Episode #352
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Tony Legget
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Scientists have created a power cell inside a living snail that can generate usable electricity from the snails own energy stores. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120411120508.htm
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Item #2
Science
A new study finds that fungal infections affecting the top five crops are responsible for destroying enough food to feed 600 million people each year. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120411132000.htm
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Item #3
Fiction
A new survey finds that cancer patients prefer safe treatments with predictable outcomes to more risky, but possibly more effective, treatments. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-cancer-patients-risky-treatments-larger.html
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘One sure mark of a fool is to dismiss anything outside his experience as being impossible.’ -Farengar Secret-Fire