Episode #220
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Charles Krauthammer
Interview with Daniel Hooper, Interview with Brian Cox
- Dr. Hooper is an Associate Scientist in the Theoretical Astrophysics Group at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. http://home.fnal.gov/~dhooper/ http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=1037
- Brian Cox is a physicist who works at the Large Hadron Collider
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
For the first time, scientists have created a device that allows for direct brain to brain information transfer, without any intermediary medium. http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2009/10/07/communicating_person_to_person_through_the_power_of_thought_alone.html
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Item #2
Science
Doctors report a case of a man whose skull has grown back after a large section has been removed years earlier. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8293731.stm
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Item #3
Science
Scientists have developed a vaccine against cocaine that reduces drug use in over a third of those treated. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091005181625.htm