Mayan Calendar Room Reveals its Secrets

May 17, 2012
A vast city built by the ancient Maya and discovered nearly a century ago is finally starting to yield its secrets. Excavating for the first time in the sprawling complex of Xultún in Guatemala’s Petén region, a team of archaeologists... continued

Remote Viewer Solves Murder

May 17, 2012
Last year, a California court convicted a swindler of murder in a case that was solved partly, the lead police investigator said, with the help of remote viewing (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). In the May 5th... continued

Who Wrote the Bible? Ask Your Computer

May 17, 2012
Computers can do more than identify psychopaths--they can also give us a clue about who wrote the Bible. The books of the Bible--both the Old Testament (or Torah) and the New Testament--were written by unknown authors. They are "named," but... continued

Is Doomsday in our Future?

May 17, 2012
Are there are more people alive today than have ever lived? Earth's population reached seven billion in October. We need to figure out how that compares with the number of people who have lived before us. The problem is, how... continued

Why Eating Less Meat Will Help Climate Change

May 17, 2012
Meat consumption in the developed world needs to be cut by 50% per person by 2050 and for this to happen, industrial AND agricultural emissions need to be reduced by 50% if we are to meet this goal (it may... continued

Sick? Eat Worms!

May 15, 2012
Worms--the intestinal parasite type --may be useful in treating lung disease and healing wounds (which could be why they evolved to torment us in the first place). These worms infect over a billion people all over the world every year,... continued

Hard Times Bring Baby Girls

May 15, 2012
Mom: Are you having a daughter? According to a new study of the 1959-1961 Great Leap Forward famine in China, women are more likely to give birth to girls during famine conditions than when there's plenty to eat. With the... continued

How to Detect Danger

May 15, 2012
You don't have to use a computer to detect a psychopath, but it would be handy if you could: That way, you'd know who to stay clear of. These dangerous and mysterious people seem completely normal--until they attack. A new study... continued

Hormone Horrors

May 14, 2012
Hormones that mimic estrogen are turning up in many of the plastic items we use, and estrogenic herbicides are feminizing male animals and fish. Some male frogs now have female organs, and some male fish even produce eggs. In a... continued

More Trash in the Ocean Than We Thought

May 14, 2012
There are more than just cracks in the ocean floor: While working on a research sailboat gliding over glassy seas in the Pacific Ocean, oceanographer Giora Proskurowski noticed something new: The water was littered with confetti-size pieces of plastic debris,... continued