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Hello from Joshua Tree, where magic is happening (and it’s not too late to buy a ticket, we can take your credit card at the door)! New research using functional MRI analysis of the brain suggests that it is possible for scientists to reconstruct images of what people have seen in the past. This could mean that the question of what people who report close encounters of the third kind are actually seeing when the encounters happen could be solved once and for all.
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There are some strange critters around (and subscribers get to hear a special report on one of them this week). Could someone be creating quantum creatures in a laboratory? The first “quantum creature” to be created in a lab is something known as a tardigrade, also called a “water bear,” which, according to New Scientist magazine, can survive in the harsh conditions of space. We’ve sent monkeys and dogs into space, but if we send one of THESE out there, what can we learn from it?

To see one of these strange creatures, click here and here.

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Chicago is being invaded by birds and scientists are trying to figure out what’s going on. Residents of that city have become familiar with their raucous squawking of monk parakeets (those little green birds you see in pet stores), since whole colonies of them, descended from a few pets that escaped or were freed by their owners are not only nesting in Hyde Park, they have spread to over 500 other locations.

Despite the fact that their native habitat is South America, they seem to be thriving in that cold and windy city. Because information about Chicago’s monk parakeets comes from residents’ descriptions, a trio of researchers decided to enlist the public’s help in their “Chicago Parakeet Project.”
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Will WE? – Will human beings, and the earth, survive? Lots of scientists are worried about this and are trying to figure out what to do about it.

A group of nations has come to the conclusion that human activities have already pushed the Earth system beyond three of the planet’s biophysical thresholds, with consequences that are detrimental or even catastrophic for large parts of the world. Scientists have been warning for decades that the explosion of human activity since the industrial revolution is pushing the earth’s resources and natural systems to their limits. The new data confirm that 6 billion people are capable of generating a global geophysical force the equivalent to some of the great forces of nature, just by going about their daily lives.read more