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Bee Beauty

August 1, 2012
Some things never change. Bee stings have been used as medicine and beauty treatments since the days of ancient Egypt. Bee venom contains a compound which stimulates the body's production of collagen and elastin, which makes us look younger. It... continued

Should We Be Nicer to Criminals?

July 31, 2012
Justice is different in different countries. In Mexico, they don't feed you in prison--if your family doesn't bring you food, you'll starve. US prison conditions vary, but our sentences are long compared to prison sentences in Europe or Scandinavia. We... continued

Trillions Hidden Away While Poor People Pay

July 31, 2012
A new study shows that the super-wealthy of the world have an estimated 21 trillion dollars hidden in secret bank accounts around the world. This is more that the gross domestic products of the US and Japan combined. YOUR money... continued

SECOND Gigantic Power Failure Hits India

July 31, 2012
A second huge power outage across India left 600 million people sweltering in the dark. Gigantic traffic jams, stalled railway trains, closed airports and a general failure of infrastructure services have followed in the wake of what is now the... continued

A Drug That May Prevent Alzheirmer’s

July 30, 2012
If we can't walk it away, what will we do? Some 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer's, and the numbers are expected to swell as the baby boom generation ages. Some very important drug trials are going on right now: people... continued

How Much Do Our Dogs Care About Us?

July 30, 2012
Sometimes dogs seem to be sent from heaven to be our friends, but is their empathy with us all in OUR minds? Dogs and man have evolved together for the past 15,000 years. Researcher Deborah Custance wanted find out how... continued

Prehistoric Brains in Modern Bodies

July 30, 2012
Our bodies may be modern, but our BRAINS are still prehistoric--at least according to one researcher, who says that our minds, bodies, businesses, governments, and social institutions are no longer capable of coping with the rapid rate of change in... continued

Learn the Secret of Orenda

July 28, 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

Freaks and Geeks

July 27, 2012
In 1968, a comedy called "The Odd Couple," starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, told the story of two divorced men, Felix Ungar (a neurotic neatfreak) and Oscar Madison (a fun-loving slob) who decide to live together. This is a... continued

Stay Away From the Pigs at the County Fair

July 27, 2012
If you can get Legionnaire's Disease from just walking past a hot tub, you can get the flu from looking at the pigs at a county fair--and some people did. The CDC reports that four people attending an Indiana county... continued