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Science Frontiers The Book Contents Science Frontiers is an indexed compilation of the first 86 issues of our Science Frontiers newsletter. Chapter 1. Archeology: Ancient Engineering Works * Small Artifacts * Epigraphy and Art * Bones and Footprints * Diffusion and Culture. Chapter 2. Astronomy: Planets and Moons * Solar System Debris * Stars * Galaxies and Quasars * Cosmology. Chapter 3. Biology: Humans .* Other Mammals * Birds * Reptiles and Amphibians * Fish * Arthropods * Invertebrates * Plants and Fungi * Microorganisms * Genetics * Origin of Life * Evolution. Chapter 4. Geology: Topography * Geological Anomalies * Stratigraphy * Inner Earth. Chapter 5. Geophysics: Luminous Phenomena* Weather Phenomena * Hydrological Phenomena * Earthquakes * Anomalous Sounds * Atmospheric Optics. Chapter 6. Psychology: Dissociation Phenomena * Hallucinations * Mind - Body Phenomena * Hidden Knowledge * Reincarnation * Information Processing * Psychokinesis. Chapter 7. Chemistry, Physics, Math, Esoterica: Chemistry * Physics * Mathematics. Comments from reviews: "This fun-to-read book may lead some to new scientific solutions through questioning the phenomena presented", Science Books and Films Publishing details: 356 pages, paperback, $18.95, 417 illus., subject index, 1994. 1500+ references, LC 93-92800 ISBN 0-915554-28-3, 8.5 x 11. Order From: The Sourcebook Project P.O. Box 107 Glen Arm, MD 21057 USA Tel: +1 (410) 668 6047. Ordering information Prices are in U.S. dollars. Canadian dollars and pounds sterling are accepted at prevailing exchange rates. U.S. customers should add $1.50 for each order under $30. Foreign customers should add $2.00 per book for surface mail.

Science Frontiers: The Book Index (Return to Science Frontiers Home Page) A Abominable snowman 127, 128 (See also Yeti) Abductions 294, 296, 297, 336 Acacias 171 Aerial bubbles 248 Aetas 45 African Eve theory 126 Age regression 296 Agriculture Michigan garden beds 6 origin 49 precocious 49 Tiahuanaco 10 AIDS 118-119 cofactors 119 mycoplasms 119 HIV role 118-119 SIV 118 Ainus origin, 47-48 Alaska haze, 265 terranes 225-226 Algae 173, 173, 302-303 Aliens 333-334, 336 Allergies 299 Alligators 149 Allopolyploidy 164 Almasti 127-128 Altered states of consciousness (See Dissociation phenomena, Hallucinations Hypnotism) Aluminum 88 Amazonia ancient civilizations, 10-11 Amerinds origin, 47 Amino acids 179, 191 at Cretaceous 211 81, 220 Amirante Basin 195 Ampere Seamount ruins, 17 Amphibians population decline, 149 Toads) Amphoras in Brazil, 25 in Maine 20 Anasazi 3, 7, 121 Andes ice islands, 204 Andes glow (See Mountain-top glows) Anglerfish 154 Anomalistics 338-341 Anomalons 322, 323 Ant lions 166 Antarctica ancient maps 41-42 fossil trees 150, 220 ice cover 41-42, 203-204, 220 meteorites 65, 76-77, 220-221 ozone hole 277-278 polynas 204 Anthropic Principle 106, 186, 329, 330, 331 Antimatter 101 Ants 157, 160 caterpillar symbiosis 164 collective activity 159 collective intelligence 159-160 eyes 160 fascinated by electricity 160 genetics 163 parasites 168 plant symbiosis 164 slave 160 Anubis cave site 33 Apes evolution, 110, 127 Aphids 157 Aquaculture 120 Aquatic ape hypothesis 109, 122 Archaea 185 Archaeobacteria 185 Archaeoastronomy Africa 14-15 Brazil 26 Britain 16-17 gnomons 57 Mallia table 27-28 Mayan 50 North America 2-3 Nazca lines 38-39 pecked