Episode #358
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Holocaust Deniers.
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
An iridescent blue tarantula. http://species.asu.edu/2012_species10
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Item #2
Fiction
A cactus that can ‘walk’ short distances across the desert in search of water. http://species.asu.edu/2012_species09
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Item #3
Science
A fungus that looks and behaves so much like a sponge it was named Spongiforma squarepantsii. http://species.asu.edu/2012_species06
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic value of artistic creations, nor limit the forms of literacy or artistic expression. Nor should it pronounce on the validity of economic, historic, religious, or philosophical doctrines. Instead it has a duty to its citizens to maintain the freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race.’ - Richard Feynman