This Week in the News - 11-16-07
Nov 16th, 2007 by mberry
This week in the news
Clinton Library Releases Files On UFOs
Under fire for its sluggish processing of files from President Clinton’s White House, the National Archives released files and photographs yesterday responding to 14 Freedom of Information Act requests from members of the public.
The records appear unlikely to contain any political bombshells, though there could be fodder for the tabloids. Many of the requests sought information about the Clinton White House’s records on unidentified flying objects or UFOs.
Copyright The New York Sun
Archeologists unearth 4,000-year-old temple in Peru
Archeologists in Peru have unearthed a 4,000-year-old temple on the country’s northern coast, making it one of the oldest discoveries of its kind in the Americas.
Archeologist Walter Alva said the temple is located inside a larger complex in the Lambayeque Valley, 760 kilometres north of Lima, and located near another site that he had unearthed in the 1980s.
The temple, named Ventarron by the team of scientists that uncovered it, includes murals and a staircase that leads up to an altar, likely used for fire worship.
Copyright CBC.ca
Crater From 1908 Russian Space Impact Found, Team Says
Almost a century after a mysterious explosion in Russia flattened a huge swath of Siberian forest, scientists have found what they believe is a crater made by the cosmic object that made the blast.
The crater was discovered under a lake near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in western Siberia, where the cataclysm, known as the Tunguska event, took place.
On June 30, 1908, a ball of fire exploded about 6 miles (10 kilometers) above the ground in the sparsely populated region, scientists say. The blast released 15 megatons of energy—about a thousand times that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima—and flattened 770 square miles (2,000 square kilometers) of forest.
Copyright National Geographic
Woman drowns during exorcism ceremony
A 22-year-old woman died during an exorcism ritual in New Zealand, drowning at a relative’s home as up to 40 family members looked on, police said today.
Janet Moses, a mother of two, was held under water in an attempt to drive away a makutu, or Maori curse. Containers holding an “extensive amount” of water were brought into the lounge of the house, in Wellington, for the ceremony.
Copyright Guardian Ulimited
New evidence for extragalactic life-forming matter
Tantalising traces of the building blocks of life have been spotted in nearby galaxies. However, working out the identity of these carbon-containing molecules, and when they became abundant, is proving tricky, say astronomers.
Astrophysicists believe that organic molecules were present in the cloud of dust and gas from which our solar system formed, providing the raw materials for life on Earth. Astronomers can see these molecules throughout our galaxy, which is one reason why many believe conditions may also be ripe for life in other parts of the Milky Way, and perhaps further afield.
Copyright New Scientist
Alien Life Can Survive Trip to Earth, Space Test Shows
We could have alien origins, say scientists who sent fossilized microscopic life-forms into space and back inside an artificial meteorite.
The researchers attached the baseball-size rock to the outside of the European Space Agency’s Foton M3 spacecraft to test whether biological material could survive the round-trip journey.
Sculpted from stone from the Orkney Islands in northern Scotland, the rock contained fossilized microbes and the molecular signatures of microbes.
Copyright National Geographic
Tree man: I want to live to see grandchildren
An Indonesian man whose body is covered with extraordinary tree-like growths has spoken of his hope that an American doctor will cure his unique condition and help him rebuild his family life.
Dede, now 35, baffled medical experts when warty “roots” began growing out of his arms and feet after he cut his knee in a teenage accident.
Sacked from his job and deserted by his wife, Dede has been unable to look after his two children Entang and Utis, who are now aged 16 and 18.
Copyright The Telegraph
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