People who scoff at ecologists as “tree huggers” don’t realize that most of our modern live-saving medicines come from indigenous people living in the rainforests of the world?which are rapidly being destroyed. Scientists in Venezuela have started a major project collecting information on the traditional medicines of the Amazon rainforest, before they disappear. They want to create a computer database of the jungle plants that have been used by the people their to cure illness for centuries. They also want to try to save these indigenous cultures so that their wisdom isn?t lost forever.
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There are sound waves so low in frequency that we humans can’t hear them, but they may be the secret behind both animal communication and haunted houses. Human ears detect sounds in the frequency range of 20 to 20,000 Hertz (cycles per second). Anything below 20 Hz are called infrasonic waves, which can’t be heard by us, but we can experience them as vibrations. It’s been discovered that infrasonic waves are present in some of the haunted houses in the U.K. and that they affect human emotions.
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Children with serious attention problems have smaller brains, but scientists say medication is not to blame. A 10-year U.S. study shows that the brains of children and teenagers with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are 3% to 4% smaller than those of other children. Are their smaller brains the cause of ADHD?or the result of Ritalin and other medications? Scientists think medicines aren’t the reason, because ADHD children who took no drugs had the smallest brains of all.
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Readers who are fascinated with the characters in Whitley Strieber’s new novel “Lilith’s Dream” can now see one artist’s impression of what they look like. Our website artist Dana Augustine, who creates a wonderful new masthead every week for our radio show, has illustrated “Lilith’s Dream.” To see his exciting and provocative images,click here. To hear Whitley read an excerpt from “Lilith’s Dream,” click “Listen Now” at the top of this page.

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