Episode #248

Episode #248

News Items

• Apollo 13 Remembered
• Water on Mars
• Bioprinting
• Science Education in the US
• Richard Dawkins vs The Pope

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: Cheetah

Interview with Seth Shostak

• Seth in the Senior Astronomy for SETI – The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Question # 1 – Colour Therapy

• Love your show (Jay, you’re Awesome) 🙂 Just wanted to send you guys a laugh, It’s called colour therapy and invokes everything from Chakras to Dowsing. http://www.colourtherapyhealing.com/ It brought up an interesting thought for me, I’ve always been told that red makes you hungry, blue makes you tired, etc. Do you know if any of this is true? I’ve tried to find out but it’s hard to wade through all the crap on the internet. Anyway, thanks for the wonderful show you put out, it does many people the world of good. Caitlin

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Including the recent announcement of 9 new expoplanets, more than half of all so-called ‘hot Jupiters’ orbit their parent star significantly out of its plane of rotation, and 6 are fully retrograde – challenging current models of planetary formation. http://www.livescience.com/animals/metazoan-loriciferans-ocean-100407.html

• Item #2 Science

  A new report of the National Research Council indicates that the incorporation of genetically engineered crops into US agriculture has had significant benefits for US farmers and the environment. http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12804

• Item #3 Fiction

  Feral ferret populations are on the rise in north American Cities, such as New York, where they have become popular as a means of rodent control. http://www.physorg.com/news190372260.html

Skeptical Quote of the Week.