Now and again, I get asked if government agencies take an interest in reports of strange creatures roaming the countryside – in much the same way that, for many years, official departents have investigated other forms of anomalous phenomena, such as UFOs. Well, the answer is “Yes,” there have indeed been such studies undertaken. As just one of many examples, [...]

Three things Buddha taught us: 1. Nothing is permanent. 2. Suffering is caused by attachment to worldly pleasures. 3. There is no such thing as a jackalope. Twelve hundred years before the invention of the postcard or the roadside souvenir stand, Buddha is quoted in the Shurangama Sutra as telling a follower that “horns on a rabbit” simply do not [...]

Roger Marsh at the UFO Examiner has linked a strange story today, involving the appearance of two odd-looking “creatures” spotted by children at a family gathering that occurred in Ward County, Texas. This UFO encounter follows suit with many “classics” in the field of Ufology, detailing how a metallic craft landed in the vicinity, appearing to be made of “highly [...]

The Indian rope trick is often described as the “world's greatest illusion” – yet a man in the slums of Delhi claims he can do it. In fact, not just one man – but two. First, the trick: it involves a rope being made to rise upwards and then once rigid, a young boy is encouraged to climb to the [...]

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Kate and Gerry McCann have told of their heartache as they face a third Christmas without their missing daughter. In a new message on the Find Madeleine website, they appealed to the public to continue to lend their 'eyes, ears, hearts and minds' to help find the six-year-old, who went missing in the Algarve in 2007. 'It is heartbreaking to [...]

Amazing pictures of Southern Ocean marine life captured by scientists working in the Antarctic were released today. The inhabitants of the continent's seas were captured as part of a study on biodiversity carried out by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Images of the marine creatures, which were taken in the Bellingshausen Sea, West Antarctica, include ice fish, sea pigs and [...]

Shipwreck hunters have found the hospital ship Centaur which was torpedoed without warning in 1943 off the Queensland coast, killing 268 people. Search director David Mearns has advised government officials of the exact location of the wreck and said filming of the wreck would begin in January. Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Australians and relatives of those who had [...]

A daring proposal to try to put a “boat” down on a sea of Saturn's moon Titan is about to be submitted to Nasa. The scientific team behind the idea is targeting Ligeia Mare, a vast body of liquid methane sited in the high north of Saturn's largest moon. The concept will be suggested to the US space agency for [...]

Eastern Taiwan has just been rocked by its biggest earthquake this year. The epicentre of the 6.4 magnitude earthquake, which occurred at 9:02pm (0002 AEDT Sunday) was 25km southeast of the eastern city of Hualien, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. Buildings were shaking for about 20 seconds as far away as the capital Taipei in the northern part of [...]