2019-03-01
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Europeans Were First Americans
February 28, 2013An extraordinary discovery of European stone tools along the eastern seaboard of the United States indicates that Europeans reached American shores 10,000 years before Siberians came across the ancient Alaskan land bridge. That doesn't excuse the way we treated the... continued
When Healing Drugs Harm
February 27, 2013An increasing number of people die from unintentional home injury, in large part due to accidental drug overdose. Older adults and infants have the highest rates of death from unintentional home injury. More than 30,000 such deaths occurred between 2000... continued
Mean Milky Way
February 27, 2013Peering deep into the vast stellar halo that envelops our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered tantalizing evidence for the possible existence of a shell of stars that are a relic of cannibalism by our... continued
Have They Found Atlantis?
February 27, 2013The islands Reunion and Mauritius, both well-known tourist destinations, are hiding a micro-continent, which has now been discovered. The continent fragment (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show) known as Mauritia detached about 60 million years ago while Madagascar... continued
Who Cheats?
February 26, 2013A new study shows that the business leaders behind our nations' most unsettling corporate scandals have most likely cheated on tests and term papers in college as well. Researcher Paul Piff says, "Our studies suggest that more positive attitudes toward... continued
Does Violent Media Make Us Violent?
February 26, 2013Researchers have studied the links between media violence and violent behavior for years without coming to a definite conclusion about this. Correlating crime data and film release schedules between 1995 and 2004, researchers found that on weekends when violent films... continued
Killer Asteroid? Spray It Away!
February 26, 2013An aerospace and physics researcher has a plan to deflect a killer asteroid by using paint. The idea may sound crazy, but he's working with NASA on the project. Dave Hyland thinks that one possible way to avert an asteroid... continued
There May be Water on the Moon
February 25, 2013If there was water on the moon, we could colonize it (and take an elevator there). Well, there just may be: Traces of water have been detected within the crystalline structure of mineral samples from the lunar highland upper crust... continued
What War Really Costs
February 25, 2013We all know it costs the lives and health of our soldiers, but when old men send young men to war, it costs huge amounts of money too, and now that we're in a recession, we have to ask ourselves:... continued
Something Stinks
February 25, 2013But sometimes things smell good too. But our ability to smell deteriorates over the years, sometimes as early as age 30. By age 60, about half of us will experience a reduction in our ability to smell, and by age... continued