Since the Supreme Court ruled in 2010 in the Citizens United case that political contributions are speech and should be protected, the floodgates of a...
Each year hundreds of dogs haul humans in sleds as part of the 1,100 plus mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. It's grueling and not without controversy...
Not too long ago, people would pay money to gawk and stare at a performer with a physical disformity. They were called freakshows and they began in la...
El Nino may mean "the little boy" or "Christ Child" in Spanish, but this weather phenomenon really means crazy things for Planet Earth. We're talking...
Sometimes things - like dentures, airplanes or even people - go missing. And when they never turn up again they become enduring, and engrossing, myste...
Renewable energy could be the key to ensuring the future prosperity and health of Planet Earth and humankind. In this very special episode, we sit dow...
For about 175 years people have been huffing nitrous oxide for everything from vision quests to anesthetic to get plain old high. And after all that t...
It's likely that without the invention of the pneumatic jackhammer, the Industrial Revolution wouldn't have hummed along quite so smoothly. Certainly...
We are going to get down and dirty with all things poop in this episode: What a healthy poop looks like, how to poop your best, the history of using p...
Rabies may have gotten a lot of attention in the U.S. in the 70s and 80s, but it's still an issue in developing countries. Learn all about this nasty...
On Pentacost Island the ritual that preceded bungee jumping is alive and well. Just why do these tribesmen risk life and limb? To ensure a hearty yam...
In World War II, a secret department of British 'corkscrew thinkers' hatched a plan to use the cadaver of an unclaimed homeless man to turn the tide o...
Forty years after a Japanese doctor began using whole body cryotherapy to treat patients with arthritis; the technique has made its ways to med-spas a...
Hippocrates realized that it is even more important to understand the patient than to understand the disease and now, 2000 years later, we are coming...
Throughout much of the world, the forests are being managed through sustainable timber harvesting practices. This has come at the cost of much legal b...
There have been a lot of great scientist throughout history, but Sir Isaac Newton might just take the cake. But while he was a certified genius, he wa...
Caffeine is a heck of a drug - at the same time it's both good and bad for you. Learn the good, bad and ugly about this everyday stimulant in today's...
Science fiction writers have made some amazingly accurate predictions over the years, but in 1945 the pace of technological change created a field tha...
Body language is how you communicate without words. Some say it bears more impact in communication than speaking words. Learn about how you say what y...
In the late 1980s, the United States experienced a "Satanic Panic," leading parents to fear for the safety of their children. But were there any real...
