The Intelligent Design Theory
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2005 Robert Todd Carroll
Intelligent design (ID) is an anti-evolution belief that
asserts that naturalistic explanations of some biological entities are not
possible and such entities can only be explained by intelligent causes.
Advocates of ID maintain that their belief is scientific and provides empirical
proof for the existence of God or superintelligent aliens. They claim that
intelligent design should be taught in the science classroom as an alternative
t...
Time Travel
By
Clifford Pickover
What is time? Is time travel
possible? For centuries, these questions have intrigued mystics, philosophers,
and scientists. Much of ancient Greek philosophy was concerned with
understanding the concept of eternity, and the subject of time is central to all
the world's religions and cultures. Can the flow of time be stopped? Certainly
some mystics thought so. Angelus Silesius, a sixth-century philosopher and poet,
thought the flow of time could be suspended b...
Friday the 13th
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2007 Crystalinks
Friday the thirteenth is
considered the unluckiest of days in many superstitions, unless you were born on
Friday the thirteenth in which case it is your lucky day. The fear of Friday the
13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia, a specialized
form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen. The
origins of Friday superstitions are many. One of the best known is that Eve
tempted Adam with the apple on a Friday...
The Bielefeld Conspiracy Theory
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2007 Deutsche Welle
It could be a university prank or a case for Mulder and Scully:
Students from the University of Kiel have claimed in their own X-file that the
German city of Bielefeld doesn't actually exist. It appears on the German map,
the city has a Bundesliga soccer team and regional train services include it as
a destination. It is home to 330,000 inhabitants and one of Germany's 20 major
cities. But according to a group of students in the northern German city of ...
The Lake Michigan Triangle mysteryThe Lake Michigan triangle is said to have similar characteristics of the Bermuda Triangle and is said to be a place of ghost ships, strange disappearances and even UFO sightings."There"s been some strange disappearances out there, there"s been many ships that have been lost that haven"tbeen found." Bill Wangemann is a historian from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He"s spent a lifetime gathering tales about the Lake Michigan triangle.According toauthor Linda S. . Godfrey in her book "Weird Michigan" (200...
Was Jules Verne A Prophet?
By Jan Lamprecht
There is a very strange dimension
to works of science fiction which has never been properly explored. What are we
to make of instances where someone writes a work of obvious fiction only to
discover that some of the fictional facts therein are later proven to be true?
For example, in 1898 Morgan Robertson published a novel called "The Wreck of the
Titan, or Futility." It described how a transatlantic luxury liner called the
"Titan" sank on ...
Shadow People
"What was that?" You
were sitting comfortably on your sofa reading the latest issue of Fortean
Times in the dim light when movement across the room caught your attention.
It seemed dark and shadowy, but there was nothing there. You returned to your
reading - and a moment later there it was again. You looked up quickly this time
and saw the fleeting but distinctly human shape of the shadow pass quickly over
the far wall... and disappear.
What was that? Some natural
shad...
Miracle of Solid Crystal Tears
Twelve-year-old
Hasnah Mohamed Meselmani produced razor-sharp glass crystals from her eyes,
Share International reported at the end of 1996. Nabil Matraji, our
correspondent in the Lebanon, contacted the Meselmani family to find out more
about the amazing phenomenon, which lasted from March till November 1996. A
discussion with Hasnah confirmed that the unseen hand behind the crystal miracle
was that of Maitreya. A report about the mysterious "white knight" follows.
Commotion sti...
Amelia Earhart mystery solved ?
Researchers believe they are on the verge of solving one of aviation's greatest mysteries - the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. DNA evidence to be collected from Nikumaroro Island will reportedly show that she had ended up stranded there."It has been 72 years since famed aviatorAmelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared while attempting to fly around the world. . But the mystery remains unsolved: Nobody know...
Humanoids in the Sky
Astonishing accounts of "people" who fly - with wings
or without:
Monsters and unusual creatures of almost every description have been reported
over the centuries. From dinosaur-like animals to fairies to bizarre hodgepodges
like the Jersey Devil, there seems to no limit to the variety of unexplained
creatures people claim to have seen with their own eyes. One of the most curious
types of sightings - and quite rare - are those of human-like beings that fly.
"Human-like" because in...
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