The Future of Coral

October 11, 2010
Both hope & despair - Hopes have grown dimmer that coral reefs might be able to survive (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show), and recover from, bleaching caused by climate change may have grown dimmer for certain coral... continued

Mind Reading

October 8, 2010
Mind reading: ETs can do it and it turns out humans can too. Scientists have found that some couples are so in tune that their brains begin to work in sync. Perhaps we will communicate by simply reading each other's... continued

Sex

October 8, 2010
What happens afterwards? - There's evolution at work when she wants to cuddle after sex (and he, well, doesn't). That's the conclusion of a new study, anyway. Psychologist Susan Hughes says, "The vast majority of the research on the evolutionary... continued

Mysterious Powers

October 8, 2010
We all wonder what the future will bring. Right now, Contactees are finding that they put out streetlights and disrupting electrical appliances, such as TVs and computers. Now a young girl in Serbia has been discovered to have magnetic hands.... continued

Witchcraft Trials

October 7, 2010
Just an excuse for bad government - A prominent GOP candidate got into hot water recently for confessing an early dabbling in Wicca. Today, the Salem witch trials stand for bad government leaders overstepping boundaries, McCarthyism and Arthur Miller's play... continued

The Housing Crisis

October 7, 2010
Why so many foreclosures? - Foreclosures aren't the cause of today's housing surplus--changing demographics are. The excess supply and its persistence are directly linked to the increase in homeowners over age 55 who want to sell and downsize, coupled with... continued

Violent Teens

October 7, 2010
New research shows us that kids who are raised by gay parents are doing OK, and so are in-vitro (IVF) kids. But some teens are violent--what makes them that way? A new study has discovered that children conceived by in... continued

Old Folks

October 6, 2010
Don't like to hear about young folks - Most of us assume that young people are critical of older folks, finding their music and movie tastes archaic and their failure to be comfortable with modern technology lamentable. But a new... continued

Nemesis

October 6, 2010
We may actually be warmed by TWO suns (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). The second one could be hidden beyond the edge of our solar system. The astronomers who are studying it called it "Nemesis." Binary star... continued

The End of Time

October 6, 2010
It really could happen - According to a new model of the universe, there is a 50% chance that time will end within the next 3.7 billion years. The universe was created by the Big Bang around 13 billion years... continued