Episode #526

Item #1 Science
New research finds that romantic kissing (lip-to-lip contact) occurs in less than half of human cultures surveyed. http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2015/08/romantic-kissing-research.shtml
Item #2 Science
Recent historical analysis finds that medieval alchemists were often practical chemists, but disguised their recipes with fanciful code to protect their intellectual property. http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/i31/Science-Historians-Revive-Ancient-Recipes.html
Item #3 Fiction
Scientists have found that horses have as many “discrete facial movements” used in expressing emotions and social cues as do chimps and humans. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0131738

‘The truth, especially when painful, can wake us from the slumber of self-deception.’ Witcher 2 – Baroness La Valette