Viruses are nasty, yet surprisingly simple organisms. What makes flu so potentially dangerous is that it’s not very good at making copies of itself, which leads to mutations, or slight changes in its genetic code. Though most mutations don’t amount to anything, some can lead to new versions of the flu that could spread more easily or make people sicker once infected. These mutated strains can also make your Swine Flu shot less effective. And one county in Iowa contends that many more people are dying from Swine Flu than has been reported. This finding is based on autopsies of Iowans who died but were never diagnosed as having H1N1.
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Subscribe today and you can listen to Whitley Strieber talk about his experiences and powerful emotions upon his return to his old cabin in upstate New York for the first time in fourteen years. When he lost the cabin, just at the height of his contact experiences, he vowed never to return, but two weeks ago, he finally did. Dreamland listeners get a special treat as well: Linda Moulton Howe interviews Dr. Stephen Goldfarb about the CERN collider and its search for the God particle.

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Scientists now say there is DEFINITELY water on the moon, LOTS of it.

In the November 13th edition of the New York Times, Kenneth Chang quotes NASA’s Anthony Colaprete as saying, “Indeed yes, we found water.” They actually found it by accident, when a satellite called Lcross crashed into a crater near the moon

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Worried about an upcoming shortage of food and oil (and everything ELSE)? Being miserly won’t help.

Would the world be a better place if we could somehow curb our desire for material goods? Environmentalist Saleem Ali says “No.”

Take minerals: “The reality is, without minerals, we could not have had modern civilization,” he says, “That’s why we have ages named after them: Iron Age, Bronze Age. We simply could not have achieved those without minerals.”
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