If you're reading this and doing other things, you're guilty of multi-tasking. Experts say you should cut it out.

There's a 75-ft. tree coming to a neighborhood near me. Actually it's a 75-ft cell-phone tower that will be disguised as pine tree. Chances are, there's one near you too.

Since humans have learned to harness electric power, a vast, pulsing network of electromagnetic fields spanning the entire planet has enveloped our lives. This shroud of forces has more than enough strength to override the earth's own gentle subsonic pulse. Cellular telephones, wireless internet, satellite radio and television, and microwave transmissions- these invisible, man-made artifacts are often seen as electro pollution, which can cause severe disturbances in human energy systems, which in turn, can give rise to physical and mental health problems.

If you tossed your old cell phone in a drawer and forgot about it once you brought home that shiny new camera model, you'll want to check out a new exhibition at London's Science Museum. "Dead Ringers" looks at what happens to the cell phones we discard, ways of recycling them, and greener designs for the future.

With an online component as well as a featured gallery on the BBC's web site, you don't have to go to London to soak up the mobile 411. Cell phone handsets that end up in landfills can leak toxic chemicals - yet only 10 to 15 percent are recycled. According to the exhibition, there are seven billion cell phones in the world, but only 1.3 billion users.

A recent San Antonio Eyewitness news story reports that researchers at the University of North Texas are exploring the near death experience (NDE) and its unique perspective on consciouness, “whether it’s real, whether it’s in the mind, or whether it matters.” An extended report is also featured on video.