-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990528a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : Several gun-control foes were shot during production of this bulletin. : This bulletin is suspended for a week. Ya'll have fun without it, hear? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiBriefs: # 'Lost continent' discovered. (BBC) Scientists drilling on the ocean floor found what they think is a lost continent between Australia and Antarctica. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_353000/353277.stm # Costly computer rage. Ever cursed your crashed computer? Computer rage not only drives stress levels of millions of users, it costs companies dearly. news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/the_economy/newsid_353000/353563.stm # Vegetables A Casualty Of NATO Air War? SOFIA (Reuters) Bulgaria's valuable vegetable crop has become the latest casualty of NATO's air war against neighboring Yugoslavia. The Agriculture Ministry said hailstorms destroyed millions of dollars of crops this month because anti-hail radar systems were turned off to avoid attracting the hostile attention of NATO warplanes en route to Yugoslavia. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990527/09/odd-hailstorms # CROSSED LEGS: A SIGN OF FLIRTING? A new survey says when women cross their legs, they are flirting. Most men think it's sexy for a woman to cross her legs, most women say they do it for comfort or out of habit. But if you look at the survey, you find it was done for a company that sells a dietary supplement to help veins look better. They tell us crossing legs can impair circulation and distend leg veins - is this high on anyone's list of health concerns? www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12717 # DO VAMPIRES GET THE EXTRA BLOOD? A doctor, after being being temporarily paralyzed and having large amounts of blood drawn for tests, was prompted to survey blood-taking at several hospitals. She found that many hospitals draw far more blood than is needed for most tests, especially with the sophistiated testing equipment we use today. For seniors, some of whom can't handle a lot of blood loss, this is a serious issue. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12717 # ONE MAN'S PET IS ANOTHER'S DINNER. The story of animal rights activists protesting laws in South Korea to legalize the sale of dog meat raise an interesting issue about cultural bias. Most people in the US are probably disgusted at the thought of eating dog meat - but don't think about the fact we put 15 million dogs and cats to sleep every year. And how would we feel about Hindus, who hold cows sacred, protesting our eating beef? Think globally. www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12725 # Careful, they might hear you. (TA) Australia has become the first country openly to admit that it takes part in a global electronic surveillance sys-tem that intercepts the private and commercial international communications of citizens and companies from its own and other countries. http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990523/news/news3.html # 6 billionth person expected in Oct. WASHINGTON (AP) In less than 5 months - Oct. 12 is the best guess - a birth will push the world's population to 6 billion. The new benchmark comes 12 years after the last billion. It took 13 years for the billion before that. The UN is looking for slower growth over the next century, but some demographers now think the 7 billion mark could come even more quickly. Median UN projections say it'll take 14 years to add another billion people. Population projections, however, have become more complex than ever, with birth and death rates varying widely from region to region, the impact of AIDS, advances in population programs and longer life expectancies. www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559694715-309 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: @ Cradle of Volcanology: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~boris/STROMBOLI.html @ Celebrate the Century: 100 years of history: http://cnn.com/100 # S.CAROLINA CLIMATOLOGIST PREDICTS WARMER SUMMER AND MORE HURRICANES: http://www.gopbi.com/weather/storm/reports/warmer051999.html # Maryland Scientists Find Bacteria Victims Of "Virus Conspiracy" http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/05/990527043556.htm # Smoking And Depression Weakens Immune System: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/05/990527043042.htm # Scientists Determine Atomic Structure Of Lego-Like Molecule That Self- Assembles: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/05/990527043336.htm # Waste Not Want Not -- An Engine For The Future, With No Moving Parts: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/05/990527043210.htm @ "The Medieval Mind of George Lucas": http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/05/18/lucas/ @ A very convenient scandal: http://www.bullatomsci.org/issues/1999/mj99/mj99schwartz.html @ FRINGE CULTURE'S LATEST BARD - R.U. 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