G’day mates! Today I am filling in for Rico, so throw another bowl of cornflakes on the barbie and enjoy the news. (Och aye the noo)
- BMW unveils the world’s fastest hydrogen-powered car, a 185 mph futuristic racer. Greg, you never did get me a 40th Birthday present…
- Remember that oil tanker the Nigerian Navy lost? Well, they found another one they had previously lost.
- Oops. South Korea sold the North 100 tons of deadly sodium cyanide.
- Meanwhile, North Korea may be planning another missile test.
- China paves the way for a possible return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet.
- The highest glacial icefields in the world will be gone in 100 years, say experts.
- Rogue scientists and companies are often to blame for the proliferation of WMD, sometimes from within government agencies.
- A mysterious locked box on the Artic tundra is the beginning of a deeper mystery.
- Europe’s biggest mushroom sprawls under a park in Switzerland.
- A Scottish archeological theme park will stage a Bronze Age funeral this weekend.
- Much a do about Shakespeare’s First Folio. A woman gets left a priceless first edition by an unknown relative.
- Money can’t buy happiness, not even if you are a whole country.
- A Canadian scientist accuses the British establishment of being condescending to alternative views of global warming.
- British media are to be asked to avoid referring to such visible installations as sewage works and power stations on the grounds they are potential targets for terrorists. “Don’t mention the big domed building”.
- As the first X-Prize flights go ahead, the BBC interviews Burt Rutan of the SpaceShipOne effort.
- Reward offered to solve riddle of ancient Chinese cliff tombs.
- Termites hold key to man’s future homes. “Hey Mom, we have humans again!”
- The contoversy still continues, is it forgery or real deal? Here is the transcript of a BBC show’s examination of King Solomon’s Tablet of Stone.
- Exploring remote interaction technology — or, as the author of this article likes to call it, teledildonics.
- Remember the Russian woman with the X-ray eyes? Some people are more sceptical than others and have tested her claims and found them wanting.
- Captured on camera, strange unidentified objects hovering in the skies of Northwest Ohio.
- A 39-year-old murder mystery and what some call supernatural occurrences spark stories at a Colorado State Park.
- Scientists conduct experiments suggesting that methane could be made inorganically in the earth’s crust – and that microbes could live by feeding on it.
- Hurricane Jeanne has damaged the Space Shuttle building, but it isn’t as severe as feared.
- In the name of homeland security, America’s spy imagery agency is keeping a close eye, close to home.
- The world’s most respected and heeded statesman is…..Bono.
- A Russian researcher visits Tennessee in search of Bigfoot. Meanwhile, the hairy guy is spotted again in Texas.
Quote of the Day:
“If in the last few years you haven’t discarded a major opinion or aquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.”
Gelett Burgess
