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End of the Butterfly?

March 3, 2011
As long as there have been humans, we have gazed at beautiful butterflies, but climate change may alter all that. Rising carbon dioxide levels associated with global warming may affect interactions between plants and the insects that eat them, altering... continued

Facebook Tough on Marriage

March 2, 2011
A recent survey by divorce lawyers found that one in 5 divorces in the US were triggered by Facebook because a rising number of people are using social media to engage in extramarital affairs. Networking sites may be great for... continued

Iceland: Now it’s Earthquakes!

March 2, 2011
Iceland doesn't just have volcanoes under its massive ice sheets, it has earthquake swarms as well. Since earthquakes often set off volcanoes, this makes sense. There have been over 400 earthquakes in the vicinity of the Krísuvík volcano recently, and... continued

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