Noumenal News

Columbia astronomy professor Arlin Crotts thinks he has solved a 400-year-old mystery: the origin of strange optical flashes often reported as appearing on the moon’s surface.
Transient Lunar Phenomena (TLPs), in which the lunar surface reportedly changes in brightness, blurriness or color, have been photographed and observed by thousands of astronomers over the centuries. Yet explanations […]

MANCHESTER - A 21-year-old who has been accused of having sex with minors was arrested on more sex assault charges today.
David Holden of Manchester, who police say thinks of himself as a werewolf, was arrested on a warrant charging him with one count each of second-degree sexual assault, sale of marijuana, providing tobacco to a […]

The unidentified flying object, described as a small rocket about two feet long and four inches in diameter, was reported over a Yavapai County neighborhood then landing near the Verde River.
However, searchers have combed the area southeast of Cottonwood and have found no evidence of any flying object, authorities said Friday.
“At this point, the search […]

The leaves of Aspilia africana, also known as the hemorrhage plant, have been used in African traditional medicine to stop bleeding; inhibit infection; and speed healing of wounds. The therapeutic effects have been confirmed by researchers from Nigeria who published their study in the July 10, 2007 issue of BMC Complementary and […]

Tibet’s living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China’s atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing’s authority over Tibet’s restive and deeply Buddhist people.
“The so-called reincarnated living Buddha without government approval is illegal and invalid,” according to the order, which comes into effect on September 1.
The […]