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Warmest Year

January 13, 2011
Despite the recent freezing winter weather, 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year since record keeping began in 1880. The temperature of the earth was over one degrees higher than the 20th-century average the same as it was in... continued

Magic

January 13, 2011
Neuroscientists are learning new tricks from professional magicians, as they struggle to understand how the brain works. Magicians take advantage of how our nervous systems, including our eyes and sense of touch, are wired to perceive "impossible" illusions (NOTE: Subscribers... continued

BOOM!

January 13, 2011
When time slip expert Starfire Tor joined Whitley on Coast to Coast AM on January 9, one of her predictions for 2011 was more meteor strikes. Her prediction has come true already: In Oklahoma, people recently star a "big ball... continued

Coma

January 12, 2011
A coma is mysterious--the person seems to be asleep, but is impossible to wake up. Wounded Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was put into an induced coma in order to help her brain heal. Anne Strieber experienced this when an aneurysm... continued

Perpetual Motion Machine

January 12, 2011
Could there be such a thing as a perpetual motion machine? Most scientists would say no, but there IS one that is over 300 years old, resting in a museum in Romania. If researchers could figure out how it works,... continued

Will a Supervolcano Destroy Europe?

January 12, 2011
Two thousand years ago Mount Vesuvius exploded and destroyed Pompeii. Today, a larger, more deadly supervolcano called Campi Flegrei, on the other side of Naples, shows signs of getting restless. If it erupts, it could wipe out all life in... continued

Fish Oil & Football

January 11, 2011
Football is a dangerous game, mainly due to head-banging concussions. Now animal experiments suggest that taking the omega-3 fatty acid DHA might offer a new way of protecting against traumatic brain injury. Although only preliminary, the results raise the "intriguing"... continued

Drought in our Future

January 11, 2011
War isn't the only thing that threatens human survival--an even bigger threat is lack of water. Despite the fact that Australia is experiencing incredible floods right now, the country endured many years of drought. There's more drought in our future,... continued

Food Price Fix

January 11, 2011
Consumers are rejecting genetically modified fruits and vegetables and turning to organics, which makes the people who run gigantic factory farms unhappy, because they're no longer making as much money as they used to. Not all Wikileaks were about war--one... continued

Pole Shift Underway

January 11, 2011
The magnetic North Pole is shifting and the poles may even flip--this is something geologists say happens regularly on the earth (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). The current pole shift caused the Tampa International Airport to shut... continued