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Your Vote: What Does Race Have to Do With It?

November 3, 2010
As voters go to the poles today, we realize that the recession is hitting us ALL hard, but it turns out that race (which plays a big part in many areas of life) has played a part in the recent... continued

Role Playing Good–in Life & Politics

November 2, 2010
How can we tell what the candidates we're voting for are REALLY like? Many of them seem to have learned this secret: If you want to feel good about yourself, try acting NOT  like yourself. Psychologists say this can help... continued

Sleep is in Your Genes, Too

November 2, 2010
Since your voting habits are genetic, it shouldn't be surprising that your sleep habits are too. Ever wonder why some people breeze along on four hours of sleep when others can barely function? It may be in our genes. In... continued

Voting Liberal? It’s in Your Genes

November 2, 2010
As you get ready to vote, reflect on this: According to new research, liberals may owe their political outlook partly to their genetic make-up, because political ideology is affected not just by social factors, but also by a dopamine receptor... continued

Welcome to the New Unknowncountry

November 1, 2010
You're on the new Unknowncountry website. It offers much more visibility for our vast offering, and many new and easier ways to navigate, as well as a powerful new search engine. You'll find a new ability to report sightings and... continued

A Halloween Insight

October 28, 2010
Filmmaker Paul Davids had a ghostly visitation and he's written the perfect Halloween Insight about it. It includes a death foretold (by a PAINTING) of a sci-fi master and a document that was mysteriously "redacted." He writes: "Forrest J. Ackerman... continued

Saving Us from Asteroids is CHEAP

October 28, 2010
But they won't do it - There's almost nothing more scary than an asteroid impact--something that could turn us all instantly into ghosts (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). Millions of years ago, TWO asteroids did in the... continued

How Pesticides Affect the Classroom

October 27, 2010
Exposure when pregnant leads to trouble later - Here's something frightening (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show): While Pesticides have already been linked to disease, now they have been linked to one of the major scary problems in... continued

How Race Affects the Classroom

October 27, 2010
Health is a topic that scares a lot of people (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show)--We may have universal health care soon, but will we have enough doctors to go around? (Will we have to hire vampires and... continued

Why people (and pigeons) always go for broke

October 27, 2010
Some people think that if we ignore the presence of ghosts (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show), we're gambling with our lives. Psychologists say that the human logic (or illogic) behind gambling is quite complex, because the concept... continued