2019-03-01
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If You Like Harry Potter and Star Trek, You’re Different
November 12, 2011If you like fantasy, you're a DIFFERENT KIND OF PERSON from your neighbors. Psychologists have recently discovered that people experience fantasy differently, which explains why some people enjoy it more than others. Psychologist Russell Webster conducted two studies: one involving... continued
Detecting Crimes BEFORE They Happen
November 12, 2011If we could do this, we would be faced with the necessity of arresting and incarcerating technically "innocent" people, which would upend our entire constitution and body of laws, in the same way that torturing suspects at Guantanamo has. This... continued
The Concussion Season is Back
November 10, 2011Football is the leading cause of sports-related concussions in the US. The aftereffects of football concussions can lead players to take desperate meaures. Researchers were surprised when they performed impact tests on 21st-century American football helmets and compared them with... continued
What Kind of Pot DOESN’T Make You High?
November 10, 2011Changes to a single enzyme in the genetic code of the marijuana plant can turn its high-inducing properties into something that's not psychoactive (handy if you want to use it to make rope, instead of smoke it). Marijuana and hemp... continued
Is a Strange Date Lucky or UNlucky?
November 10, 2011The date of 11:11:11--Is it lucky? (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). Physicist Eric Carlson has made a special study of numerology. He thinks that one of the reasons people might think so repetition, and says, "Our brains are... continued
Are You One of the Lonely Ones?
November 10, 2011Are you lonely? Join he club: Although the average Facebook user has some 130 "friends," in reality, Americans have, on average, slightly more than two confidantes, down from three 25 years ago. Sociologist Matthew Brashears says that although the social... continued
The Stock Market Horror Movie
November 10, 2011Politics is disgusting and the economy is worse (NOTE: subscribers can still listen to this show)--and the stock market is like a horror movie! The scared investor’s early decision to sell stocks happens through “social projection”--people's tendency to heavily rely... continued
A Warning–for What?
November 10, 2011On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, FEMA, DHS and the FCC will conduct the first national test of the new Nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS). This nationwide test will start at 2 pm EST (11 am Pacific) and run across all... continued
What’s Wrong With These People?
November 9, 2011Whether or not cell phones are dangerous to their users, they're dangerous to the REST OF US when drivers talk or text when at the wheel. We've all had accidents or close calls with drivers who are doing this. In... continued
Baseball is Radioactive in Japan
November 8, 2011What would you do if you were a baseball player who was afraid to slide to second base because you might pick up radiation from the dust? This would be as big a disaster in Japan as would be in... continued