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What the NFL Can Learn from Science

January 25, 2010
Just in time for the Superbowl! - The Superbowl is coming up soon, and baseball science may give NFL players some valuable tips on how to catch a ball while on the run, something that's essential in football. When the... continued

Yes, It Really IS Medicine

January 25, 2010
More news about marijuana medicine: Combining the two most common compounds in Marijuana may boost the effectiveness of treatments to inhibit the growth of brain cancer cells and increase the number of brain cancer cells that die off. Doctors think... continued

Brain Hacking

January 22, 2010
Whitley has an implant from the Visitors that he's still learning how to use (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this Dreamland show). One of the latest inventions is an implant that can be placed inside the brain of a... continued

Bee Mystery SOLVED

January 22, 2010
The mystery of the worrisome decline in the numbers of bees needed to pollinate plants may have been solved: It all comes down to modern farming methods. Modern farmers, especially in the US where the problem is worst, tend to... continued

New Anne’s Diary: Tea Dancing

January 21, 2010
In her new diary, Anne Strieber talks about tea dancing. This may sound like a surprisingly dainty subject for our gal, but once you read it, you'll realize it's NOT! If you got our FREE weekly email newsletter, you would... continued

Something Sinister About Swine Flu?

January 21, 2010
What happened to the Swine Flu epidemic that frightened us all so much (not to mention the Bird Flu epidemic)? Swine Flu did kill some people here in the US, but Bird Flu seems never to have made it to... continued

The Search for Alien Life

January 21, 2010
On this week's Dreamland, (and at last year's Dreamland Festival), we addressed the question: "Is there anybody out there?" This refers not to whether life exists elsewhere in the universe, but whether it exists in other universes outside of our... continued

A New Kind of Terrorism

January 20, 2010
In his new novel Critical Mass (which will be given away to everyone who subscribes or renews for at least 6 months through January), Whitley Strieber describes how easy it would be to smuggle a nuclear device into a major... continued

What Happened to the Swine Flu Epidemic?

January 20, 2010
The Swine Flu "epidemic" seems to be over, for now: Unused H1N1 vaccine is being stockpiled in warehouses across the US. Some of it expires in March, although most will be effective through May. What happened (or didn't happen)? One... continued

Faster than Light?

January 20, 2010
At this month's 215th meeting of the American AstronomicalSociety inour nation's Capital, two researchers at the LosAlamos National Laboratory presented an idea that might throw thephysicscommunity for a loop. There may be something in theuniverse faster than light itself. (If... continued