Episode #479
News Items
- Jack the Ripper Solved?
- Common Core
- Canada’s War on Science
- Dreadnoughtus
- Supplement Company Sues Over Criticism
- Brian Dunning
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Donkey, Dwight Eisenhower
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Researchers have for the first time constructed a two-dimensional material called germanene, out of a single layer of germanium atoms. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140909192128.htm
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Item #2
Science
Scientists have discovered a new fundamental mechanism of aging linked to faulty DNA repair. http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pgen.1004511
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Item #3
Fiction
A new study confirms that in some individuals sugar has an effect on the brain similar to narcotics causing a drug-like addiction. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763414002140
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.” ~James Baldwin