Astrology a science according to one in four Swedes

Nearly a quarter of Swedes, 23%, think that astrology is scientific. Fourteen per cent consider Intelligent Design to be a scientific subject.
At the same time, more than half dismiss these subjects as completely unscientific. This is according to a new opinion study from the Swedish organisation Vetenskap & Allmänhet (Public and Science), VA.
VA in cooperation with Synovate Temo surveyed over one thousand Swedes about how they see science and researchers. Similar surveys have been carried out every year since 2002. Above all it is young women who consider astrology to be a science. The proportion has risen six percentage points since last year. – The results show that people do not have enough knowledge about what science is. Therefore we need more contact and more meetings between researchers and the public, says Camilla Modéer, Secretary General of VA. Trust in researchers at universities has gone down since the surveys began in 2002, but seven out of ten still have great trust in researchers. Attitudes to scientific developments have at the same time become more positive. Almost nine out of ten believe that scientific developments have made life better for ordinary people. Nine out of ten people have high confidence in the potential of research to develop more effective and environmentally friendly sources of energy. A smaller but increasing proportion believes that research can contribute to reducing segregation in cities. Seven out of ten people believe that there is a strong possibility that research will help increase economic growth, which represents a marked increase since 2005. Six out of ten believe that there is a strong chance that research can help reduce climate change. - Research areas that are currently in the news tend to be viewed by many as important. Most people would like to see support for research that people can benefit directly from, says Karin Hermannson, Research Manager at VA.In line with this, the proportion of people that think that researchers should work on things that can give useful results has also increased. Research results should be confirmed by other investigations before they are presented to the public, according to an increasing proportion of the public – now a full nine out of ten. Two out of three believe there are far too many alarmist reports published in the media.
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Astrology Rid Teri Hatcher Of Menstrual Cramps

Maira Oliveira - All Headline News Reporter
Los Angeles, CA (BANG) - Teri Hatcher has some good energy on her side - so good in fact that it has stopped the worst visitor of the month from kicking her in the stomach, causing her unbearable pain.
Teri says she has stopped suffering from period cramps because the planets are aligned in her favor.
The "Desperate Housewives: star is an eager believer in astrology and thinks her stars are the reason for the mysterious disappearance of her menstrual pains and current cheerful demeanor.
She told Britain's New magazine, "I think I'm very lucky. I don't think the planets have ever been so aligned for me in my life. They're so aligned that I've been having periods and not even having cramps."
The 42-year-old has also admitted she was surprised to be named as one of the hottest actresses in the U.S.
She added, "One of the hottest actresses? That's so funny. I paid someone to say that! I don't know what to say about that apart from I'm 42-years-old, so yippee for me."
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Psychic helps Israeli tourism

Israel enlisted a celebrity psychic to encourage tourism.
Uri Geller, who lives in Britain but has spent the last few months in his native Israel hosting a television contest for aspiring paranormals, was recently approached by the Tourism Ministry in Jerusalem, Army Radio revealed Monday.
The ministry requested that Geller help it come up with ways of encouraging more foreigners to visit Israel, and he agreed.
“Geller is seen as a serious player in the world,” Nachum Itzkovitz, the minister’s director-general, told Army Radio.
“If we manage to market the State of Israel via Uri Geller, we’ve done our job.”
Geller confirmed to JTA that talks were under way with the Tourism Ministry.

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'Psychic' spirits away $300,000

A woman purporting to be a psychic swindled more than $300,000 cash from a customer and then fled a home in Sydney's south-west without notice.
Police are hunting a group including the "psychic" woman, a man who may be her husband, and another couple who may have been involved in the fraud of $308,000 from a 60-year-old Bexley woman.
The two men are said to speak with strong Canadian accents.
The victim told police she answered an advertisement in a local newspaper for psychic readings, and then was unwittingly robbed over two months.
Details of the scheme are unclear at this stage.
The psychic must have seen what was coming, because by the time police began investigating, she and her family had already vacated a Merrylands home with the cash.
The psychic is described as being about 60 years old and calls herself Nina. She is 140-150cm tall, with a thin build, long dark-coloured hair and medium to light olive complexion.
A man believed to be the psychic's husband is described as being about 50 years old, of a solid build, about 185cm tall, olive complexion with short brown hair that is grey on the sides.

