2019-03-01
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The Happiest Places Produce the Most Suicides
June 21, 2011The happiest countries and happiest US states tend to have the most depression and the highest suicide rates. Why would this be? Recent research has confirmed a little known and seemingly puzzling fact: many happy countries have unusually high rates... continued
Are We Alone in the Universe?
June 20, 2011Are we isolated in our lonely little corner of the Milky Way? Quasars are highly luminous objects that emit light over a wide range of wavelengths, revealing elements such as hydrogen, nitrogen, silicon, carbon and iron in the gas around... continued
Digital Clocks are Racing Ahead
June 20, 2011Mysterious electrical fires and magnetic effects caused so much concern in Sicily in 2004 that the Italian government initiated an investigation which concluded in 2007 that an unknown magnetic effect had caused them. Now, strangeness has returned to Sicily, but... continued
Drug Companies May be Perpetuating an Enormous Hoax
June 17, 2011Are most psychiatric drugs nothing more than placebos? If that's the case, then drug companies are making massive amounts of money selling patients what is actually--nothing at all. We suspect that the swine flu "epidemic" was--in large part--a "hoax" perpetrated... continued
We’ve Discovered Another Planet That Can Support Life
June 17, 2011An incredible discovery has been made by NASA recently: A new planet that's the right size and location for life and only 20 light-years away, in a solar system very similar to our own but much smaller. The newly-discovered planet... continued
We Will Soon Get Human Breast Milk from Cows
June 16, 2011We all know what the BEST food for babies is (at least for the first 6 months): breast milk! But what about children who can't get it, because they are adopted, for instance? The solution may be at hand: Scientists... continued
Yet Another Species is Under Stress–Penguins!
June 16, 2011First it was birds, then bees and bats, then dolphins and whales and other People of the Sea (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). Now 600 dead penguins have washed up on the shore of Uruguay, on their... continued
Do Violent Video Games Make People Violent?
June 15, 2011Our video games may be spying on us, but what ELSE are they doing? How much scientific evidence is there for and against the assertion that exposure to video game violence can harm teens? And it's not just violence that's... continued
Your Tattoo is a Timebomb
June 15, 2011People have been getting tattoos for thousands of years, and today, nearly half of all adults younger than 40 have at least one tattoo, and it's not just youth who are getting them: many middle-class ladies are getting permanent makeup... continued
Are More Quakes on the Way?
June 15, 2011Major new earthquakes in New Zealand make us wonder: Are more on the way--and if so, where will they strike? Scientists are warning that the northwest coast of the US could be devastated by a huge movement of undersea plates... continued