Amanda: Mike, I'm so excited about our trip to Hong Kong! It's the first time I'm traveling overseas with you. I'm glad we arrived at the airport three hours early－there was such a long line at the check-in counter. Mike: Yeah, but we'd have been d...
With all the concerns about global warming and climate change one might ask the question, Why don't species just adapt? Don takes the devil's advocate position and discusses this with Yael. D: Yael, we know global warming is bad, right? I mean, the t...
Magician David Blaine set a new world record last month for breath-holding: 17 minutes and 4 seconds. The feat was broadcast live during The Oprah Winfrey Show, and the studio audience cheered as divers pulled Blaine from a water-filled sphere. He lo...
Tick-tock, tick-tock. Is that your biological clock? And if it is, are you female? Most people think biological clocks are strictly female phenomena, with infertility and the risk of certain diseases going up with a mother's age. But the biological c...
Amanda: Mike, you've had the same hairstyle for as long as I can remember! Don't you think a change is long overdue? I think you should experiment with your look－I'm bored of your usual spiked-up hair. Mike: Yeah, you may be right, Amanda. I've act...
Does drinking an alcoholic beverage make you warmer? That's the question Yael and Don discuss on this Moment of Science. Yael: Hey Don, what're you reading? Don: A travel brochure. Listen to this. When the weather turns cold, some people dream about...
Yael: They're months away, and I'm already stressed out about the holidays. Two different relatives of mine have died of natural causes on Christmas Day. You think my family's cursed? Don: If your family's cursed, Yael, then a heck of a lot of other...
Dear Annie: I will be 40 this year and really want to celebrate this milestone in my life. In the past, my husband has told me he needs plenty of notice to plan something special for my birthday, but we've never done much. Six months before my birthd...
If you have a dog, you may have noticed that sometimes it seems to be smiling. But, of course, we know that dogs don't really smile. That's just how dog mouths appear sometimes, right? Perhaps, but according to neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp of Bowling...
Yael: Y'know, I've always wondered what you were like as a kid, Don . . . I bet you were a nice, sweet little boy. Don: Actually, Yael, just the opposite. At least that's what I'm told. Evidently I could be pretty difficult as a toddler. Y: Really? B...
Amanda: Mike, can you please pass me the newspaper when you finish reading the sports pages? Mike: Actually, I checked the scores ages ago. Now I'm just reading my horoscope. I recently developed an interest in astrology. I make sure to read my daily...
Before James Bond became a screen icon, he was a paperback hero. A new exhibition of 007 book covers charts the changing image of the suave British spy and his world of fast cars, luxury casinos and alluring women. Ranging from the 1950s to the prese...
The Kite Runner is an adaptation of the Khaled Hosseini novel, which told the story of how childhood friendship and betrayal played out when its characters became adults. The film starts in contemporary San Francisco, where an adult Amir looks on mor...
For adolescent boys, a changing voice that cracks in the middle of a sentence can be a great embarrass-ment. Though embarrassing, a cracking voice is a natural part of adolescent development. As a boy goes through adolescence, his secondary sex chara...
The world on April 22 observed Earth Day, an annual event meant to inspire awareness and appreciation for our planet's environment. But this yearly reminder has come under fire from some environmentalists, who say the excessive promotion of a one-day...
