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Make Sure Your Surgeon Plays Mozart

November 4, 2011
Physicians who listen to Mozart while performing a colonoscopy may increase their detection rates of precancerous polyps. This is pretty amazing and we have a question: would the detection rate get better--or worse--with rock or rap? In this randomized controlled... continued

The Politics of Disgust

November 4, 2011
Disgusted with politics? But just HOW disgusted you can be when confronted with a picture of a man eating a mouthful of writhing worms may lend important insight into your personal political proclivities. In a new study, political scientists closely... continued

Only the Rich Eat Well in China

November 4, 2011
The food the ordinary Chinese eat may sometimes consist of soy sauce made from hair sweepings, but just as in the old Soviet Union (where the Communist elite shopped in special stories while ordinary folks stood in long lines to... continued

Volcano May Destroy a Country

November 3, 2011
Why is a volcano in Bolivia getting bigger and more powerful so FAST? The Huffington Post quotes researcher Andrea Mustain as saying that a 43 mile wide volcano called Uturuncu is "inflating with astonishing speed." They quote volcanologist Shan de... continued

Spying on Your Computer

November 3, 2011
The government is spying on us and now we're spying on each other. Here's the latest, and it's a pattern that repeats itself daily in hundreds of millions of offices and coffee shops around the world: People sit down, turn... continued

Next: Clothes That Think

November 3, 2011
We have clothes that act as wifi and now we have clothes that think. The latest breakthrough in cotton fiber research has scientists envisioning hospital gowns that monitor medical patients and jerseys that test athletic performance. Fiber scientist Juan Hinestroza... continued

A Sheet of Paper Can Protect Us from Terrorist Attacks

November 2, 2011
Those of us who watch our brave young soldiers on the TV news are often appalled by all the heavy equipment they have to carry, but soon they may be able to detect IEDs with a single sheet of paper.... continued

UFOs Caught on NFL Video

November 2, 2011
A rod-shaped UFO was caught on video during the October 23rd NFL game between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. As NBC's cameras returned from a commercial break, a couple of lit objects seemed to streak across the... continued

Smoking Makes You Feel Sexy

November 1, 2011
Why do some older women smoke (when they surely know better by now)? It may make them feel sexy: a recent study discovered that postmenopausal women who smoke have higher androgen and estrogen levels than non-smoking women, with sex hormone... continued

Streetlights May be SPYING on You

November 1, 2011
Some cities in the US have switched, but not in a good way: The government is coming up with EVEN MORE ways to spy on us (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). As part of a federally-funded Homeland... continued