Episode #306
News Items
- Rapture Rationalizations
- Fake Moon Rock
- Dark Energy Confirmed
- Religious Right vs Women's Rights
- Preparing for a Zombie Apocalypse
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week – screaming frog
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
New research finds that electrons, rather than being spherical as previously thought, are distinctly egg-shaped. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110525131707.htm
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Item #2
Science
Researchers find that women find expressions of happiness less attractive than expressions of pride or shame in men. http://tinyurl.com/3q627se
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Item #3
Science
Biologists discover a bacterium that uses caffeine as its sole food source. http://tinyurl.com/3fw43gd
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.’ ~Lewis Thomas