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At Least Child Abuse is Down

October 25, 2010
There's so much bad news around that it's nice to hear some good news for a change: Child abuse declined nationally in 2008 compared to 2007, according to a report by an agency that monitors crimes against children (NOTE: Subscribers... continued

Dino Death

October 25, 2010
Dinosaurs didn't have a chance: When it came to asteroids, they had a one-two punch. They went extinct 65 million years ago by at least 2 meteorite impacts. Scientists had identified know where the crater left by the first one... continued

If We Can’t Get Rid of Greenhouse Gases

October 25, 2010
Let's STORE Them! - New discoveries (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show) are being made all the time: An unusual substance known as "dry water," which resembles powdered sugar, could provide a new way to absorb and store... continued

Too Fat to Fight

October 22, 2010
At a time when American military forces are stretched thin overseas and people who wouldn't ordinarily considered joining up need jobs, a growing number of potential recruits are too fat to enlist. This is a shame, because there are things... continued

Alien Signal

October 22, 2010
UFOs are commonly seen in the sky, but we've been searching in vain for alien signals for a long time now. We may have finally found one (let's hope we don't shoot at them this time). A planet that lies... continued

TV: The Reason for Today’s Political Extremes?

October 22, 2010
But NOT Fox News! - In an era when ideologically based news programs are proliferating, media scholars and political observers have expressed concern that television programming may be polarizing American voters. But the increased availability of entertainment options may be... continued

A Politician’s Smile

October 21, 2010
Is it really a smile? - Now that so many people communicate via the internet, facial expressions aren't scrutinized the way they used to be. But one group of people frequently appear on TV (where we can see their faces)... continued

Speaking of Politics…

October 21, 2010
New Whitley's Journal! - In Whitley's new Journal, he writes: "Politicians give lip-service to freedom, but the enormousgovernment bureaucracies that are characteristic of thedeveloped world would prefer to replace choices with rules,which is actually a decivilizing process." But he has... continued

Cow Farts

October 21, 2010
No problem - Forget all those jokes about cow flatulence causing climate change. A new study reports that the dairy industry is responsible for only about 2% of all US greenhouse gas emissions. While one group of researchers addressed carbon... continued

Mushroom Power

October 20, 2010
People have been eating mushrooms for millennia--the iceman Oetzi even had some dried ones with him when he died. There may be ways for us to boost our immune systems and one of these may be by eating mushrooms. And... continued