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How the Sun Changes History

December 6, 2012
People who don't know their history are fated to repeat their mistakes. It has always been assumed by solar scientists that our sun does not emit the same sort of superflares seen bursting out of similar stars. But now it... continued

Can We Ever Create Artificial Intelligence?

December 6, 2012
It will take more than computer science and neuroscience to develop machines that think like people. In the October 3rd edition of the Guardian, David Deutsch writes: "The brain is the only kind of object capable of understanding that the... continued

Sandy Wasn’t the End–More Hurricanes and Tornadoes

December 6, 2012
After Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of the US recently, everyone wondered what climate change would bring us next. The future has arrived: A typhoon swept through the Philippines killing 400 people (and 400 more are missing and may... continued

Should Your Christmas Tree be Fake or Real?

December 5, 2012
You want to have a "green" (ecological) Christmas, but you'd also like to have a tree that doesn't need to be watered or have its needles vacuumed up from the floor. Also, isn't it UNecological to cut down trees to... continued

Zit Killer

December 5, 2012
We have bacteria that can gobble up oil spills (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show), and now we may have a virus that can attack pimples. Doctors have discovered a harmless virus living on our skin that naturally... continued

Why One Pole Melts and the Other Doesn’t

December 5, 2012
Different Things are happening at the top and bottom of our world: Antarctica is gaining MORE ice, at the same time that glaciers are melting in the Arctic. What's causing this strange discrepancy? The wind. Changing wind patterns around Antarctica... continued

How to be (Somewhat) Invisible

December 4, 2012
WE may not yet be able to become invisible, but scientists have succeeded in "cloaking" an object perfectly for the first time, making it invisible to microwaves. Many "invisibility cloak" efforts have been made, but they've all reflected some light,... continued

Putting Controls on the Internet

December 4, 2012
The internet is the worldwide voice of freedom and this makes some governments and institutions nervous. But other people are still fighting to keep it free: An international meeting has been scheduled to redraft the 1988 treaty that governs the... continued

Birds Falling Out of the Sky

December 4, 2012
Is this a return to Aflockalypse? It's happened before, and this time it happened along a highway in California: Over 100 dead birds were found there. Dead birds have also recently been reported in Missouri. In the Huffington Post, Travis... continued

What NASA Found on Mars

December 4, 2012
We told you it was coming and here it is: NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has used its full array of instruments to analyze Martian soil for the first time, and found a complex chemistry there, including water, sulfur and chlorine-containing... continued