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Who Is James Randi?

Who Is James Randi?

James Randi is a Canadian-American stage magician, scientific skeptic, secular humanist, lecturer, and amateur astronomer/archaeologist. Randi is also the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) and the founding fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims...

WikiLeaks States Al Queda Can Build Atomic Bombs

WikiLeaks States Al Queda Can Build Atomic Bombs

The latest Wikileaks cables states that Al Qaeda can build atomic bombs. The whistleblowing organization has released thousands of American diplomatic cables and security briefs to the UK's Daily Telegraph. The Wikileaks cables suggest the world's most menacing terrorist organization has complied...

15 Extremely Specific Phobias

15 Extremely Specific Phobias

Fear can be a healthy thing. Since the beginning of time it has spurred humans away from danger, preserved our health and well being, and helped keep the clown population from overtaking the earth and installing their preferred system of cannibalistic feudalism.

Natalee Holloway Case Linked to Jaw Bone Found in Aruba?

Natalee Holloway Case Linked to Jaw Bone Found in Aruba?

The Nederlands Forensic Institute (NFI) in The Hague are presently testing a human jaw bone found on an Aruban beach near the site where missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway was last seen alive. Forensic scientists reported on Tuesday that the jaw bone may in fact be from Natalee's remains per...

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5 Beneficial Effects of Smoking Marijuana (Weed)

The harmful effects of marijuana are well known, with risks to users including memory problems, lack of concentration, and even a higher incidence of lung cancer but very little information regarding the beneficial effects of marijuana. With the growing trend toward the use of medical marijuana...

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Sperm Gene Boule Shared by Organisms

Sperm gene BOULE shared by organisms regardless of species.  A study conducted by geneticist Eugene Xu from Northwestern University was published in the July 15, 2010 PLoS Genetics journal.  Xu found that sperm contain the gene BOULE, the only gene identified to exist only for sperm...

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British U.F.O. Reports Declassified

Previously unreleased reports of UFO sightings as told to the police, military and various governments around the globe have been released. The formerly classified 6,000 page document, recounts eyewitness' testimony from 1994 from 2000. Nick Pope, former administrator of the British Government's...

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The 10 All Time Best Answers To: Why?

Anyone who has raised children or ever was a child (and let's face it, that's all of us), knows that the world's Most Frequently Asked Question is "Why?" Unfortunately, it's also the most difficult question to answer because it's bottomless - it can keep right on going forever because no matter...

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Workplace Violence at the Center of Annie Le Murder

WorkPlace Violence appears to be at the center of the Annie Le Murder Investigation, and impending trial of Ray Clark. He appears to be obsessed with cleanliness, and apparently had an issue with how Annie Le was treating the mice in the lab. But did cleanliness, and his drive for perfection push...

42.0 Milestones in the History of Marijuana

42.0 Milestones in the History of Marijuana

People around the world have been smoking marijuana for thousands of years while also using the hemp plant for everything from fabric and rope to ethanol fuel. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, a man with a bit of power and enough determination decided pot was wicked, evil and narcotic. He...