Episode #403
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week:
Interview with Ian O'Neill
- http://news.discovery.com/contributors/ian-oneill.htm Astronomer with PhD in Solar Physics, science producer for Discovery News
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
A new study finds that wearing a special contact lens for even a single night can correct for loss of near vision in adults with presbyopia. http://journals.lww.com/optvissci/Fulltext/2013/04000/Refractive_Changes_From_Hyperopic_Orthokeratology.3.aspx
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Item #2
Science
New research finds that most fame is not fleeting – people who become famous tend to stay famous for years or decades. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130328075537.htm
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Item #3
Fiction
Researchers analyzing the fossil record find that thousands of Pacific island bird species went extinct following first contact with Europeans. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/03/19/1216511110
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
Message: From Michael Pollan’s ‘The Botany of Desire’ ’Design in nature is but a concatenation of accidents, culled by natural selection until the result is so beautiful or effective as to seem a miracle of purpose.’