2019-03-01
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Don’t Pet That Armadillo
June 28, 2011Humans are tough on animals, but sometimes they fight back. Nature isn't always benign: Some critters can be dangerous. You know you should avoid poisonous snakes, but did you know you shouldn't pet that armadillo? It may be carrying leprosy,... continued
An Apple (or a Sandwich) a Day
June 28, 2011Eve was pretty effective with an apple--is the old saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" really true? Do apples contain specific health benefits? It turns out the apple PEEL builds muscles. And what about cold cuts--aren't they... continued
Future Cars May Fix Themselves
June 28, 2011The future may be more amazing than we can imagine (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to these shows and we will hold John Hogue's feet to the fire--as usual--any day now!) First, tires that fix their own flats: these could... continued
Want a smart kid?
June 28, 2011Give him or her music lessons! Those childhood music lessons keep our minds sharper as people age, even if we no longer play the instrument. A study recruited 70 healthy adults age 60 to 83 who were divided into groups... continued
Animals Under Pressure are Learning to Defend Themselves
June 27, 2011Our animals are becoming so beleaguered that they are learning techniques of self defense. For instance, fish are learning how to locate (and thus avoid) Dead zones. These have long been a source of concern around the world, including in... continued
Millions of Cancer Cases Coming to Asia
June 27, 2011And we're not just talking about power plant meltdowns in Japan! In the US, your tattoo is a time bomb, but in Asia (especially China) it's either smoking (there will be an epidemic of lung cancer and emphysema there in... continued
Japan May be Hiding the Extent of its Power Plant Disaster
June 23, 2011Scientific experts believe Japan's nuclear disaster, which started with an earthquake on March 11, which caused a tsunami that destroyed the cooling systems at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) nuclear plant in Fukushima, is far worse than the government... continued
How Soup is Causing a Needless Slaughter
June 23, 2011Scientists can identify zebras by their "bar codes"--now they can identify shark fins by zip code. Shark fins are illegally poached by the Chinese in order to make one of their great delicacies: shark fin soup. Tens of millions of... continued
We Have Lost the War on Drugs
June 23, 2011The war on the drugs is failing miserably: Narcotics use rose by 35% worldwide from 1998-2008, in spite of anti-drug efforts. A new Global Commission on Drug Policy report says that that anti-drug policies have failed by encouraging organized crime,... continued
Why Our Brains are Smaller Now
June 23, 2011Archeologists have found evidence from 20,000 to 30,000-year-old human skulls that both human height and brain size are shrinking. The cause of this? Farming. This shrinkage started about 10,000 years ago, when humans moved from the hunter-gatherer life to agriculture.... continued