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No, we don’t just mean that we all have some nasty folks in our family tree–We’re talking about an actual rat-like mammal that is the common ancestor of all humans. It weighed about half a pound, had a long furry tail and ate insects (something WE may do more of in the future).

This ancestor emerged within 200,000 to 400,000 years after the dinosaurs died off. However, it took millions of years before the first members of this modern mammal appeared in great numbers. A research team used a combination of fossil evidence and genetic data encoded in DNA to determine the ancestor’s status.
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How would you like radioactive metal from nuclear weapons facilities to be recycled for use in consumer goods like silverware, pots and pans, eye glasses, zippers, kid’s braces, and even pacemakers and artificial hip joints? This practice was banned in 2000, but if the US Department of Energy gets its way, it will be reimplemented in the future (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show).
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Since Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, there has been a battle going on in Wikipedia between editors who want the entire Prophecy of St. Malachy to be available and those who want to remove all of the mottos that date after 1595, which was the year it was published. In other words, they want to censor the prophetic part, probably because of its uncanny accuracy. We are depositing a permanent record here, lest it be censored or changed on a wider basis.
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We want more women in government and business–maybe because they have a "special weapon" that men don’t have. Does Hillary Clinton flirt?

Business school professor Laura Kray says, "Women are uniquely confronted with a tradeoff in terms of being perceived as strong versus warm. Using feminine charm in negotiation is a technique that combines both." 
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