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Your TV May be Spying on You
December 10, 2012While you're watching TV, your TV could be watching YOU, but only if you buy a special kind of DVR that not only notes what shows you watch (the way a Tivo does), but actually SPIES on you (NOTE: subscribers... continued
Russian PM Says Aliens Here
December 10, 2012It sounded like a joke at first, but was it? After an interview, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that aliens are here. He has previously spoken about top secret files on aliens that may have landed in Russia. The... continued
Another Way to Catch a Superbug
December 8, 2012Too many antibiotics are used on the farm, meaning that people who live near livestock or in livestock farming communities may be at greater risk of acquiring an antibiotic-resistant superbug. You don't need to actually VISIT these farms or ranches:... continued
Mexicans Investigating 2012
December 7, 2012The Mayans living there say it isn't real--now Mexico's archaeology institute is checking out that December 21st doomsday prediction. They basically deny it, but they HAVE admitted that a SECOND reference to that date has been found on a carved... continued
Horror Movies Help You Lose
December 7, 2012Halloween tends to make us fat, since we stock up on lots of candy corn and other special treats to give to the kids who come to our door, and we always end up eating some of it ourselves. Another... continued
How the Sun Changes History
December 6, 2012People 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, 2012It 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, 2012After 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, 2012You 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, 2012We 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