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Bird Flu Season Again

April 16, 2013
Many of us tend to ignore these warnings, since they turned out to be a sort of false alarm last time. Asians get bird flu directly from the ducks and geese they keep in cages, before they're ready to eat... continued

Europe Will Become New Center for Superstorms

April 15, 2013
Just as Whitley Strieber and Art Bell predicted in Superstorm 14 years ago, climate scientists are now warning that Europe is about to become the target of gigantic storms, some of them on the scale of Superstorm Sandy. On the... continued

Easier Than Ever to be Invisible

April 15, 2013
Up until now, the invisibility cloaks have been bulky contraptions--not easy to slip on and off for people who want to role play Harry Potter. However, researchers have now developed a cloak that is just micrometers thick. Objects are detected... continued

Gotcha! NASA Plans to Capture an Asteroid

April 15, 2013
NASA plans to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where astronauts can visit and explore it. Is this part of NASA's search for potential "killer" asteroids? At a... continued

Pollution in Pregnancy Can Lead to Childhood Cancer

April 12, 2013
Increased exposure to traffic-related air pollution during pregnancy is associated with a higher incidence of leukemia in children. This means that China--the most polluted country in the world--is headed for a cancer epidemic caused by bad air--among other things. Researcher... continued

Scientists Can Spy on Your Dreams

April 12, 2013
A computer can predict what you're dreaming about (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this fascinating show) based on your brain wave activity with an fMRI machine. On Fox News, Tia Ghose quotes neuroscientist Masako Tamaki as saying, "Using this... continued

Who’s Listening?

April 12, 2013
In the 1970s and ’80s, when undercover agents recorded conversations with mobsters and corrupt politicians, they wore a bulky tape recorder strapped around their waists--that sometimes weighed as much as 10 pounds--and wires, connected to a microphone, taped to their... continued

Want to Live Longer? Be a Woman

April 11, 2013
Women who live to be 100 or more are rare--but not as rare as men who do. In the UK, five times as many women as men receive the "congratulations" birthday card from the Queen on their 100th birthdays. Life... continued

Hunger Protects You from Alzheimer’s

April 11, 2013
Huh? A new study reveals that the feeling of hunger itself may protect against Alzheimer’s disease. A study of mild hunger pangs in mice suggest that related hormonal pathways may be as important to the much-discussed value of "caloric restriction"... continued

We Can’t See It, But It Makes Up Most of Our World

April 11, 2013
They've finally found the God particle, and now for the next big scientific search: dark matter (which accounts for most of the mass in the universe). Dark Matter can't be seen with telescopes, but astronomers know it's there because of... continued