Marie D. Jones, Dreamland’s newest guest host, is an expert in finding the scientific basis of the paranormal. She is the author of the Resonance Key, which delves into the way in which the latest concepts in physics suggest that there are very real reasons for paranormal experiences. Here she discusses the idea of resonance with William Henry. She asks the question, “is reality creating us or are we creating reality?”
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While everyone is worrying about energy costs and the greenhouse gases produced by power plants, it turns out that the average American is using LESS than energy than before. The reason? The country’s population shift to the more moderate and warm climates of the American West and Southwest. Turning on the air conditioner for part of the year uses less energy than heating the house over a long winter (improved insulation in new construction probably has something to do with this too). Is this what some of those mysterious messages have been about?
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Toilet seats are safer than most people think they are, but it turns out that showers can be dangerous.
A film of bacteria clings to the inside of most shower heads and is pushed out by the water when you take a shower, meaning you get a large dose of warm germs. Shower heads can contain as much as 100 times the levels of bacteria found in water.
Researchers who tested shower heads at random found that 30% of them had significant levels of Mycobacterium avium, which most often infects people with compromised immune systems but which can occasionally infect healthy people too.
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Humans aren’t the only ones who get stressed. Stress on polar bears from their melting environment is stunting their growth!
When scientists compared polar bear skulls from the early 20th century to recent ones, they found they are getting smaller (meaning the bodies they were attached to are getting smaller as well). This correlates with global warming stress on the polar bear environment.
BBC News, Victoria Gill quotes biologist Cino Pertoldi as saying this is “because the ice is melting, the bears have to use much more energy to hunt their prey.”
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