...
Voodoo doll prompts extra security for commissioners
A menacing voodoo doll with an official's face attached and pins stuck in its body has prompted extra sheriff's protection for city commissioners...
Prophets of doom always with us
Ever since Thomas Malthus predicted mass starvation for our species more than 200 years ago, doomsday scenarios have come and gone with regularity. The 20th century was full of them. In 1910, it was feared the arrival of Halley's comet would bathe the world in a cloud of cyanide. There were publications announcing "End of the world, May 18." An enterprising company even sold "comet pills" to ward off the poison gas...
