13-5-2008 Headlines

Platypus genetic code unravelled

Frigid robot eyes top tech prize

Microwaves 'cook ballast aliens'

Pelican 'bombs' bather in Florida

Human aging gene found in flies

Female concave-eared frogs draw mates with ultrasonic calls

Woman mistakes naked thief for hubby

Cannibal theory for locust swarms

Australian pokes great white shark in eye

Today's newshounds: Fergus Storan, Leon, George Koprowicz

Read more at: http://www.forteantimes.com/

 
 
Mysteries and the Unexplained
The man who created the supernatural
 Supernatural frogs falling from the sky, mysterious airships, spontaneous human combustion... it all fascinated Charles Fort, whose appetite for the paranormal lives on today in sci-fi, conspiracy theories and that quirky chronicle of the unknown, the Fortean Times.
 
Has a famous paranormal researcher returned from the dead?

 The spirit of Montague Keen watched helplessly as his body was loaded into an ambulance. His wife, Veronica, stared blankly into the distance, tears flooding down her face. Her friends whispered words of hope, but in her heart she knew her husband was dead.  

 
Could hypnotism replace anaesthetics in surgery?
 It sounds ridiculous and terrifying in equal measure but could hypnotism replace general anaesthetics in surgery? Many doctors certainly think so. Belgian surgeons have carried out over 6,000 operations using only hypnosis to dull the pain including hysterectomies and major abdominal surgery....
 
 
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Strange Tales 11: Which Story is False?
Can you tell fact from fiction? Play our game. Read the four stories presented. Three of the stories are true, but one of them has been completely manufactured. Detect which...

Read more at: http://paranormal.about.com/b/2008/07/07/strange-tales-11-which-story-is-false.htm

 
 
Animal Stories
Canada Prepares to Slaughter its Seals

 Over the coming days tens of thousands of baby seals will be clubbed and hacked to death off Canada’s east coast. Hundreds of thousands more will be shot and left to die. The lucky ones will die swiftly. Many will suffer long lingering deaths….

 
Tournament of blood: The sheer horror of horse-fighting
 'Cultural tradition' or the world's cruellest sport? Horse-fighting is big business in the Philippines and has a huge following. Here we reveal the true horror of horse-fighting.... 
 
Rescued Bears Free at Last

 As the early morning mist curled around Dracula's castle, the three bears cautiously sniffed the air and stepped gingerly out of their cages. It was the first time they'd been free of their tiny prison cells for at least a decade......

 


 
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Denon AH-C751 Earphones
 In a word “Amazing”. There’s no other way of describing these Denon earphones. They produce wonderful sound, are built to last and look pretty cool too.

Newsmonster tested these earphones over a couple of months so that we could pick up on those niggling little faults that only show up after a lot of heavy use. These earphones are one of the few things we’ve tested which didn’t seem to have any faults at all. We dropped them too often, trod on them and used them in the pouring rain. Nothing seemed to phaze ‘em. They’re as tough as old boots (probably because they’re made of chunks of machined aluminium) and sound wonderful too.
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