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Reading Blind

March 2, 2011
Anne Strieber learned that we use a specific part of the brain to tell time. A new study finds that the part of the brain we use for reading doesn't require vision at all: Brain imaging studies of blind people... continued

Think Before You Pee

March 1, 2011
The times when your bladder is full and you REALLY "have to go" is NOT the time to get out of your chair and run to the toilet, it's the time to make difficult decisions (which you can also make... continued

Alien Invasion?

March 1, 2011
Some people have theorized that so-called "aliens" are residents of a parallel universe who manage somehow to enter our reality--but how would they do it? One way would be through what quantum physicists call a "wormhole," even though these passageways... continued

Does Nirubu Exist?

March 1, 2011
How can something REALLY LARGE be hidden from sight? If it's an object in space, astronomers can know it's there from the reactions of other stars and planets, even if they can't see it. They have evidence that either GIANT... continued

Missing Dad? Not a Problem

February 28, 2011
Do kids who grow up without dads have three strikes against them? It has long been assumed that an absent father and a single-parent household (with the parent usually being the mother) deprives children of the skills they need to be... continued

Not Over Yet

February 28, 2011
The explosion and fire on a BP-licensed oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show) had huge environmental and economic effects, with millions of gallons of oil leaking into the... continued

The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript

February 25, 2011
The mysterious Voynich manuscript, housed at Yale University, has been thought to be a forgery by some scholars (none of whom have been able to decipher it) but recent radiocarbon testing shows that its parchment pages date to the early... continued

True Believers–In UFOs

February 25, 2011
Scientists deny that UFOs exist, despite all the evidence to the contrary, and the government keeps mum about the subject (maybe for a good reason!) But there are a surprising number of prominent people who believe they're real. The February... continued

Secrets Beneath a Lake

February 25, 2011
For 15 million years, a frozen lake has been hidden deep beneath Antarctica’s frozen crust, possibly concealing prehistoric or unknown (and perhaps dangerous) life. (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). Now Russian scientists are on the getting ready... continued

It Could Happen Here

February 24, 2011
The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand on Feb. 22 demonstrates the vulnerability of urban centers with important lessons for the US. And a 30 million ton block of ice sheared off a New Zealand glacier just minutes... continued