crosses 35 worldwide 43 Archaeopteryx 145-146 Arctic fossil wood, 219-220 haze 265 ice cover 204 Army ants 159-160 Arthropods 156-165 (See also specific species) Aspartic acid racemization dating 45 Asteroids brightness changes 78 Chiron 78 Cretaceous 177 double 78 impacts and geomagnetic field reversals 222 impacts and catastrophism 177, 194, 195, 209-211, 218-219, 235 magnetic fields 78 related to meteorites 78 satellites 78 small 78-79 (See also Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Extinctions) Astroblemes 74, 194 Astrology 112-114 Atlantis 9, 17, 227 Atmospheric optics 288-290 Atoms clusters, 319 Auriferous gravels artifacts, 24 Auroras 255 sounds 287 Australites 221, 223 Autistic savants (See Calculating prodigies) Avalanches correlated with moon, 215 Aye ever-growing teeth, 136 percussive foraging 136-137 Azilian pebbles 41 Aztalan 3, 6 B Baalbek temple 17-18 Babirusa 130 Bacteria 175-181, 182, 183 archaeobacteria 185 cometary origins 81 Cretaceous 177 directed mutation 180-181 extraterrestrial 65, 81, 119, 120, 179 gold deposits 216 iron deposits 216 magnetic sense 176 Martian 65 milky seas 260-261 mitochrondria 127, 189, 190 Precambrian 207 sea 167 snowflake formation 319 social behavior 176 spectra 179 subterranean 177, 178, 185, 207, 208, 216 termite symbiosis 165 "thinking," 176 Ball lightning 116, 242-248, 251 artificial 248 behavior. 247-248 forced 244-245 giant 245, 269 internal structure 246-247 rayed 245-246 repeating 243-244 Bamboos flowering, 140 panda symbiosis 140 Barisal guns 283 Barking sands 214 Basalt flooding 74, 195, 210, 218, 222 Basques blood types 50 language 50 Mechanicsburg stones 31 in ancient North America 50 technology 50 Bat Creek inscription 30 Bats 162 echo location 134-135 evolution of flight 134 eye 134, 135 ground 133 mass fall 134 Bears polar, 130 Beavers 129 Beetles 161, 162 Behavior transfer by injection,133 (See also specific species) Bell 324 Belousov 106, 321 Bermuda Triangle 208, 337 Big Bang hypothesis 86, 92, 93, 94, 100, 101, 330 challenges 102-104 two 103 Bigfoot 128 Bimini walls and roads 9 Biogeology 216 Bioluminescence 158 (See also Marine light displays) Bipedalism 109-110 Birches 171 Birds 141-147 albatross flight distances 143 bowerbirds 143 convergent evolution 141 falls 142 foregut fermentation 144 incubator 19-20 intelligence 142 memory 142 mimicry 144 navigation 143-144 New Caledonia tumuli 19-20 perfection problem 141 poison production 144 population decline 149 stomping 148 transfer of learned behavior 133 Birthmarks 305 Births lunar influence, 122 periodicities 122-123 Black holes 92, 98, 103, 106, 238, 333 Black shales correlated with geomagnetic reversals, 235 Black smokers (See Sea-floor vents) Blackcaps migration, 143-144 Blanchard stone 32 Blood white cells, 125 Blood types Basques, 50 correlated with social class 117 Blue holes 200, 201 Blueberries fungi symbiosis, 169 Bluefish Caves site 23 Bode 72, 331 Bombardier beetle 162 Bone beds 217 Bonobos (See Chimpanzees, pygmy) Boomerang ancient, 27 Booming sands 214 Booms unexplained, 283 Bowerbirds 143 Braille reading technique, 308-309 Brain corpus callosum 123-124 EEGs 124 evolution 125 hemispheres 49 information processing 305-309 psychoimmunology 126 size 123 structure 123-125 (See also Memory) Breathing anomalies 122 Brontides 283-284 Brown Mountain lights 249-250 Buka Island site 49 Burgess shale 163, 192 Burrows Cave site 34 Butterflies 157, 158, 169 ant symbiosis 164 migration 158 C Caddis flies 157 Caddy 153 Caenorhabditis elegans 168 Cairns in Africa 14 boat 4 in California 8 in New England 1-4 Calculating prodigies 305-306, 308 Calendar calculators 305-306, 308 Calendars astronomical, 41 Stonehenge 16, 41 (See also Archaeoastronomy) Calico site 21. 