The medical community is starting to take internet addiction more seriously. The American Psychiatric Association plans to include “Internet Use Disorder” (that’s the official medical term) in the appendix of their manual of mental disorders, the DSM. And so, if technology is the new addiction, then digital detox is the new rehab. And yes, there are hotels that offer digital detox rooms and even tech-free public spaces. But for those that need a little more help unplugging, there are digital detox retreats. That’s where Brenda Campbell and her husband [Kord Campbell] ended up. They found a retreat in Northern California.

We'll hear the Campbell's story and talk to the creators of the digital detox retreat they attended.  And we'll hear from the manager of a hotel in Pittsburgh who created a digital detox special.  Also Psychologist Kelly McGonigal tells us why smartphones are so addictive and what the consequences of their overuse might be.

While he is still writing mainstream comics like Marvel's Daredevil, Mark Waid and a group of collaborators are attmepting to redefine the comic book format for the age of tablets. Between his own work at Thrillbent.com and the Marvel published, Comixology distributed "Infinite Comics", Waid is pioneering the first mainstream comic book stories that are "native" to the emerging publishing platform.

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Members of the Passamaquoddy tribe are working to prevent the imminent disappearance of their people's ancient language.

The volunteer choral group, Evensong, specializes in singing the last music their audience will ever hear. This is because they sing to people on their deathbed as a part of the hospice volunteers of Hancock Country. Only two years old, Evensong has brought hymns and folk songs to the homes and hospital rooms of almost 200 hospice patients, sometimes only hours before their death. This non-narrated piece follows the story of the group as it prepares to sing for a cancer patient on Mount Desert Island.

The story is about a dark night sky festivals at Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine. Dark Sky Festivals started around a decade ago, as park rangers and astronomers noticed that light pollution was slowly diminishing the night sky, causing the stars to disappear. But further research has shown that light pollution also disrupts animals' circadian rhythms, altering feeding times and in turn ratios of predator and prey. In addition, scientific studies now show that the disruption of humans' circadian rhythm could be one cause of breast cancer. 

Cinemas all around the country are preparing to transition to digital technology as starting in 2013 movie distributors will no longer send out films on 35 mm film.  For small cinemas, the cost of that transition could mean the difference between surviving in an already challenging economy or shutting their doors forever.  In Colorado, reporter Maeve Conran visited an historic cinema in Estes Park - one of the oldest cinemas in the country - to find out how they’re dealing with the transition.

Learning with a personal tutor is one of the oldest and best ways to learn. Hiring a tutor for every student was never a realistic option. Now, new computer programs can customize education for each child. But adding computers to classrooms isn't likely to help unless teachers are willing to change their approach to teaching.