News updates about the September 15, 2007, Carancas, Peru, meteorite impact; alarming disappearance of four bumblebee species in North America; and breakthrough quantum physics math that shows the Cosmos is branching like a bush and each limb is a parallel universe.
More and more people are depending on podcasts and the internet for their daily news updates. But there is no overall Web Editor to do a reality check on content. So, finding out what is factual is an ever-increasing challenge. In this Earthfiles August 2007 podcast, a headline circulating on the web for weeks…
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For the first time in astronomical history, a huge, bizarre rock beyond Neptune has been linked to other orbiting bodies out there. Some how the big rock called 2003 EL61, which is almost the size of Pluto, got into orbit out in the Kuiper Belt where most every other object is made of ice.…
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Scientists are still puzzled about the 97% of human DNA that does not code for proteins. Once thought to be useless, the repeating and seemingly meaningless sequences were dubbed “junk DNA.” Speculations about the function of junk DNA now range from “punctuation” among the genes, to damage residue by ancient viruses, to even questions…
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Our sun not only hums in a rhythmic beat, which you can hear in this Earthfiles podcast, it is confusing solar physicists. Coming up is Solar Maximum 24, reaching its peak between 2010 to 2012. Will there be a lot of X-flares that can hurt astronauts, fry satellites and damage electrical power stations? The…
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Hear the eerie screams of a tall, hairy, humanoid creature seen and recorded by an eyewitness in Snohomish, Washington. Includes discussion with a Professor of Anatomy and Anthropology about his own investigations of the illusive Sasquatch/Bigfoot.
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