Episode #265

Episode #265

News Items

• Evolving Simulated Intelligence
• Proximal Intercessory Prayer
• Bermuda Triangle Solved
• Booty Enhancement Spell
• Censoring CAM Skepticism

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week:

Interview with Aubrey de Grey

• http://www.sens.org/ English author and theoretician in the field of gerontology, and the Chief Science Officer of the SENS Foundation.

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  French scientists report the first scientific evidence to prove that it is better to serve champagne chilled and to pour it down the side of a tilted glass, rather than straight into a glass. http://www.sciencecodex.com/best_way_to_pour_champagne_down_the_side_wins_first_scientific_test

• Item #2 Science

  A new study finds that weight-lifting with lighter weights is as or more effective in muscle building as lifting with heavier weights. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0012033

• Item #3 Fiction

  New research finds that a popular blood thinning drug used to prevent heart attacks actually increases the risk of stroke. http://www.physorg.com/news200581553.html

Skeptical Quote of the Week.