Written by Jon Cazares, January 1st 2019
A Second Discovery of Repeating Fast Radio Signals (from space!) We’re living in the future, for sure. In a galaxy, far, far away something is send radio waves our direction. But before you get excited at visitors from benevolent galaxies or terrified of green tentacled alien horrors, that “something,” is probably "nothing." Well, not “nothing” as in “absolutely nothing.” Just, probably not aliens. The most likely theory being tossed around is that the noise is coming from, “astrological phenomenon.” Which, thanks by the way Scientist Folks-because that tells us absolutely nothing! I mean, right? Because “astrological phenomenon” could be, literally-anything happening out in space! (But, probably it means something like...[read more]

Written by Jim Brown, January 1st 2019
Has College Football Become a Pro Sport? It’s the end of the college football season with Clemson taking a resounding victory over favored Alabama. The year also produced a financial bonanza for top tier football schools all over the country. ESPN has paid some 7 billion dollars for the rights to telecast just seven games a year over the next 12 years. Television revenue has doubled for major college football programs over last year. Stadiums are expanding and ticket sales are at an all-time high. So let’s ask this question-is it all about the money? Initially, college football and other athletic programs were supposed to be extracurricula [read more]

Written by Dr. Daliah Wachs, January 1st 2019
Flu Now Widespread in Multiple States The CDC has reported an increase in flu activity during our 52nd week of the year ending on 12/29/18. The CDC reports outpatient visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) jumped to 4.1%, above the national baseline of 2.2%. The CDC states the following: New York City and 19 states experienced high ILI activity; nine states experienced moderate ILI activity; the District of Columbia and 10 states experienced low ILI activity; and Puerto Rico and 12 states experienced minimal ILI activity. States experiencing high ILI activity include: Alabama Arizona Colorado Georgia Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Mississippi Nevada New Jersey New... [read more]