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In the late 1990s an ethnobotanist named Dr. Paul Cox spent time in two villages on the Pacific island of Guam where a huge percentage of residents were dying of a neurodegenerative disorder that’s similar to Alzheimer’s Disease or ALS. He found links between the villagers’ diet, which included large fruit bats called flying foxes, and cyanobacteria toxins that were accumulating in the seeds of cycad trees, which the foxes would eat. This led to villagers having huge amounts of the toxins in their bodies. He joins us to talk about the work he did on Guam, and where the research is at today.

Found on the northern end of Marco Island in 1896 during an expedition led by a renowned archeologist named Frank Hamilton Cushing, the Key Marco Cat is considered a true gem — a once in a lifetime, or more, find — discovered during the early days of the science of archeology. Just six inches tall and carved out of some sort of hardwood, the Cat, and the many other objects that were discovered alongside it, represent the most comprehensive and spectacular collection of pre-Columbian Native American material culture ever discovered in Florida.

Project 2025 is not an entirely new concept. The Heritage Foundation has published what it calls Mandate for Leadership policy blueprints since 1979. The first one preceded the first Reagan administration. Over the decades they have outlined what conservatives hope to see out of a Republican administration, if that’s who wins the election. But, Project 2025 has a different tone and nature — and is far more detailed when it comes to exactly what policies it’s calling for, and just how they can be achieved.

When gyms and yoga studios were ordered to close, instructors had to get creative. We talk to Gil Gonzalez of Gil's Zumba and yoga teacher Jackie Chiodo about how they managed.

Last week we hosted an event in our TV studio called Civil Discourse in a Polarized Society. It was the culmination of a partnership with Gulfshore Life…

The Area Agency on Aging for Southwest Florida has been serving the community for four decades now. The nonprofit serves people over 60, and adults with…

U.S. Coast Guard officials recently announced the suspension of an aggressive eight-day search for teenagers Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos who went…

In several locations in Lee County, including at Florida Gulf Coast University, tents and booths are erected by people selling locally sourced goods.…

Professor Geoffrey Dabelko, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Director of Environmental Studies at Ohio University. “As military leaders warn of global warming…

The American Cancer Society estimates more than 45,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year with a mortality rate of more…