2019-03-01
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Mugging Victim Becomes Math Genius After Brain Injury
May 17, 2012The brain can compensate for many things and sometimes it even becomes better--or at least different--after an injury (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). Ten years ago, Jason Padgett was mugged outside a karaoke club by attackers who... continued
Mayan Calendar Room Reveals its Secrets
May 17, 2012A 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, 2012Last 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, 2012Computers 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, 2012Are 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, 2012Meat 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, 2012Worms--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, 2012Mom: 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, 2012You 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, 2012Hormones 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