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Many Countries Think Drugs Should be Legal

August 13, 2012
A recent international conference on drugs focused, for the first time in forty years, on the ways that the financial health, political stability, and national security of virtually every country in the Americas has been undermined by the drug trade.... continued

Drought is the New Normal

August 13, 2012
The chronic drought that hit western North America from 2000 to 2004 left dying forests and depleted river basins in its wake and was the strongest in 800 years and it's still going on. Scientists have concluded that those conditions... continued

The Five Second Rule

August 10, 2012
The hot dog that rolls off the plate, the baby’s cookie that falls on the floor, the candy bar that slides across the table--we're told we have five seconds to pick it up before it's contaminated. Is this true? Researcher... continued

Not Secret Any More

August 10, 2012
We all know there are things they're not telling us (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show), but when it comes to the drones that will soon be spying on us, everything is up front--the companies that make them... continued

Bad Things Happen in August

August 10, 2012
And you thought you could relax this month? In the August 8th edition of the Wall Street Journal, Andrew Roberts writes, "What is it about the month of August? Why should we still persist in regarding it as a quiet... continued

Why We Like to Brag

August 9, 2012
We may not want to admit it (even to ourselves), but talking about ourselves gives us a "high." About 40% of everyday speech is devoted to telling others about what we feel or think, because it triggers the same parts... continued

Neanderthal Medicine

August 9, 2012
Researchers have provided the first molecular evidence that Neanderthals not only ate a range of cooked plant foods, but also understood its nutritional and medicinal qualities. Oetzi, he prehistoric "iceman" (who was not a Neanderthal), carried mushrooms with him, which... continued

Mars Curiosity Validated

August 9, 2012
If the Mars rover Curiosity finds carbon-based molecules in the Martian soil, researcher Gilbert Levin will feel vindicated, since he promulgated the theory that life on Earth was seeded by an asteroid from Mars 36 years ago. A Titan/Centaur vehicle was... continued

Dead Seals–An Ominous Sign?

August 8, 2012
The flu can jump from animals to humans. A new strain of flu has emerged four times in the past 100 years. The one that emerged in 1918 killed 50 million people, which is why scientists watch these new flu... continued

They’re Singing Again

August 8, 2012
When oceanographer listened to the audio picked up by a recording device that spent a year in the icy waters off the east coast of Greenland, she was stunned at what she heard: whales singing a remarkable variety of songs... continued