Coronavirus, Time Travel, How Not to Diet

Coronavirus Not Yet a Major Threat in the US. Meanwhile, Don’t Ignore the Flu (0:31) Guest: Andrew Pavia, MD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Utah Health Five cases of corona virus have been confirmed in the United States. Officials say all of the patients had previously traveled to Wuhan, China, which remains at the center of the disease outbreak. Travel is restricted for tens of millions of people in China as the government tries to stem the spread of the virus, which has so far killed at least 80 people and sickened thousands.  Is Time Travel Possible? (14:21) Guest: Ron Mallett, PhD, Retired Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut If you could travel back in time, is there one person or moment you’d choose to visit? The answer to that question has fueled Ron Mallett’s entire career as a theoretical physicist –but until he got tenure at the University of Connecticut, he had to keep his time travel aspirations a bit under wraps. Mallett has recently retired from teaching and is trying to raise money to test his theories about time travel. Publicly-Available Satellite Data Helps Regular Citizens Monitor Secret Nuclear Development in Iran and NK (35:15) Guest: David Schmerler, Senior Research Associate, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey North Korea and Iran have both recently said they plan to renew their efforts at developing nuclear weapons. Understanding just where those countries currently stand with nuclear capability has traditionally required skills and sources only a government agency would have access to. But these days anyone can go on Google Earth and see virtually any spot on the planet in reasonable detail. Researchers at the Middlebury Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies have developed an impressive reputation for sleuthing nuclear secrets using satellite images and other publicly-available information.  The Fa