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# Bug Bars Big Hit. GLEN AVON, Calif. (ABC) The big hit at the Jurupa Mtns
Cultural Center are candy bars filled, not with chocolate and nuts, but
with insects. That includes plump, juicy crickets, ants and mouth-watering
mealworms. The bars, called "Amber InsectNside Candy," sell for US$3 each.
A center official says they're already on their second case and it's their
slow season. She says adults buy them as novelties, but the kids actually
eat them. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990914/18/ca-state-news-11
: Does my nephew, who frequents JMCC, actually eat these? Would he admit it?
Do/would you? What's your favorite edible bug? What bugs eat you? Revenge??
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# CHIP LETS ME FEEL YOUR PAIN. SILICON chips implanted in the arm and linked
to the nervous system could be used to control computers, or even allow 2
people to share the same sensations and emotions. Researcher Kevin Warwick
said that within 18 months he planned to try the experiment on himself.
Last year he implanted a chip in his arm that could be used to open the
door of his department at the university. Don't scratch your butt, Kev.
http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/09/14/timnwsnws01032.html?999
: Are you wired yet? Do you want to be? Can we kink-link? D'ya want control?
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# Crime Can Be Addictive. SHEFFIELD, England (Reuters) - Crime, just like
alcohol, cigarettes and cocaine can become addictive, a UK psychologist
said. Greed, revenge and jealousy are motives that can account for some
criminal activity but they don't explain why some people continue their
life of crime despite the high probability of getting caught. "Addiction
is an active psychological process for the pursuit of happiness." See
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990915/od/crime_1.html
: Would you rather be addicted to sex, crime, love, candy, opium, light, me?
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# Science Closing In On Dark Matter Mystery. SHEFFIELD, UK (Reuters) Scien-
tists could be closer to understanding the mysterious subatomic particles
that may make up the dark side of the universe. Physicists say so-called
Weakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs) could account for the 90-99%
of the universe's dark matter which can't be seen because it does not emit
light. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990915/00/science-science-universe
: Are you mostly comprised of WIMPs or MACHOs? Do you glow? Are you visible?
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# Thundergod's help - Panspermia. The idea that life originated elsewhere &
drifted to Earth is an old one, but there's a new idea how it got here. A
researcher suggests that if a star with life-bearing planets around it
becomes a red giant, living matter might be ejected into an interstellar
cloud and then trapped in comets, which would preserve it. When other
planets formed & the comets hit them, the seeds of life would be planted.
http://www.boston.com:80/dailyglobe2/256/science/Thundergod_s_helpP.shtml
# PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY - Life-Giving Chemical Found in Star-Forming Regions.
Formic acid -- the colorless, pungent liquid found in ant bites, bee
stings, and nettle bristles -- has been found in prodigious amounts in
space, adding a prebiotic spice to areas of star and solar system forma-
tion. Astronomers have detected formic acid toward the hot core of the
Orion molecular cloud, as well as similar molecular clouds in Sagittarius
B2 and W51. http://www2.astronomy.com/astro/News/news/0999Formic.html
: Do chemicals & structures of life rain down upon Earth? Manna from heaven?
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# Test makes psychics flip. THE world's biggest experiment of whether people
have psychic powers is taking place at shopping centres, exhibition halls
& the British Assn for the Advancement of Science's annual fest. The mind
machine, a computer-controlled kiosk fitted with a touch-sensitive screen,
aims to discover if people can use their minds to sway the toss of a coin.
http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/09/14/timnwsnws01034.html?999
: Are you psychic/psycho? Can you prove it? Do you keyboard hands-off? How?
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# Cop Guilty Of NetSex. SAN DIEGO (ABC) A SD police officer was convicted of
trying to commit lewd acts via telephone & Internet with what he thought
was a 13-year-old girl. Instead, he was communicating with an undercover
LAPD officer. A Los Angeles jury mulled for less than half a day before
convicting Nathalio Caplan of 2 felony counts of an attempted lewd act on
a child under 14. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990915/07/ca-state-news-4
# Glen or Glenda? Unmasking Chat Room Impostors. (Wired) Ever wonder who
you're really chatting with online? A new game based on the Turing test
may tell whether she is really a he, and vice versa. Go for the gusto:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/21754.html
: Are you/I/they who we seem to be? Do you want to change? Into what? Why?
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# Freaky proteins - Dual-purpose antibodies may shed light on allergies
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990918/newsstory1.html
# Are we getting warmer? Why climate scientists are ripping up their fore-
casts for 2100: http://newscientist.com/ns/19990918/newsstory2.html
# Overcoming old age - It's facelifts today, will it be brainlifts tomorrow?
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990918/newsstory3.html
# Stars in the snow - Antarctica yields clues to a "lost" supernova:
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990918/newsstory4.html
@ ON THE POSSIBILITY OF DIRECTLY ACCESSING EVERY HUMAN BRAIN BY
ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION OF FUNDAMENTAL ALGORITHMS:
http://www.morethanconquerors.simplenet.com/MCF/mn165.htm
# The comeback killer - Europe could be facing a resurgence of malaria:
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990918/newsstory8.html
# It's degenerate - Ultracool atoms have been caught acting strangely:
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990918/newsstory11.html
# Pooled genes - Britain's plans for a centralised DNA database:
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990918/nshorts.html#13
# ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP ENDORSES BRADLEY OVER GORE - Friends of the Earth:
www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/09/14/president.2000/bradley.endorse/
# Rwandan bishop pleads innocent - denies all genocide charges:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561159804-5d8
# AIDS - 1 Of 4 African Teenage Girls Has AIDS In Some Cities:
http://www.sightings.com/health3/afaids.htm
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