Ross Hamilton has made some truly incredible discoveries about the Great Serpent Mount in Ohio. This ancient Native America earthwork has got a real mystery to reveal. How does the constellation Draco figure into the story, and who, truly, does the serpent represent? Listen as Whitley finds out the answer. Then Linda Howe explores a much more modern mystery: what are those strange, hard-packed soils scientists see in the recent Mars lander photos?

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Attention all dieters: You can now read the LAST chapter of Anne Strieber’s diet book What I Learned From the Fat Years.

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Now that the cold and flu season is here we’re not only worried about bird flu, most of us are concerned about catching the ordinary, everyday cold. The idea that failure to bundle up against the elements can lead to sneezes and sniffles has been around for ages, but has been dismissed as an old wives’ tale. However, a recent study supports the folklore that links chills to the common cold.
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Newswise – Today we mostly remember the forced removal of Native Americans from their traditional lands to reservations, but what we don’t know is that they were very sharp when it came to the manipulation of 17th-century English power structures in order to combat English authority over them.

As Americans preparing for Thanksgiving remember the familiar tale of Indians? kindness toward the Pilgrims of Plymouth, history professor Jenny Pulsipher points out that friendship was not really what brought them together?a combination of political and security needs led the parties to sign a pact of mutual protection.
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