The Air You Breathe Can Give You a Stroke

October 14, 2003
It's been predicted that the world will experience a severe oil shortage, starting ten years from now. One way to handle this would be to develop alternate fuels. What's more likely to happen is that countries will burn coal instead,... continued

Dogs Avoid Crop Circles

October 14, 2003
A man exploring a crop circle in Iowa discovered that a dog refused to go inside it. Unusual levels of electrical activity have often been reported inside crop circles, and dogs may be more sensitive to this than humans are.... continued

More Harm Than Good

October 14, 2003
Some heavily advertised products actually do you more harm than good. A recent study shows that sunscreens are totally worthless, but using them makes people complacent, so they spend more time in the sun, which can lead to skin cancer.... continued

The Memory Man

October 14, 2003
Andi Bell, of the U.K., is the 2002 world memory champion. He can memorize the order of 10 shuffled packs of playing cards?520 cards in all?in only 20 minutes. Those of us who can't remember where we left our car... continued

NATO Jams Garage Doors

October 13, 2003
NATO recently put up new radio towers in the Denver as a security measure for an upcoming defense ministers' conference. Suddenly, no one?s automatic garage doors work anymore. Eileen Kelley writes in the DenverPost.com that the Overhead Door Company of... continued

Muslim Women Killed in the West

October 13, 2003
In the Middle East, Muslim are women are killed for disobedience, becoming too ?westernized? or refusing to marry the men selected for them by their families. But it happens in the West as well. Some countries are so disturbed by... continued

Like to Eat Meat? Read On?

October 13, 2003
A molecule that makes the immune system think our body has been invaded is absorbed into our bodies when we eat red meat and milk products. Despite this, we?ve been eating meat and rejecting fish every chance we?ve gotten since... continued

Workers Make the Weather

October 13, 2003
A lot of tired, disgruntled Americans have decided that we work too much, especially compared to Europeans. Now NOAA says our 5-day workweek creates climate conditions that give us lousy weather almost every weekend?the only time we can enjoy ourselves.... continued

New on our Website!

October 12, 2003
Whitley has a new meditation that everyone can listen to. To hear it, click "Listen Now" on our masthead. We also have a brand new feature: a Transcripts page. So far, we have written transcriptions of the first four of... continued

Druids on the Job

October 12, 2003
Druids have reduced the number of accidents on Austria's worst stretch of highway.They put huge one-ton white quartz monoliths alongside the road to restore the natural flow of "earth energy." During a two-year trial after this was done, fatal accidents... continued