Episode #537

Episode #537

News Items

• Are Placebo’s Getting Stronger?
• Danish Zoo Hubbub
• Oswald Backyard Photo
• Quickie with Bob – Mars via the Moon

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: Fusion

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Physicists have conducted the first loophole-free experiment proving that Einstein’s local realism is not true and therefore either quantum non-locality or faster-than-light communication are real. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28112-quantum-weirdness-proved-real-in-first-loophole-free-experiment/

• Item #2 Fiction

  A recent mouse study finds that the cerebellum plays a critical role in the ability to ignore distractions. http://www.nih.gov/news/health/oct2015/ninds-21.htm

• Item #3 Science

  Scientists have demonstrated that the rivulus fish will leap out of the water and onto land for about a minute in order to cool down if the water temperature exceeds its acclimation. http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/11/10/20150689

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.’ - Henry David Thoreau