Episode #239
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week – cracking ice from the surface of a frozen lake
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
A new study links drinking two or more cans of soda per week to an increased risk of brain tumors. http://www.webmd.com/cancer/pancreatic-cancer/news/20100208/pancreatic-cancer-linked-sodas
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Item #2
Science
New research finds that underdogs do not work harder – in fact people try harder when competing against a lower-ranked, rather than higher-ranked, opponent. http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/groupstatus.htm
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Item #3
Science
Scientists recently described a sea slug that makes its own chlorophyll, and has chloroplasts that it uses to make energy from sunlight like a plant – the only multicellular animal known to do so. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34824610/ns/technology_and_science-science/?GT1=43001