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Sep 20 2009

Army funds 'synthetic telepathy' research
The Army has given a team of University of California researchers a $4 million grant to study the foundations of "synthetic telepathy." But unlike old-school mind-melds, this seemingly psychic communication would be computer-mediated...

Cows seem to know which way is north
Talk about animal magnetism, cows seem to have a built-in compass. No bull: Somehow, cattle seem to know how to find north and south, say researchers who studied satellite photos of thousands of cows around the world. Most cattle that were grazing or resting tended to align their bodies in a north-south direction, a team of German and Czech researchers reports in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

Bigfoot hoax head on eBay
An excellent replica - hey, the exact copy - of the Georgia Bigfoot hoax head has turned up on eBay, and shall go to the highest bidder. We’ll watch this one, but considering the entire costume, including the head, went for $50,000 to the unfortunate guy in Indiana, the price of this one will be a bargain!..

Scream GB
Britain’s spookiest cities have been pinpointed in a new survey of supernatural shenanigans. Ghost expert Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe looked at how many sightings had been recorded per 10,000 population in each place. Derby’s 14 per 10,000, 315 in total since records began, turned out to be the phantoms’ favourite. Here we bring you hair-raising highlights from the ten creepiest corners of the country...

Humanity's crossroads and extraterrestrials: U.S. Professor Zecharia Sitchin's Planet X
What is Planet X (PX)? What proof is there that PX exists? What effect is PX having on the Earth? What may happen in the near future? I have been interested in paranormal phenomena, metaphysics, UFOs/aliens, the New World Order and related topics for many years. I discovered Planet X about ten years ago when I found Zechariah Sitchin's book The 12th Planet on a library bookshelf amongst other books about the paranormal. I'm not a history buff, which is why I didn't consider reading it before. I finally picked it up and read it from cover to cover...

The undecided
Whether your death comes with the aura of peace and contentment or your last breath stolen from you from a violent murder, there is a moment in the void to decide your fate. In a glimpse of darkness preceding the tunnel of light that escorts you to infinite happiness, there is a decision to be made. Do you proceed to your rightful place in the universe, overseeing all with wisdom and love or do you remain behind in a foggy and turbulent existence to complete a quest that your zealous soul deems worthy?..

Has NASA embargoed life on Mars?
A leading astrobiologist claimed this month that NASA has evidence of contemporary microbial life on Mars but has embargoed the news because of political considerations. In a story picked up in Asia but largely ignored in the Western press, Chandra Wickramasinghe, a leading proponent of Panspermia and an astrobiologist at the University of Cardiff, said: "The discovery of liquid water on Mars combined with earlier discoveries of organic substances in a meteorite that came from Mars, and also of methane in the Martian atmosphere all point to the existence of life -- contemporary life -- on the Red Planet."..

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