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SETI Fights Fundraising Crunch

Friday, May 25, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Science |

For over 35 years, the leader of SETI - the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence -  has been Jill Tarter. She's the astronomer who served as...

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Billionaires Set Sights on Mining Asteroids

Friday, April 27, 2012 | Categories: Day 6 Blog, Science, Tech |

Billionaire investors with a zeal for space plan to find, capture and mine asteroids.The company, Planetary Resources, thinks there's plenty of water and precious metals...

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Pediatricians & Vaccines: Dr. Lori Breaux's Story

Friday, April 27, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Science |

Dr. Lori Breaux is a pediatrician in Brentwood, Tennessee. Her experience treating a child who hadn't been vaccinated changed her perspective, and her practice....

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Mining Asteroids

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Science |

All that talk of Earth running out of resources in the future may about to become mostly irrelevant. Because a bunch of billionaires are about to...

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Episode 70 - The Lone Wolf

Friday, March 23, 2012 | Categories: Arts, Comedy, Day 6 Blog, Episodes, Foreign, Interview, Movies, Politics, Promote, Science |

  Terror's New Paradigm Low Voice, High Votes John Carter Flops Aboriginals Look to Iran Season of the Riot Exploited Athletes and NCAA Mad Men... Read More »

Voice Pitch and NDP Leadership

Friday, March 23, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, News, Politics, Promote, Science |

(Workers put NDP banners as they get ready for their party's leadership convention. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette) New research from McMaster University suggests that the...

Boxie Needs Your Help

Friday, March 2, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Interview, Science |

Boxie is an adorable little robot that makes documentaries. He uses his built-in camera to collect interviews and bring them back home. To get where...

MaterniT21 and Down Syndrome

Friday, February 24, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Interview, Science |

A new pre-natal test called MaterniT21 recently hit the US market, and it's said to be 99% accurate at detecting Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21). Since...

Episode 63- Facebook Fortunes

Friday, February 3, 2012 | Categories: Arts, Books, Comedy, Comment, Day 6 Blog, Episodes, Foreign, Interview, Movies, Promote, Satire, Science |

   Sudden Wealth Syndrome Facebook: Should I Buy It? The Bugle Newt's Moon Colony CGI Characters Deserve Oscars Tracking Syria's Martyrs Superbowl Hate Match... Read More »

Newt's Moon Colony

Friday, February 3, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Interview, Politics, Promote, Science |

Newt Gingrich's pledge to establish a permanent base on the moon didn't help him win over Floridians in the primary this week, and his idea...

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