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Update on Iceland Volcano

April 21, 2010
What's the latest on the Iceland volcano that's cancelling flights to Europe? While airlines have grounded their planes and are making test flights to evaluate the situation, winds are sending rocks and debris from the eruption into Europe, and these... continued

WHEN You Get the Flu

April 20, 2010
Depends on WHERE you live - The flu season is about over, and the Swine Flu pandemic that scientists predicted turned out to be less onerous than predicted. However, if you DID get the flu, you probably got it earlier... continued

Two Vices

April 20, 2010
One cancels out the healthy effects of the other - Scientists have some bad news (for some of us anyway): We all know that they go together and while smoking is just generally unhealthy, drinking a glass or two of... continued

Climate Change: Missing Heat

April 20, 2010
What's going on here? Much of the substance that makes up our universe appears to be missing, and the same thing is true for climate change. Scientists can only account for roughly half of the heat that is believed to... continued

New Shape for UFOs?

April 19, 2010
Mysterious, U-shaped UFOs have shown up in two places that are far apart: the UK and Kentucky. Sightings of triangle-shaped craft are quite common, but this is a fairly new phenomenon. There were two of these sightings in the UK... continued

The Best Drug Cure

April 19, 2010
Curiosity - Curiosity may have killed the cat, but scientists think it may cure the addict. It's a far out idea, but it happens to be true. The brain's innate interest in the new and different may help defeat the... continued

Volcanic Eruption Strands Europe

April 19, 2010
Could last for weeks or even months. - On Thursday, April 14 thousands flights out of many European airports were shut down due to a huge cloud of volcanic ash from an eruption in Iceland. Eyjafjallajokull is astratovolcano like Mt.... continued

An Amazing New App

April 16, 2010
For your smartphone - Science triumphs again! If you've got a "smartphone," which is the "Swiss Army Knife" of cell phones, you're probably constantly looking for new "apps" to buy for it. Here's one you didn't expect: an app that... continued

Surprising Fact About Something Sad

April 16, 2010
Suicide - By the 1990s, the science of psychiatry in the US had focused its attention on depression, which has hit one profession especially hard. Your pet dog can give you clues about your community's health, but what about your... continued

Can Twitter Control the Box Office?

April 16, 2010
There's a science of show biz! Twitter may be a tool that can not only predict which films will be hits (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show), but one which may actually be able to create an audience... continued