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The Mushroom Cure
March 15, 2012First it's marijuana medicine, now it's psychedelic mushrooms boosting the brain. The active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms (which are illegal in most places) decreases brain activity, meaning that information flows more freely in a brain on mushrooms. Researcher Robin Carhart-Harris... continued
Gays Becoming Accepted as Regular Folks
March 15, 2012Mixed marriages are becoming more accepted and polls show that most people support gay marriage as well. Is it time to come out of the closet? Although still sharply divided, public attitudes toward gays and lesbians are rapidly changing to... continued
Fukushima Debris Washes Up on West Coast Beaches
March 15, 2012Can we clean up our trashy oceans? When it comes to debris that floats in from the Japanese Fukushima disaster, it may be vitally important, because some of it may be radioactive. This hasn't been proven yet, but flotsam from... continued
You Can Become Addicted to the Internet
March 14, 2012Internet addiction disorder (IAD) may be associated with abnormal white matter in the brain. The teen years are the time when many people become addicted to drugs--what about internet use? It turns out that teenagers who drink alcohol spend more... continued
Is Math Behind Everything?
March 14, 2012Eight years ago, when Anne Strieber woke up from a coma, she got the message "God is a mathematical formula." Recent studies suggest that mathematics may govern everything from the timing of earthquakes (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this... continued
To Solve Nuclear Power Plant Problems, Use Another Fuel
March 14, 2012Despite Fukushima, nuclear energy is probably here to stay. Can we make it safer by changing to a new fuel? It turns out there could be an entirely new type of nuclear reactor, that could not only be operated safely... continued
Mysterious Flash in Phoenix–Solved…or Not?
March 14, 2012The flash of light that appeared in Phoenix on March 8 has now been explained by Arizona Public Service as a breaker opening on an electric line. In other words, it was an electric arc. However, our experts are not... continued
How Bees Become Zombies
March 13, 2012Just when we thought that all the problems with bees were finally solved, along comes a NEW one: wasps that turn bees into zombies. Honeybees that have been parasitized by this wasp have been found the San Francisco Bay area,... continued
Tall Power
March 13, 2012Maybe the powerful really do feel bigger than the rest of us, which may be why they boss us around. A recent study finds that the psychological experience of power makes people feel taller than they really are. In other... continued
Enigma News
March 13, 2012Here are some fascinating new "takes" on Whitley Strieber's latest book, Soving the Communion Enigma, from NPR reporter Rick Kleffel. To read them and hear them, click here, here and here. You'll notice that when Kleffel was recording his interview, he... continued