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What Makes an Athlete?

August 3, 2011
As the baseball season winds down and the football season is poised (hopefully) to begin, it's interesting to think about why some people become professional athletes and others don't. It's not just a matter of talent and determination--it also involves... continued

The US Corn Crop May Fail

August 2, 2011
If the drought that is now gripping the Midwest is not interrupted soon by substantial rain, the US corn crop could fail entirely, or be brought in at a much diminished level (is this one reason why some people are... continued

CERN Got a Glimpse of God

August 2, 2011
At the Large Hadron Collider (CERN), scientists are smashing subatomic particles together at close to the speed of light, hoping to see the "God particle," otherwise known as the Higgs Boson (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to these shows). Now... continued

Can our Oceans Keep Cleaning Up our Air?

August 2, 2011
How deep is the ocean’s capacity to buffer against climate change? Right now our oceans absorb almost one-third of all our greenhouse gas emissions. During the past three decades, increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide have largely been matched by corresponding... continued

The Kindest Cut Was Almost Banned

August 1, 2011
A US judge recently ruled that a proposal to ban circumcision of male infants in San Francisco should not be put to a referendum later this year. Meanwhile, in Africa--where there is a plague of heterosexual AIDS--grown men are being... continued

Mysterious Billion Dollar Bet

August 1, 2011
On Thursday, an unknown entity placed a one billion dollar trade in the bond futures market that will profit if US interest rates rise. This means that a major proprietary trader almost certainly knows either that the Federal Reserve will... continued

To Find the Truth, Travel to the Past

July 29, 2011
History is always distorted, depending on who tells the tale. What if you could travel to the past to figure out what REALLY HAPPENED? New maps may help us to do just that. In the July 27th edition of the... continued

Life Created in a Test Tube

July 29, 2011
In a laboratory in San Diego, a team of chemists and biologists are trying to create life in a test tube filled with liquid. Scientists don't all agree on what the definition of life is, but they DO agree that... continued

Why Our Government is So Crazy

July 29, 2011
Scientists have found that when just 10% of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society. This could help explain some of the crazy concepts that seem to be going... continued

A Beautiful Park May Soon Burn Up

July 29, 2011
Scientists have been worried for years that the supervolcano underneath Yellowstone will explode, but there's a more immediate concern about the health of that beautiful national park: Fire. Climate is changing fire patterns in the west in a way that... continued