All in the blood? – There is some interesting science to be found out there: It turns out that near-death experiences (NDEs) are reported by between 11 and 23% of people who come close to death (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). Could they be caused by carbon dioxide in the blood?

PhysOrg.com reports that researchers in Slovenia studied over 50 cases of heart attacks in 3 major hospitals. 42 of the patients were men with the average age of 53. 11 of them had NDEs, but there was no common link between them when it came to age, sex, education, religious belief, fear of death, time of recovery or the drugs that were given to them.
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While “Avatar,” like the earlier film “The Matrix,” will inspire a new generation of paranormal-style films, there are many thousands of astonishingly TRUE untold stories out there, which is why I think that future films about the paranormal should be located squarely in daily life, especially since the daily lives I learn about are so PARANORMAL!
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Do a few simple acts of charity inspire others to do the same? We’ve all noticed that BAD acts seem to inspire more of the same, but what about the good things that get done?

Researchers have found the first laboratory evidence that cooperative behavior is contagious and that it spreads from person to person to person. When people benefit from kindness they “pay it forward” by helping others who were not originally involved, and this creates a cascade of cooperation that influences dozens more in a social network.
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Scientists are trying to understand the impending changes in our climate by studying what happened in the past.
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