23. 24. 42 Cambrian explosion 163, 187 Canals ancient, in Florida 8 Hohokam 6 Cancer 117-118, 175, 183 apathy effect 299 evolution 117 hypnosis effect 125, 298 imaging effect 118 metastasis 175 organism complexity effect 177 psychotherapy effect 299-300 radon 118 regeneration connection 117 Capgras 296 Carbonate platforms 227 Carpenter bees 174 Canyons 199-200 submarine 199-200 Carbon dating 212, 229 Carbonaceous chondrites 77, 81, 207, 220 Carolina Bays 194, 195-196, 197, 271 Catastrophism 218, 224 (See also Asteroids, Comets, Extinctions, Meteors) Caterpillars 157, 171 ant symbiosis 164 Catfish 141 Cats brains, 124 intelligence 132 Cattle mutilations, 337 transfer of learned behavior 133 Cauca Valley culture 50 Caves 177 blowing 286-287 (See also Crevicular structure, Stalactites) Cells 174-175 fusion 190 Celts ogam inscriptions, 31, 32, 33 Central nervous system 126 Chachapoyas 10 Chaco Canyon 3, 7 Champ 152 Channelled Scablands 62, 63, 202 Channelling electronic, 338 Chaos 341 in evolution 120, 218 faucets 328 geysers 280 Hyperion 70 measels epidemics 120 Miranda 74 pendulums 328 Pluto 74 solar system 73-74 universe 106 Charon 78 Chemical reactions effect of solar activity 320 Chemosynthesis on Mars 65 at sea 165-167 Chemotherapy 117, 175 Cherokees 33, 45 Chessie 152 Chicxulub crater 221, 227, 238 Chief Mountain 224 Chiggers 147-148 Chimo Indians 4 Chimpanzees pygmy, 127 Chinese ancient, artifacts in Australia 28, 46 artifacts in North America 21 motifs in North America 35 voyages to North America 140 Chiron 78 Chloroplasts 172, 182, 189, 190 Chromosomes chimpanzee, 127 human 127 Chuchunaa 128 Circadas periodical, 158-159 Circadian rhythms 117 Circumnutation 170 Civilizations origins, 49 extraterrestrial 333-334 Cladistics 191-192 Clams 166 evidence for human diffusion 48 Clarks nutcracker memory, 142 Climate changes 208-209, 212, 220, 222, 224, 235 cycles 229-230 influence on creativity 112 Clouds arches 265 dust 265 green 257 Morning Glory 264-265 mystery plumes 265-266, 338 roll 264-265 sodium 277 Clovis culture 22, 47 Coal origin, 217 COCORP 228-229 Coincidences 329, 337 Coins ancient. Greek in Idaho, 36 in North America 36 Numidian in Ohio, 36 Coke falls, 274 Cold fusion 104, 215, 315-317 Comets carbonaceous 81 correlated with epidemics 120 earth impacts 73, 196, 209, 217, 218, 219, 222, 235 extra 80 Halley 73, 79-80, 81 icy 54, 67, 69, 75, 79-81, 275-277 Kuiper cloud 81 lunar swirls 59-60 organics 81, 178-179, 185, 186 periodicity 74, 75, 85 related to asteroids 78 short 80-81 showers 217-218, 219 tails 80 (See also Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Extinctions, Oort Cloud) Compact structures 88 Complexity 321, 339 correlated with cancer 117 Conrad discontinuity 232 Consciousness 297, 311, 313 (See also Dissociation phenomena, Hallucinations) Continental drift 29, 197, 205, 225, 226, 232, 236 (See also Plate tectonics) Convergent evolution (See Evolution, convergent) Cookie 198, 271 Copernican Principle 341 Copulation face-to-face, 109 Core 231, 232 Corn circles (See Crop circles) Corpus callosum 