Episode #353
News Items
- Life on Mars
- Indian Skeptic Charged with Blasphemy
- Multitasking
- Monkey's Recognize Words
- Cosmic Superwind
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Ice chimes
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
Medical researchers have demonstrated that a form of carbon nanotubes can function as an effective chemotherapeutic agent again several types of solid tumors. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24842.php
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Item #2
Science
Researchers have developed a form of carbon nanotubes that form into durable sponges that can float on water and soak up 100 times their weight in oil. http://news.rice.edu/2012/04/13/nanosponges-soak-up-oil-again-and-again/
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Item #3
Science
Scientists have successfully created a form of graphene that can act as a semiconductor – previously known forms are either conductors or insulators. http://www5.uwm.edu/news/2012/04/13/uwm-discovery-advances-graphene-based-electronics/
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘Everyone, in some small sacred sanctuary of the self, is nuts.’ –Leo Rosten