Zen: Fiona Apple's journey

Fiona Apple; Seven, Wisdom QuarterlyIndy artist Fiona Apple (Lionel Deluy/NPR.org)   Fiona has always been a complex artist on a journey of self discovery overcoming ego.  Since "Tidal" through "Extraordinary Machine" to her newest "The Idler Wheel," she has sought to differentiate herself from bad relationships and come into her own. The journey has been intense and emotional.     Extraordinary MachineMeditation is way to consciously evolve."I certainly haven't been shopping...

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Combating the Surveillance State (audio)

Glenn Greenwald, Esq. (Salon.com), AlternativeRadio.org (Program #GREG002, 2012) Spying, snooping, prying, eavesdropping, using a mobile cell phone, call it what you want. The government is doing it on a scale never before seen. Massive corporations are doing a lot to help. Meanwhile, the same government and corporations are more secretive and un-transparent than ever.PLAYSophisticated new technologies allow for more intrusions into our private lives. Beyond omnipresent smart phones and cell towers...

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Studies give a deeper view of DNA

Rosie Mestel and Eryn Brown (LATimes.com, Sept. 6, 2012)Scientists are beginning to analyze the DNA differences between modern humans and our extinct archaic relatives, the Denisovans (NHGRI/latimes.com)   In the decade since the human genome was published, scientists have been frustrated by their inability to figure out exactly how variations in genes promote disease. But the information assembled by ENCODE research -- which shows that regions of the genome once thought to be junk are...

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