123-124 Cosmic microwave background 100, 101, 103, 104 Cosmic rays 99, 339 correlated with lightning 241, 264 Cosmic string 105 Cosmological Principle 100 Cosmology 93-107 redshift controversy 92-97 (See also Redshifts) Costa Rican spheres 8-9 Cowbirds 144 Crab supernova 35 Crabs falls, 274 Crater Lake 211 Craters 194-197 anomalous 18-19 Chicxulub 221, 222, 238 Cretaceous 209-210, 221, 238 lunar 223-224 methane eruptions 131, 197-198 periodicity 74-75, 84-85 Siljan ring 207 whale pits 131 Creationists 24, 191, 213, 215, 217, 224, 225, 228, 325 Cretaceous 74, 227, 238 bacteria effects 177 basalt flooding 210 crater 209-210, 221, 238 extinctions 186, 194, 195, 217, 218, 219 iridium spike 74, 177, 194, 209-211 microtektites 221 soot layer 210 Crevicular structure 200-201 biological implications 177, 184-185 (See also Sea-floor vents) Crickets synchronous chirping, 159 Crop circles, 131, 199, 261, 266-272 256, 269, 270, 271, 272 correlated with sounds 267, 268, 272 eye 267, 268, 270 pictograms 270-271 Crystals 324 five 320 morphogenic fields 132 quasicrystals 320 quasisolids 320 snowflakes 319 Cuckoos egg mimicry, 144 Culture gene control, 114 musical creativity 112 Cuna writing 38 Cup Africa 14 Ireland 34 North America 34 Cushites 15 Cuzco 38 Cyclothems 229-230 Cydonian hypothesis 14, 42, 64 Cygnus X 99 D Dark matter (See Missing mass) Darwinism 168, 191 in cosmology 106 (See also Evolution, Neo-Darwinism) Day length 326 Dead water 281 Deccan Traps 195, 210, 222 Deja vu 292 Determinism 176, 191 (See also Reductionism) Devil 336 Diabetes 121 Diapirs 197 Dinosaurs ancestors of birds 145, 146 extinction 151, 177, 210, 212, 221-222 fossil tracks 44-45, 46 polar 150-151 surviving 153 warm 150 (See also Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary) Diquis culture 9 Diseases AIDS 118-119 bubonic plague 121 cancer 117-118 correlated with dreams 294 diabetes 121 epidemic phenomena 119-120 epilepsy 111, 123 influenza 119-120 malaria 120 measles 120 role in evolution 182, 189, 190 Dissociation phenomena 292-294 dreams 293-294 glossalalia 293 hypnosis 293 hysteria 293 multiple personality 292-293 schizophrenia 294 Diversity biological, 160-161, 178, 185 DNA 172, 190, 192, 320 cell 183 excess 183 extra chromosomes 175 human diffusion 47 human evolution 126, 182 malaria parasites 120-121 nonsense 182, 183 promiscuous 182 selfish 114, 183 (See also Genomes) Dogon culture 15 Dogs seismic sensitivity, 135 Dolphins 138-139 acoustic stunning 136 aiding pilot whales 140 bones in caves 139 magnetic sense 136 Dowsing 17, 303-304 Dragon Project 16 Dreams 293-294 correlated with disease 294 lucid 293-294 precognitive 292 telepathic 302 Drosophila 124 Drumlins 202 Ducks role in flu epidemics, 119-120 Dugongs 139-140 Dunes 203 booming 214 Dust clouds, 263 interplanetary 77 Dust devils 263 (See also Crop circles, Whirlwinds) Dynamo theory 234-235, 237 E Ears 125 sound emission 125, 340 Earth 56-58 age 213, 214. 217 atmospheric laser 57-58 axial change 57, 186, 224 birth of moon 53, 60 core 231 core 231 crust 232-233 dynamo 234-235 heat generation 237 ionosphere and effect of Venus 56 magnetic field 57 mantle 231-233 methane primordial, 58 moons small, 56-57 ring 57, 224 throbbing 238 Venus resonance 56 (See also Geomagnetic field) Earth currents 236-237 Earth energies 16 Earthquake lights 58, 206, 251-252, 282 Earthquakes 230-231, 282-283 caused by black holes 238 correlated with geomagnetic activity 282 correlated with radio emissions 252, 282 correlated with rainfall 282-283 correlated with solar activity 282 correlated with tidal forces 282 correlated with UFOs 283 deep 230, 323 effect on geysers 231, 280 precursors 282 Earthworms 148 Easter Island 28 talking boards 38 Echidnas 129 Eclipses solar, 82-83 Economics correlated with solar activity 83 Ediacaran Experiment 163. 