Episode #332
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Law & Order
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
A new study shows that people avoid information about topics about which they are ignorant and yet deem important. http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/psp-ofp-shepherd.pdf
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Item #2
Fiction
Researchers have identified a protein that, when taken as daily supplement, almost triples cardiovascular and muscle endurance in human clinical trials. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111121104509.htm
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Item #3
Science
New research finds that walking through a doorway impairs short term memory. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-doorways.html
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘At every croasroads on the road that leads to the future, tradition has placed against us ten thousand men to guard the past.’ - Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck