Ad Spies

July 20, 2012
They're spying on us again (NOTE: subscribers can still listen to this show). Will there be no relief from what seems to be the end of privacy? The ads you receive in your email spam are already selected to reflect... continued

Wobbly Furniture? You Need Stability

July 20, 2012
Your furniture can affect your psychology, since our decisions are caused by our circumstances. But HOW does this happen? Some of this is pretty amazing: When researchers put participants in chairs that leaned slightly to the left, they became slightly... continued

Learn the Secret of Orenda

July 20, 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 just been published... continued

Whales Protecting Themselves

July 19, 2012
The oceans are becoming so noisy, that whales can hardly hear each other sing. The Navy admits that loud booms from its underwater sonar listening devices result in temporary or permanent hearing loss for more than a quarter-million sea creatures... continued

Problems With Your Sex Life? Lose Weight

July 19, 2012
Fat people have more cancer and less sex, so losing weight will not only make you more attractive, weight loss acts as a kind of natural Viagra. Weight loss can reduce the prevalence of low testosterone levels in overweight, middle-aged... continued

Now the TSA Can Check Your Molecules Before You Fly

July 19, 2012
The Department of Homeland Security will soon be using a laser at airports that can detect everything about you from over 160 feet away. It can actually read you on a molecular level (in case you're hiding something in your... continued

Climate Change May Mean Less Milk

July 18, 2012
Milk comes from contented cows, and the decline in milk production due to climate change varies across the country, since there are humidity and temperature swings between night and day vary as well. The humidity and hot nights make the... continued

Space Tourism Revving Up

July 18, 2012
The UK--not the US--is the headquarters of Virgin Galactic, which Richard Branson hopes will create an entirely new tourism market--in space. Are private companies taking over this task because there are secrets NASA doesn't want us to know? (NOTE: Subscribers... continued

Saudi America

July 18, 2012
America is becoming the new Saudi Arabia, turning from an oil-consuming nation into a power producing nation. When Obama was elected, we were importing almost two-thirds of its oil. That number is down to below almost half and is still... continued

CEOs Have LESS Stress

July 18, 2012
Those of us who watch TV shows like "Mad Men" and movies like "Wall Street," assume that CEOs lead more stressful lives than the rest of us--but actually, the opposite is true. It turns out that heart attacks happen more... continued