192 EEGs 124, 296 Eels 154. 155 eel balls 154 migration 154, 155 Eidetic imaging 307-308 Egyptians ancient, in Australia 18, 42 in Hawaii 43 in Mississippi Valley 50 in New Guinea 43 in Oklahoma 33 El Ninos 281 Electrophonic sounds 287 Elephant motif in North America, 36 Elephants graveyards, 219 recent survival in North America 36 Endosymbionts role in evolution, 189, 191 (See also Chloroplasts, Mitochondria) Entropy 105-106, 179 Enzymes 184 origin 179 Epidemics 119-120, 159 correlated with comets 120 (See also Influenza, Measles) Epilepsy 111, 123 Epsilon 331, 338 Erratics non-glacial, 225 ESP 301-304, 322 correlated with geomagnetic field 302, 309 dowsing 303-304 in elucidation of atomic structure 323 prediction 304 (See also Psychokinesis) Europa subsurface oceans, 67 Evaporites 200 Everglades astrobleme 194 Evolution 126, 187-192 of birds 145-147 chaotic 120 convergent 135, 141, 144, 150, 157, 161, 166, 329 directed 180-181 disease role 182 endosymbiosis role 189, 191 extraterrestrial 119, 120, 179, 189 of genius 308 genome 183 hypermutation 181 of idiot savants 306 of immune system 299-300 impact role 185-186, 211 jumping genes 182 molecular 321 morphology 120 of motion sickness 121 neutral theory 183, 190 Oklo phenomenon role 185 saltations 162, 187, 188 sea 185 self organization 190, 321 stasis 162, 170 tautology 149 of universes 106 virus role 181-182 (See also Humans, evolution; Natural selection) Expanding earth theory 205, 326 Expanding universe theory 100 (See also Hubble constant, Red shifts) Extinctions biological, 74, 75, 84-85, 104, 217-229, 222, 224, 234, 235 Cretaceous 209-211 Permian 187 Eyes origin, 333 F Fat subcutaneous, 109 Feathers Archaeopteryx, 145-146 Fecal pellets 192 Fifth force 326 Fireballs green, 253 (See also Ball lightning, Meteors) Fireflies rhythmic, 158 signal mimicry 161 Firewalking 299 Fish 153-156 congregations 155 electroreceptors 154, 155 eyes 155 falls 274 female mimicry 148 gender change 155 giant 156 sounds 287 symbiosis 156 upside 141 (See also specific species) Flamingos bill, 141 standing on one leg 142 Flight bats, 134 insects 161, 162 Flooding 229 (See also Marine incursions, Spokane Flood Tsunamis) Florida terranes, 226 Flukes 168 Fogs dry, 265 Folie a famille 293 Foo fighters 250 Footprints human, at Laetolil 45 at Paluxy 25, 44-45 Russian 45-46 Formative Causation hypothesis (See Morphogenic fields) Fort Hill Ohio, site, 5 Forts stone, 5 Hambleton Hill 15 hilltop in North America, 3 Maiden Castle 15 nuraghi 15 Fossil record gaps, 187-188 Four 155 Fractals 332 Fracto 316 Free will 114 Frogs falling 150 flying 150 maternal care 140 parachuting 150 vibration sense 149-150 Fungi 169-174 mimicry 169 parasitic 169, 170 Fusang 21 Fusion nuclear, 315 (See also Cold fusion) G Gaia 173 on earth 120, 132, 165, 176, 177, 178, 182, 184, 190-191, 207, 208, 216, 218, 319, 336, 339 extraterrestrial 165, 190, 191, 236 on Mars 63, 65 Galaxies 89-98 antimatter 101 clusters 100 elliptical 90-91, 100 gyroscopic 91 halos 97 Great