2019-03-01
Home » Headline News
Does Homeopathic Medicine Work?
April 24, 2012The Swiss take homeopathic medicine seriously: In late 2011, they produced an official report on this that is the most comprehensive evaluation of homeopathic medicine ever undertaken by a government. This is especially interesting since two of the five largest... continued
Fukushima: What’s REALLY Going On
April 24, 2012Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon has visited the Fukushima Diachi Nuclear Power Station and has sent a letter to U.S. Ambassador to Japan Ichiro Fujisaki, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko... continued
Love Changes Our Brains
April 23, 2012Our brains are constantly rewiring themselves based on the events in daily life, and what we pay the most attention to is what effects them the most. This means that the way you decide to spend your time literally transforms... continued
What Ever Happened to the Flying Car?
April 23, 2012We've seen it in comic strips and graphic novels, but it never appears in auto shows. But it turns out that more than a dozen flying cars are in development, and Terrafugia, a firm based in Woburn, Massachusetts, is about... continued
Fish Still Deformed from BP OIl Spill
April 23, 2012Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexio--in the worst offshore spill in US history--deformed fish and eyeless shrimp are still being found (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to these shows). The release of... continued
What Caused the Legend of Noah’s Ark?
April 20, 2012A worldwide flood that took place 14,600 years ago is almost certainly the origin of some of the oldest of all human stories, the flood tales of Native America, the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh and Noah's Flood. Scientists now know... continued
Alien Dinosaurs on Other Worlds?
April 20, 2012Most scientists think that insects will take over from humans in the future, but what would have happened if dinosaurs hadn't died off? These giant lizards may have survived and evolved high intelligence on other planets, which would explain the... continued
Life on Mars? The Answer is Probably Yes
April 20, 2012It now appears almost certain that the Viking Lander's life experiment succeeded, and that there is life on Mars. However, NASA interpreted the results too conservatively, and the chance to direct exploration of Mars toward the discovery of life was... continued
Whitley and Anne at Los Angeles Book Festival on Sat., April 21
April 19, 2012The Festival is held at the University of Southern California (USC) campus and tickets are free! They will be signing books from 1-1:45 in booth #372 and on a panel at 3:30. To find out more about the Festival, click... continued
Bilinguals are Smarter
April 19, 2012If you speak two or more languages, it's not just handy for traveling, it actually makes you smarter. In the March 18th edition of the New York Times, Yudhijit Battacharjee writes: "There is ample evidence that in a bilingual's brain... continued