While we sent up a rover to check out the surface of Mars, it turns out we’re more likely to find life on the one of the MOONS of some of our other planets–for instance, on the moon of Saturn. What about the moons of Mars?
And is Mars alive or dead? (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this exciting show)
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10,000 tourists who stayed in cabins at Yosemite National Park recently might have been exposed to the deadly mouse-borne Hanta Virus. So far , Hanta has made 6 of the tourists ill. Hanta Virus is caused by inhaling the dried feces of infected mice. It is also carried by prairie dogs.
The Park Service is frantically writing and emailing the people who stayed in those cabins this summer, telling them to check in with their doctors.
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The teenaged brain is not yet fully formed, which may be the reason why teens have the greatest percentage of auto accidents. Before they buy their kid a car, many parents would like to transform their teen into a good driver with the option of getting them a self-propelled vehicle.
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Studies have shown that attractive people get more attention. Beautiful women, for instance, get promoted more often. But when it comes to APPLYING for the job, sex roles are reversed: Women who attached an attractive photo to their resumes got fewer interviews than men who did the same thing. The researchers think this may be due to the "dumb-blonde hypothesis."
Or it may be because personnel departments are almost always staffed by women. Could they be wary of letting an attractive rival in?
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