You may have noticed more TV ads lately–about medicines, etc.–that are obviously aimed at older viewers. Is this because they have more money than younger viewers, many of whom are out of work? Or could it be because their aging brains make them vulnerable?
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We may use inflatables to create an extension for the ISS, but when we build on the moon (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show), we want something more permanent: While an inflatable structure could be transported from Earth, it would then need to be covered with a shell built by 3D printers, and the shell would be constructed from material already on the moon’s surface.
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Why do we have so much violence in schools? (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). Psychiatrist David Healy thinks it may be partly due to the meds we’re giving to our kids, which make millions of dollars for pharmaceutical companies.
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I’ve written before about stinky aliens, but I just got some interesting information about flower-scented ghosts.
I was chatting with someone after a meeting, and somehow the topic of ghosts came up. He told me this story.
He was riding in his car one day with his brother, when he noticed a strong smell of flowers filling the car. He couldn’t figure out where it was coming from–he wasn’t driving past any flower fields–so he asked his brother if he smelled it too. While the brother said that yes, he did, the man happened to look at his watch.
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