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# Om on the Range. The landscape around Alto Parao ("Upper Paradise" in
Portuguese) offers dramatic waterfalls and rugged hiking trails. But most
people come to flex their minds. Located deep in the rolling rangelands of
central Brazil, it sits atop an immense layer of quartz crystal that is
said to possess fabulous powers, at least over the imagination. Among the
4,000 permanent residents, about half are impassioned esoterics. New Age
pastimes abound, from feng shui to chromotherapy. There are some 40 sects
and cults, a few of them apocalyptic. But instead of Armageddon, most of
the people in Alto Parao are bracing for a boom in tourism to mark the
millennium. http://www.newsweek.com/nw-srv/focus/tl/fotl0210_1.htm
: Does crystal quartz control your mind? Do you seek out quartz crystal, go
deep into it, become it? Do you use quartz utensils, tools, sexual devices?
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@ PET DOGS sit by doors & windows waiting for absent owners to return. Most
people would think nothing of this. But having studied the phenomenon,
Rupert Sheldrake, scientist turned outcast, is convinced there is only one
explanation: dogs know when their owners are coming home; they know 'cause
they are telepathic. http://newscientist.com/ns/19990828/imthinking.html
: Do you and your dog(s) read each others' minds, if any? Do you scare each
other by projecting thoughts of death and mayhem? Do they bend to your will?
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Brain-O-Rama:
# Scientists Provide First Detailed Maps Of Wiring Circuitry In The Living
Human Brain. Researchers have developed a way to visualize nerve fiber
bundles that transmit information between different areas of the living
human brain. Their study ... may one day lead to improvements in brain
surgery, diagnosis of brain ailments, and understanding of neurological
diseases. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/09/990901080658.htm
: Is your brain map folded, greasy, torn? Is your wiring corroded, shorting?
# BUILDING A BETTER MOUSE BRAIN. Scientists have genetically engineered mice
to learn faster & retain intelligence-building skills into adulthood. The
findings could lead to new Alzheimer's drugs and obsolete mousetraps.
http://www.wired.com/news/news/tip/technology/story/21541.html
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560966914-6ae
# Genetic engineering boosts IQ. (BBC) US researchers have genetically
modified mice to be smarter and believe the same could be done for humans.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_435000/435816.stm
: Who needs smarter mice? Are they bothersome? D'ya wanna be smarter? D'ya
need a brain implant, genetic modification, electric recharge, drugs, me??
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# Who's afraid of the gene genie? WELLINGTON, NZ. Satyrs, centaurs, chimeras
- the part-man, part-beast monsters of mythology ain't normally associated
with scientific inquiry, but they formed a grotesque if unstated backdrop
to an Environmental Risk Management hearing in Wellington. Scientists want
to insert human genes into cows to change the nature of their milk. They
say it may benefit the dairy industry by making milk more nutritious, and
aid medical science by producing a human protein used to treat multiple
sclerosis. http://www.news-real.com/story/19990901/02/59/5636768_st.html
: Should we put human genes into animals? Should we put animal genes into
humans? Have you done so already? In a laboratory, or in the field? Did her
mother go "baaaa"?? Do you prefer humans, animals, aliens? Whose genes rule?
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# Crafty, dexterous robots beat bombers at their game. (CNN) High-tech bomb
squads compete so fiercely with terrorists that they now have developed
bomb-busting robots that are 20 years ahead of the threats that are out
there. http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/27/t_t/anti.bomb.technology/
: Are you a bomber? Do you take this as a challenge? Can you beat robots? Do
your Reptilioid/Republican masters have counter-strategies, new technology?
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# A Matter of Time. As savvy Trekkies will tell you, the greatest challenge
to the Federation of Planets wasn't the Klingons' war-lust or Ferengis'
compulsive deception. It was the adoption of a calendar that could satisfy
all species from one end of the galaxy to the other. Timekeeping is
essential for efficient communications and a must for interstellar
travel. http://foxnews.com/scitech/features/perelmuter/090199.sml
: What's your favorite calendar? Was it created by humans, aliens, deities??
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# Virus found in Arctic ice. (BBC) The discovery of the 1st virus preserved
in the Arctic ice has prompted a warning that there may be more, and that
warm weather may release them to start epidemics. Pray for some blizzards.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_435000/435440.stm
# Microbes In Basalt Thrive Eating Toxic Wastes. 75 meters beneath the surf-
ace of a site in Idaho where high-level radioactive waste has been stored
for more than 40 years, microorganisms living in the pores and crevices of
dry basaltic rock can reduce a toxic form of chromium to a much less toxic
form -- and they do so faster in the presence of volatile organic wastes.
Yummy: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/09/990901080528.htm
: Are microbes tougher than ever? Will radioactive microbes eat humanity??
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SkeptiLinks:
# Russia may sell nuke subs to China - long-range missiles could hit U.S.:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560964463-9b8
@ The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social
Order: www.commentarymagazine.com/9907/books.html
# Lost Mozart score found in Vienna - scored for strings and soprano:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560956586-071
@ Judgment fray: Who will be saved, and who will be `Left Behind'?
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:FAITH1/1:FAITH1082799.html
# Federal agency recruits hacker teens - NSA hires 15-year-old hacker:
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/26/t_t/teen.hacker/index.html
# HITS KEEP ON COMING AGAINST MICROSOFT - product manager confesses:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/technology/story/21524.html
# Hotmail glitch shows Internet security poor - "tip of the iceberg":
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560955336-931
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