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Why We Have Curiosity About Mars

August 7, 2012
The new Mars rover was named Curiosity because it hopes to answer one of the greatest questions of modern man: Are we really Martians? A few billion years ago, Mars may have been a planet covered with oceans. We're not... continued

Our Olympic Athletes Should Go Bananas

August 6, 2012
Athletes: Forget the Human Growth Hormone--go BANANAS. In the past, we've told you that chocolate milk is a better energy builder for athletes than the sports drinks they imbibe. But now we've learned that they need to FRUIT UP! Bananas... continued

Why We Can’t Win

August 6, 2012
When it comes to waging war on Afghanistan, we might as well turn around and go home. The British occupied that country from 1839 to 1842, and ended up going home with their tails between their legs, and it looks... continued

Curiosity Lands on Mars

August 6, 2012
The Curiosity lander has successfully reached the surface of Mars and appears to be intact. Images began appearing at 10:40 PM PDT. Curiosity is the most complex automated space mission every attempted by mankind. The craft's descent-stage retrorockets fired as... continued

New Cure: Zap the Brain

August 3, 2012
Drug research is changing: instead of pills, researchers are concentrating on "bioelectronics" that "zap" the brain into healing the body through electronic signaling. A lot this has to do with implants (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). Neurological... continued

Climate Skeptic Recants

August 3, 2012
Sometimes you think you know what's going on, but then discover that reality is completely different. Dr. Richard Mueller, who has been supported by the conservative Koch Brothers on climate change denial, has just announced that he has ceased to... continued

Spy Drones Can Follow You Forever

August 3, 2012
The silent drone that may be tracking you can stay on the job forever. It's like a permanent closed circuit camera, except it's not mounted in the local liquor store but it's following you around. Is there any way to... continued

Learn the Secret of Orenda

August 2, 2012
You may think you've read everything that Whitley Strieber has written, but you HAVEN'T, because his beautiful novel The Secret of Orenda, a thriller about a lost Indian tribe that remembers the secrets of the past, has never been published--until... continued

Cheer Up!

August 2, 2012
Do you dread tomorrow? There are lots of things we can ingest can to cheer us up, and one of these is vitamin D. New research shows that the link between low levels of vitamin D (which we get mainly... continued

Chimp Gestures

August 2, 2012
Biologists have discovered that wild chimpanzees communicate using similar gestures to humans (do they give researchers "the finger?") This will give linguists a clue as to how language evolved among humans. Researcher Anna Roberts has identified 20 to 30 manual... continued