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Volume 18, Number 6; October-November 2011 Key articles: INFLUENZA AND THE TB CONNECTION—Part 1 By Dr Lawrence Broxmeyer. An influenza virus was not the real culprit in the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. More likely, hidden tuberculosis was to blame for devastating secondary infections and the huge death toll. ENERGY KINESIOLOGY: BENEFITS & LIMITS By Dr Steven Rochlitz. A technique developed from muscle testing may be the best modality in all of medicine for determining the optimum way to restore health, because it utilises the body's own memory and wisdom. A COSMOLOGICAL JOURNEY By Dr Manjir Samanta-Laughton. This new model of the universe proposes that consciousness generates life, that black holes exist even at the subatomic level, and that light is infinite but curled up in higher dimensions. A TREATY FOR PEACE IN SPACE By Dr Carol Rosin and co-authors. A new Outer Space Security and Development Treaty is proposed that would ban the use of weapons in space and recognise the reality of cosmic cultures and the opportunities for cooperation. SCIENCE NEWS This edition, we cover Professor Veronica James's fibre diffraction diagnosis, a method for detecting various types of cancer, insulin dependence and Alzheimer's disease using X-rays of hair, nail clippings or skin. INVESTIGATING THE "GHOSTS OF THE OCEAN" By Paul Stonehill. In the 1960s to 1980s, rapidly moving underwater objects and croaking sounds were reported by Soviet submariners. What was responsible: US Navy sonic buoys, crypto-creatures or unidentified objects? CROP CIRCLES 2011: TOWARDS A NEW ERA? By Andy Thomas. This season's crop formations took a slight step back from the geometric and aesthetic heights of recent years, but still managed to surprise and put crop-watchers into suspense as to what 2012 may bring.