2019-03-01
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Do GM Foods Make Us Fat?
April 5, 2012A new study shows that genetically-modified food is contributing to the obesity epidemic. Researchers found that GM corn fed to mice led to an increase in overall body weight of almost 4%, while also increasing the weight of their livers... continued
There is No Oil Shortage
April 5, 2012So why are gas prices so high? High international oil prices are bad news for everyone--even for oil-producing countries. People who have to pay $4 for a gallon of gas don't have money to spend on other things, and eventually... continued
Why Our Immigrants are Dying
April 4, 2012One of the reasons some people are anti-immigration has to do with worry about paying for their health care. But the irony is this: The longer minority immigrants stay in the US, the higher their risk of experiencing poor health.... continued
QUIET!
April 4, 2012At our Dreamland Festival in May, one of the main things we're going to investigate are the mysterious sounds that are being heard all around the world (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show and they get 10% off... continued
What You Can’t Say in School
April 4, 2012One would assume this refers to cussing or name-calling, but that's not it: ordinary words such as "dance," "dinosaurs," "birthday," "Halloween," "divorce," and have been banned from standardized tests in New York City, lest they offend certain religious groups. In... continued
Here Comes Trouble!
April 3, 2012Do you make decisions quickly based on incomplete information? Do you often lose your temper? Are you easily bored? Is your desk a mess? In the February 14th edition of the New York Times, John Tierney writes: "Those are the... continued
Plants Remember the Dry Days
April 3, 2012When plants talk to each other, what do they say? Some of them compare notes on how to survive a drought and plants that have been subjected to a previous period of drought learn to deal with the stress thanks... continued
We’re Reaching the Tipping Point on Climate
April 3, 2012We recently reported that changes in the Arctic could halt the Gulf Stream--maybe changing our climate permanently. Now climatologists are warning us that the world is close to reaching tipping points that will make it irreversibly hotter. We have only... continued
Discovery of a Water Planet
April 2, 2012The most common type of star in the Milky Way is called a red dwarf--these are smaller, cooler, and longer-lived than our sun. There are 160 BILLION of them in our galaxy and 40% of them have Earth-like planets orbiting... continued
Faster Than Light Speed? Slow Down!
April 2, 2012When a group of physicists who called themselves "Opera" announced in September that a group of subatomic particles called neutrinos had traveled faster than the speed of light, many physicists assumed something had gone wrong with the experiment, since it... continued