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# Does 'Dark Energy' Pervade Empty Space? WASHINGTON It sounds more like
"Star Wars" than real science, but astronomers are taking seriously new
evidence that a mysterious "dark energy" pervades empty space. You can't
see or feel it, but this strange force is so powerful that it counteracts
gravity and makes stars and galaxies fly apart faster than scientists
previously thought. Without it, the universe would have caved in ages
ago. http://www.sltrib.com:80/1999/jun/06241999/nation_w/3573.htm
: When do you expect the universe to collapse? If your energy is low, do you
endanger the universe? Does dark energy brighten your day? Is the dark side
more powerful? Is the universe held together with duct tape, photons, love?
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# HACKERS ATTACK ARMY'S MAIN INTERNET SITE. Computer hackers defaced the US
Army's main Web site in the latest digital attack on a federal system.
Pentagon workers noticed it early Monday and repaired it. An Army flack
said administrators said hackers altered the www.army.mil site between 8
p.m. Sunday and 5 a.m. Monday, but no damage was done. "There were no sec-
urity breaches." http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9906/28/AM-ArmyHacked.ap/
: What federal/military/other sites would you like to attack? Do you prefer
to target gov't, corporations, schools, charities, armies, hospitals, me??
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# Transplants could treat Parkinson's. NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists may have
found a way to generate unlimited supplies of brain cells to transplant
into Parkinson's disease patients. The source of those cells is for res-
earch and treatment is problematic. Getting them from aborted fetuses is
controversial; taking cells from animals raises fears of introducing new
diseases into people. The new work focuses on brain cells called neural
stem cells. These cells, which can be grown in batches in the lab, can
give rise to a variety of specialized brain cell types. Customized produc-
tion: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560105936-62f
: How many brain cells would you like? Would you like to grow new areas on
your brain? Would you rather use brain cells from animals, aliens, deities?
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# Silicon Valley full of single men. SAN JOSE, Calif.(AP) Silicon Valley has
earned a dubious distinction: it is now home to more unattached men than
any other major US metro area. High-tech professions have traditionally
attracted more men than women and the study highlights the disparity in
America's technology capital. Men here complain they outnumber women
3-to-1 in bars and restaurants some nights. Gay nerds are happy, though.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560105999-5fb
: Is Silicon Valley a good place to run social experiments on massed males?
Are such experiments currently under way? Do you mind being experimented on?
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@ Shroud of Turin & Other "Holy Relics". In its quest to create a religion
to gain power and wealth, the Church forgery mill did not limit itself to
mere writings but for centuries cranked out thousands of phony "relics" of
its "Lord," "Apostles" and "Saints." There were at least 26 "authentic"
burial shrouds scattered throughout the abbeys of Europe, of which the
Shroud of Turin is just one. The Shroud of Turin is not consistent with
Gospel accounts of Jesus' burial, which refer to multiple cloths and a
separate napkin over his face. http://konformist.com/blasphemy/shroud.htm
@ Information on international Shroud research: http://www.shroud.com/
@ The Shroud of Turin - An X-Ray? http://earthfiles.com/earth025.html
@ The Shroud of Turin - Blood Tests: http://earthfiles.com/earth026.html
@ Turin Shroud - Body Dematerialization? http://earthfiles.com/earth024.html
@ The Cloth of Oviedo: http://earthfiles.com/earth042.html
: What's your favorite holy relic? Is it real or faked? Have you made many
holy relics? Do you try to carve at least one god out of wood each day? Why?
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SkeptiBriefs:
@ Anomalies & the Birth of New Theories. Here are some constructive insights
on the value of anomalies in the search for deeper understanding of the
world. http://www.xnewsnetwork.com/Headlines/Anomalies/anomalies.html
# British breast milk 'highly contaminated' (BBC) As many as 350 pollutants,
including many known poisons, have been found in breast milk given to UK
babies: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_380000/380948.stm
# Seahenge removal on again. (BBC) Attempts to move a Bronze Age monument
are due to resume following a deal between archaeologists and protesters.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_380000/380649.stm
# THE Y2K BUZZ - LITERALLY. Y2K fallout is affecting all kinds of industries
- but who expected the millennial panic to reach such a buzz? Honey sales
rise with millennial panic.
http://wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/culture/story/20438.html
# BRAIN WAVES KEY TO MEMORY. Researchers have located the brain waves that
seem to play an important role in how humans navigate. The discovery could
lead to treatments for epilepsy and other disorders.
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20440.html
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SkeptiLinks:
@ URANUS & NEPTUNE: http://www.skypub.com/sights/moonplanets/urnepplu.html
@ PLUTO: http://www.skypub.com/sights/moonplanets/plutochart99.html
@ An array of articles concerning Aleister Crowley from a wide variety
of sources: http://www.broon.demon.co.uk/media/crowley.htm
@ "The Kennedy Assassination: The Nixon-Bush Connection":
http://www.livelinks.com/sumeria/politics/kennedy.html
@ George W. Bush Jr. and the JFK assassination:
http://www.konformist.com/1999/bushjr.htm
@ On the credibility of various conspiracy writers:
http://www.umsl.edu/~skthoma/offline.htm
# The Academic Path to Pariah Status - how to ruin your career:
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v45/i43/43a01201.htm
# PUBLIC TV MORE CORPORATE, LESS PUBLIC THAN EVER:
http://www.fair.org/reports/pbs-study-1999.html
# REPUTED CIA PROPRIETARY NSI HAS INTERNET MONOPOLY:
http://www.konformist.com/skolnick/1999/ss062799a.htm
http://www.konformist.com/skolnick/1999/ss062799b.htm
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