Episode #321

Episode #321

News Items

• Diamond Planet
• Homeopathic Water
• Woolly Rhino
• Editor Resigns over Global Warming Paper

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Fiction

  A large study of firefighters finds that those exposed to the WTC area on 9/11 had no significantly altered risk of developing cancer.

• Item #2 Science

  New mouse study shows that including walnuts in the diet reduces the risk of breast cancer by about half.

• Item #3 Science

  For the first time artificially cultured red cells were injected safely into a human recipient.

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

“I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, blown and flared by passion’s storm, and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish and and naught remain.” - Robert Green Ingersoll