Chris Barnes, 09/18/12

Chances are, you have a bunch of keys that are no longer useful. I have a set for a 1994 Ford Escort that I don't even own anymore. And while the emergency key to a house that my friend was renting is still kicking around, the house itself was torn down.

Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D., 09/19/12

Social Commentator & Psychologist

Did you see the story last week about Theresa Christian, the woman found stuck in her freezer after five days? Authorities and family members are still speculating about this peculiar turn of events, but surmise Theresa became concerned about a possible tornado.

Glenn W. Smith, 09/20/12

Author, consultant, Director, Progress Texas PAC

Are these hateful protests from isolated crackpots? Or do they exemplify a larger fringe America so lost in bigotry and anti-Obama zealotry that they've lost all moral bearings?

Neal M. Blitz, D.P.M., F.A.C.F.A.S., 09/18/12

Chief of Foot Surgery, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital in New York. President & Founder of Surgery Vitamin, LLC.

Some women consider the foot tattoo the ultimate shoe accessory as they continue their hunt for the perfect shoe. Many say they are just plain sexy. Others regret them and want them removed. Wacky and bad taste tats also find their way onto the foot.

Mark B. Kristal, 09/17/12

Behavioral neuroscientist and Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo

Women, reporting encouragement by doulas and midwives and aided by unverified web information, are deciding to ingest placenta at delivery.

Michele Weldon, 09/16/12

Assistant professor of journalism, Northwestern University

Get a grip. Or, more importantly, let's loosen the grip on our cultural breast obsession. Enough with the boobs.

Alexandra Holzer, 09/18/12

Author and paranormalist

The Poltergeist Phenomenon is the first and only non-fiction book by Michael Clarkson. He says, "I would stress that I don't believe there's solid proof for them, but I would not say I don't believe in them."

Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S., 09/13/12

Practicing Dentist, New York City

"It often takes from 3-10 years to learn to swallow a single sword, practicing multiple time a day, and some people never learn."

Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D., 09/14/12

Host, 'Mysteries From Beyond the Other Dominion'

Fascinatingly, a real-life Dr. Dippel Frankenstein engaged in alchemical experiments to create an animate bioform called a "homonculus" utilizing both animal and human cadavers at Castle Frankenstein in southwestern Germany in the late 1600s and early 1700s.

Matt Kohn, 09/14/12

Filmmaker

Before long, you are on earth and in space, and feeling around your own brain, and your connection to the global history uncovered through anthropology and archaeology. Never will you be just a tourist at a World Heritage site, but a witness.

Rama Hoetzlein, 09/12/12

Project scientist, Department of English, University of California at Santa Barbara

Is it possible earthquakes turned the river red? Could it be algae bloom (red tide)? Or perhaps industrial pollution?

Tom Cochran, 09/11/12

Ghosts of DC

The legend of this escape lives on today, 50 years later. Most people believe that these men died in their escape, but a number of people believe they made it. This is a tale, much like that of D.B. Cooper, which will likely remain unsolved.

Sheila Hageman, 09/07/12

Author and mom of three

Can we label lap dances as protected artistic expression that shouldn't be taxed? As a former stripper I know all too well that stripping can be an art form.

Steve Payne, 09/07/12

Photographer

Todd Hartley, 09/05/12

Columnist, screenwriter, playwright, lyricist, novelist, blogger and stand-up comedian

There was no way I could ignore this story. I had to break my rule for this one. I'm completely in awe. To quote another Montana state trooper, "This is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen."

Alejandro Rojas, 09/05/12

UFO and paranormal researcher and journalist

For several decades the United States took UFO reports very seriously. In fact, it was the Air Force that coined the term UFO in the first place. Government-sponsored UFO investigations are documented like never before in the new book UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry.

Larry Schwimmer, 09/05/12

Businessman and Astrologer

Today we put Barack Obama through an astrological X-ray machine to see what is underneath his facade, and whether or not he will beat Mitt Romney in the presidential election.