Episode #226
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week:
Interview with Kenny Feder
- Professor of Anthropology as Central CT State University Author of Frauds, Myths and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology http://www.amazon.com/Frauds-Myths-Mysteries-Pseudoscience-Archaeology/dp/076742722X
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Biologists have discovered a method to induce photoswitching in a species of worm, so that it becomes paralyzed when exposed to ultraviolet light, and then unparalyzed when exposed again to visible light. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091118112421.htm
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Item #2
Fiction
Programmers have developed PC software that uses the optical mouse sensor to detect bacterial food contamination. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091117094935.htm
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Item #3
Science
Astronomers have discovered two extra-solar earth-sized objects with oxygen rich atmospheres. http://www.physorg.com/news177258394.html