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What Do YOU Do in Bed?
November 28, 2012More people than ever before are working from home and a lot of them are using their laptops in BED. In a recent poll, half of 1,000 workers said they read or respond to work emails from bed. A British... continued
Radioactive Fish in Japan
November 28, 2012Fish caught in the waters around the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan could be too radioactive to eat for a decade, as samples show that radioactivity levels in that part of the ocean remain elevated and show little sign of... continued
Junkfood Countdown
November 27, 2012A single junk food meal (which is composed mainly of saturated fat) is bad for the health of our arteries, while no damage occurs after eating a "Mediterranean" style meal, which is rich in good fats. In fact, this kind... continued
What Makes Us Different
November 27, 2012What makes human beings unique? The answer may surprise you. In the Washington Post, Susan Okie writes: "About 45,000 years ago, members of our species, Homo sapiens, reached Europe after earlier migrations out of Africa via the Middle East. The... continued
Boom!
November 27, 2012A loud boom rang out on November 24th at midnight, near Fort Wayne, Indiana. It turns out that there have been reports of mysterious booms in that area for months, and so far, no one can explain what's going on.... continued
Party Drugs Used as Medicine
November 26, 2012New research suggests that marijuana may help autistics (although they'd have to be old enough to smoke it!) and the party drug Ecstasy may help veterans with PTSD. Many of these medicines (like LSD) were originally developed to ease psychiatric... continued
Fracking May Release Radioactive Gas
November 26, 2012We've heard good things and bad things about the method of extracting natural gas from shale that's known as "fracking." Fracking not only uses chemicals that can contaminate drinking and groundwater, it also releases large amounts of natural radioactivity from... continued
Can Bigfoot be Real?
November 26, 2012A team of scientists can verify that their 5-year long DNA study CONFIRMS the existence of a the hominin hybrid species living in North America that is commonly called "Bigfoot" or "Sasquatch" (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show).... continued
Money Men are Movie Villains
November 22, 2012Here's something to think about when you go to some of those holiday blockbusters (NOTE--Subscribers can still listen to this show): Movies COST lots of money, but they MAKE lots of money too--they're one of this country's major exports. Since... continued
Why Do We Want So Much Stuff?
November 21, 2012Capitalism would die if we didn't, but it doesn't do much for our spiritual life (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). As "Black Friday"--the biggest shopping day of the year in the US--approaches, it's something to think about.... continued