http://ctokic.net/wonder/ Paranormal News, Articles, and Reader Stories en-us Tuesday, 6 January 2009 15:35:34 PST Tuesday, 6 January 2009 15:35:34 PST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Ten Fingers and Two Toes mofa@ctokic.net mofa@ctokic.net http://ctokic.net/wonder/index.php?todo=page&which=253 A+stunning+light+display+over+Saturn+has+stumped+scientists+who+say+it+behaves+unlike+any+other+planetary+aurora+known+in+our+solar+system.%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%0D%0AThe+blueish-green+glow+was+found+over+the+ringed+planet%27s+north+polar+region+just+like+Earth%27s+northern+lights.%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%0D%0AIt+was+discovered+by+the+infrared+instruments+on+NASA%27s+Cassini+spacecraft.%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%0D%0AThe+northern+polar+region+of+Saturn+shows+both+the+aurora+and+underlying+atmosphere%2C+as+captured+by+NASA%27s+Cassini+spacecraft%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%0D%0A%27We%27ve+never+seen+an+aurora+like+this+elsewhere%2C%27+said+Tom+Stallard%2C+a+scientist+working+with+Cassini+data+at+the+University+of+Leicester... 11/13/2008 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%3Cp%3ECAPITOLA%2C+CA%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%0D%0A%0D%0APrivate+eye+T.K.+Davis+has+worked+his+share+of+oddball+cases.+Once+he+tracked+down+a+one-armed+woman+wanted+for+child+endangerment.+He+staked+out+a+backyard+to+catch+a+guy+throwing+dirt+clods+into+a+pool.+When+you+make+your+living+answering+life%27s+mysterious+questions+at+%24100+an+hour%2C+you+take+a+few+calls+out+of+the+blue.%3CP%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AHe+works+the+streets+of+this+suburban+town+near+Santa+Cruz%2C+where+dog-walking+mothers+and+aging+hippies+compete+for+beach+time.+It+can+get+a+little+creepy.+People+might+see+things+--+unusual+objects+in+the+sky%2C+for+instance+--+and+not+say+a+thing+for+fear+of+being+ridiculed... 3/25/2008 http://ctokic.net/wonder/index.php?todo=page&which=248 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