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Psychic Soldiers: Cold War Dreams of Paranormal Warfare
by Robert Lamb | November 6, 2009
Podcast Goodness: Womb Memories and Product Placement
by Charles W. Bryant | November 6, 2009
Hello podcast listeners, friends and members of the SYSK Army [formerly "Nation"]. Hope you’re all safe and sound, wherever you lay your head. Not a lot of time today, folks so on with the show…
This week on the SYSK podcast program we covered infant memory and product placement. Tuesday’s show was all about how babies, with their edible little soft knees, form and retain memories. Turns out, much like we expected, that there’s no way you can remember being born.
The space elevator has been simmering for three decades: Can scientists make a space elevator? Now, 30 years after “2001″ author Arthur C. Clarke wrote about an elevator that rises into outer space, serious research is happening all over the world in an effort to make the far-fetched-sounding idea a reality. This week it moved [...]
Makes you think – The Army won’t accept 75% of Americans
by Marshall Brain | November 6, 2009
This is an eye-opener: Military Recruiting: The Kids Aren’t All Right Even so, the agency recently found that 75% of Americans ages 17 to 24 are ineligible to enlist — largely because of either a lack of education, a criminal record, poor fitness or all of the above…. So how does the military recommend fixing [...]
Have you ever wanted to put your own design on a T-shirt? Silk-screening is one way to do it. These instructions show you a cheap and easy way to try silk-screening this weekend: What you need: 1) Some thin fabric (she recommends organza) to act like the silk 2) An embroidery hoop (to hold the [...]
The subject of Monday’s podcast is a handful: Lucrezia Borgia, the femme fatale of legend. The question Sarah and I posed was this: Was she a victim or a cunning woman in her own right? An incestuous poisoner or a pawn?
Wednesday’s podcast was a listener suggestion: the Mad Trapper of Rat River! As far as nicknames go, that one’s hard to beat.
The Mad Trapper was the subject of a huge manhunt in the middle of a Yukon Winter. He’d survived a 15-hour siege in his house by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that included dynamite, sneaking away in a blizzard.
In the current U.S. debate over health care reform, a government-sponsored public option has been a controversial topic. Tune in to this episode of BrainStuff to hear Marshall Brain explain the nuances and implications of the public option.
The small town of Churchill in the Canadian province of Manitoba has a lot of natural attractions — especially of the large, white variety. Find out why it’s a great place to check out bears and whales in this episode of The Coolest Stuff on the Planet.
As an electrician, Charles Fritts was intimately acquainted with the drawbacks of coal-powered electricity distribution grids. Tune in and learn how he used selenium, gold and glass to make his own solar-powered Stuff of Genius in this episode.
Thousands of people across the globe believe the world will end in 2012 — but why? Tune in and learn more about the beliefs of 2012ers, from interpretations of the ancient Mayan calendar to concerns over irregular sunspot cycles and solar storms.
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BrainStuff
- Thank You and Best Wishes to Marshall Brain
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The Coolest Stuff on the Planet
- Golden Fields of Canola
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Keep Asking
- Why can a 5 foot 8 inch man dunk a basketball on a 10 foot rim while some people of taller stature can’t?
- What happens to our sun once it runs out of fuel?
- How do we know the age of the universe?
Stuff Mom Never Told You
- Who invented the Christmas card?
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Stuff to Blow Your Mind
- Blow Your Mind: Nebula in a Box
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Stuff You Should Know
- Stuff You Should Know at SXSW
- The Southern Death Cult, the Maya and Georgia
- Deformed Baby Spider Brains
The Stuff of Genius
CarStuff
- Listener Mail: What’s the world’s largest engine?
- Listener Mail: What makes a “classic car” classic?
- Was Chrysler’s “It’s Halftime in America” Super Bowl commercial a little too political?
How-to Stuff
- How to Enjoy the Fruits of Your Labor
- How to Travel the World in 4 Days
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PopStuff
- PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 68: Astrology: What’s PopStuff’s Sign?
- PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 67: Collecting: PopStuff’s Cabinet of Curiosities
- PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 66: Tracy and Holly’s Running Playlists
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
- Good News from the Oldest Mayan Calendar
- One Year Later: Colony Collapse Disorder
- Who Killed Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Stuff to Change the World
- Who will own the Arctic?
- Obesity: The New Global Crisis
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Stuff You Missed in History Class
- Butch Cassidy: Should we read between the lines?
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- Party Time: A Look at Unconventional Politics
