Is it possible to rewire our brain? (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). Sometimes this may happen without our knowledge, such as when we drink too much.

Studies show that parents live much longer than people who do not have children--they even get fewer colds.

Using statistics, Danish researcher Esben Agerbo discovered that women without children experienced an annual rate of death four times greater than those...

When we're searching for simply-styled, low-cost furniture, fixtures and accessories, many of us head for Ikea. But there's something most of us don't know: This Swedish company originally used East German prisoners who were incarcerated for their political beliefs, to create these products.

In the November 16th edition of the...

If we could test every infant's DNA at birth, we could predict what future diseases they might have and guard against them early--right? Wrong!

In the April 3rd edition of the New York Times, Gina Kolata quotes researcher Bert Vogelstein as saying, "...

If you have a car accident and are taken to the hospital, you're less likely to die if you've been drinking (as long as you weren't drinking so much that it CAUSED the accident!) It turns out that injured patients are less likely to die in the hospital if they have alcohol in their blood, and the more alcohol, the more likely they were to survive...

On their INGREDIENTS, anyway. Common holiday baking ingredients, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and even marshmallows, can be used to produce a drug-like "high."

And toxicologist Christina Hantsch says that they can "...

Having trouble getting into the spirit of Christmas? We have the solution for you: Whitley Strieber's wonderful little book...

When we buy someone a present, most of us try to get inside mind of the recipient, but thoughtful gifts--where you try to give someone what they want the most--are NOT the best bet. The giving of a thoughtful gift benefits the giver more than the person who receives it.

In the December 4th edition of the Wall Street Journal, Sumathi...

Having trouble getting into the spirit of Christmas? We have the solution for you: Whitley Strieber's wonderful little book...

Most of us don't want to die today (and most of us won't have to), but a lot of us WOULD like to choose when and how we do it, when the time comes.

How will the world end? It may not end today, but it WILL end someday. After Noah's ark finally reached land, God promised Noah that he would not flood the earth again, that it would be "the fire next time," and despite the rising ocean levels due to glacier melt, Whitley Strieber thinks this may be true. Read all about it in his...

Does this explain the kind of thing that went on at Columbine?

A recent study suggests that bullying by peers changes the structure surrounding a gene involved in regulating mood, making victims more vulnerable to mental health...

Having trouble getting into the spirit of Christmas? We have the solution for you: Whitley Strieber's wonderful little book...

We're relying more and more on DNA evidence to catch rapists and murderers, but there's evidence that psychological bias plays a part in how this evidence is interpreted. Labs aren't always as objective as we'd like them to be.

Recently, we've seen cases where DNA evidence freed innocent people from prisons, but sometimes,...