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Psychic omen led to murder

A WOMAN suspected of clubbing her 82-year-old mother to death with a knife handle because of a fortune teller's warning has been charged with murder. Prosecutors with the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate Prosecutors' Office allege Wang Yongtuan killed her mother on January 15 after a series of arguments that started in August last year when Wang moved in with her mother because she lost her job. "During the investigation, we found Wang is believed to be an honest woman by her family members and neighbors," said prosecutor Gong Peilin. "But she is too inward and can't release her rashness through communication." Neighbors told prosecutors the mother suffered mental problems and would verbally abuse Wang, calling her a devil. Prosecutors said Wang told them the loss of her job and the daily abuse had made her depressed. Prosecutors said that in January, Wang took her mother on vacation to Jiangsu Province, where she met a fortune teller. The fortune teller allegedly said her mother's fate was against hers and that they would never get on and would die together. Prosecutors said that on the day of Wang's mother's death, Wang was again verbally abused by her mother until midnight. Prosecutors alleged that with the fortune teller's words in mind, Wang rushed into kitchen and grabbed a pair of scissors and a kitchen knife. Prosecutors said that when her mother continued to abuse Wang, she pounded her mother in the head with the handle of the knife until she died. She called the police and told them her mother had hit her head off the wall.

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Mission Perseus of Zeus

BOGOTÁ, Colombia -- Colombia's chief prosecutor hired a psychic who hypnotized his staff and even performed an exorcism over a voodoo doll in exchange for a government paycheck and use of an armored car.
The federal prosecutor, Mario Iguarán, says he hired Armando Martí last year to help his stressed-out staff deal with a crushing caseload and to improve human relations.
Martí, a self-described clairvoyant, claims to have implicated corrupt workers in illegal wiretaps and bribery during the months he spent roaming the prosecutor's heavily fortified bunker, hypnotizing officials and writing up classified reports for Iguarán about staff loyalty.
He says workers confessed to deep secrets and ratted out colleagues as they stared into his eyes. The operation, according to leaked documents published by the newsweekly Semana, was code-named ``Mission Perseus of Zeus.''
The revelation that Martí was granted unfettered access has plunged into scandal one of Colombia's most respected institutions, an independent body responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes in a nation torn by decades of violent, drug-fueled conflict.Tags: psychic astrologer

Psychic Predicts Panda's Pregnant

ATLANTA -- Zoo Atlanta has decided to try something new to predict if one of their giant pandas is pregnant!
Zoo officials invited Helene Frisch – a fourth generation psychic – and Andy Liu – an I Ching practitioner to predict if Lun Lun is pregnant.
In late March, veterinary staff artificially inseminated giant panda Lun Lun. Giant pandas only ovulate once a year, during a 24 to 36 hour window. Because of delayed implantation of the embryo that regularly occurs in pandas, the gestation range for pandas is 90-180 days.
Using tone vibration, Helene Frisch attempted to communicate with Lun Lun and then make a prediction. Zoo officials say because Lun Lun is from China, Liu, an expert in the study of I Ching, used the ancient Chinese philosophy to also make a prediction.
After communing with the Pandas Frisch predicted Lun Lun is going to be a mom.
Liu was less positive, saying only it's possible the Panda is pregnant.
Officials say ultrasound has been the best predictor of pregnancies in giant pandas, however, during the time when it is most useful, female pandas are less likely to comply with the procedure.
A full-term cub is about the size of a stick of butter and its size can also make it difficult to detect through ultrasound.

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Psychic readings surprise some students

Psychic readings surprise some students
Staff Reports
April 07, 2006

Zehra Chaudhry was shocked with her psychic reading in the Bovee University Center Down Under Food Court Wednesday.
“It was really good and she was very accurate,” she said.
The Shepherd sophomore was one of many students to attend Program Board’s Psychic Fair.
Katie O’Toole, Program Board’s daytime chairwoman, said the event was successful because of the crowd participation.
“We’ve done it in the past and we always have a really good turn out,” the Mt. Morris senior said.
Psychics traveled all the way from New York to tell students their futures.
Livonia sophomore Connie Henderson said she came to the event because it was an interesting subject.
“I’ve been to a psychic before and the event is free, so I figured, why not,” she said.
Henderson said she did not hope to hear anything in particular about her future, she was just excited to see what was in the cards.


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