Wall 101-102 jets 91 lensing 102 magnetic fields 91 quantized redshifts 95-96 radiation belts 91 redshifts 93-97 shells 90-91, 105 similarity near and far, 103 streaming 100 superclusters 100 superluminal 92 supermassive 91 winding dilemma 90, 97 wrong 91 (See also Quasars) Galls 170 Gamma 99-100 Garden beds Michigan, 6 Garter snakes 148, 149 Gas natural eruptions 197 explosions 197 origin 178, 206-208 spontaneous ignition 250, 251 (See also Methane, Methane hydrate, Nocturnal lights Gaspra 78 Gazelles 131 Genes control of culture 114 evolution 179 jumping 182, 190, 320 music of 184 selfish 114, 183, 192 (See also DNA, Genetics, Genome) Genetic code incompleteness, 184 nonuniversality 183-184 (See also DNA, Genes, Genome) Genetics 182-184 (See also DNA, Genes, Genetic Code, Genome) Genius mathematical, 308 Genomes 170 in evolution 183 in taxonomy (See also DNA, Genes) Genotypes 192 Geocentric universe 97, 102, 105 Geocorrosion 191 Geoelectric structures 236-237 (See also Earth currents) Geoglyphs 39 (See also Nazca lines) Geological time scale 212-214, 224, 225, 228 Geomagnetic field 229, 231, 232, 233, 319 correlated with air crashes 338 correlated with cardiac emergencies 120 correlated with ESP phenomena 302, 309 correlated with earthquakes 282 correlated with peace 112 correlated with psychokinesis 302, 311 correlated with weather 264 decreasing 231-232, 233-234, 264 in dowsing 303 inclination 235-236 jerks 235 origin 177 reversals 74, 75, 176, 191, 218, 222, 234-235 Geysers 280 affected by earthquakes 231, 280 Ghost lights (See Nocturnal lights) Glaciers on Mars, 65 surging 204 Glasses Darwin, 221 Libyan Desert 221 Globular clusters 87 Glories radar, 67 Glossolalia 293 God 297, 330, 331, 333, 338, 339 Gold quasisolid, 320 Gold deposits bacterial origin, 216 Golden Mean 338 Gondwanaland 226 Grand Canyon stratigraphy, 199 Grand Lake Stream site 33-34 Grand Menhir Brise 17 Grave Creek stone 30 Gravitational constant 103, 325-326 Gravity 325-327 anomalies 203, 215-216, 325-326 fifth force 325-326 Gravity waves 84, 254, 256 Great Pyramid 18 alignment 12 cavities 12 construction 12-13 synthetic stone 12-13 Grebes eared, fall, 142 Greeks language and civilization, 49 Greenhouse effect 208-209, 212, 222 on Mars 65 Greenland ice cap drilling, 215 Growth spurts 122 Grunting for worms 148 Guaymas Basin new oil, 208 Guadeloupe skeleton 43-44, 228 GUTs 322 Guyots 200 Gympie pyramid 18 H Hail 263 Hair fetal, 109 lanugo 109 Halley 73, 79-80, 81 flare 79-80 organic content 81 origin 80 youth 80 Hallucinations eidetic imagery 307-308 NDEs 295-296 OBEs 295-296 visions 296-297 Halos 289 elliptical 289 Hissink 289 Hambleton Hill fortress 15 Handedness human, corpus callosum 123-124 correlated with epilepsy 111 correlated with longevity 111 effect on hypnotizability 293 Hare 134 Harras 215 Heart disease correlated with geomagnetic activity 120 correlated with solar activity 120 Hearts aortic arches, 125 Hebrews ancient, Bat Creek inscription. 30 Los Lunas inscription 29-30, 121 Hedgehogs anointing, 131-132 Helium atomic clusters, 319 primordial 103, 215, 237, 315 Hemoglobin 183 Hidden mass (See Missing mass) Hieroglyphics in Hawaii, 43 Higgs particles 322 Hilltop forts in North America, 3 HIV cause of AIDS, 118-119 Hives 232 Hoatzins 144 Hohokam Indians 6, 121 Holly Oak pendant 36 Holograms acoustic, 124 memory 124 Homeopathy 121 (See also Infinite-dilution experiments)