Something You Should Know about Staying Healthy


Exercise, Kids & Learning

 June 23, 2009

Interview with Irene Smalls, Founder of Literacise
www.literacise.com

 

Mike Carruthers:
For kids to do well in school they need to study but what you don't hear much about is the connection between doing well in school and exercise.

 


Irene Smalls:
Exercise stimulates the formulation of new brain cells. Exercise helps overweight youngsters learn; physically fit kids do better in school.

 

 

 
            Irene Smalls

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't Get Struck By Lightning

July 8, 2009

Interview with John S. Friedman, author of Out of the Blue: A History of Lightning: Science, Superstition, and Amazing Stories of Survival
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Mike Carruthers:
Your chances of being struck by lightning this year are one in seven hundred and fifty thousand.

 

John S. Friedman:
Height is very important; if you're the highest object in an area it's likely that you're going to be struck.
 

John S. Friedman

 

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