Episode #277
News Items
- Psychic Cat
- 100 Year Starship Project
- Cure for the Common Cold
- Life on the Moon
- Alien Ballot Defeated
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Pulsars from a globular cluster
Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss
- http://www.jamyianswiss.com/index.htm
Question #1 – Banana Ripening
- Here is weird one. A co-worker of mine has an odd habit of laying bananas out over her desk. she tells me that this is because a banana will ripen faster if it is touching another banana. now I’ve heard the old tale that you can ripen other fruit by putting a banana next to it, but i haven’t heard that you need to separate bananas from each other. is there any validity to her claim or is she simply bananas? Sean Dowling Brisbane PS. I won the additional tickets lottery and can go to TAMoz! prepare to be shaken by the hand, rouges.
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Neanderthals Were More Promiscuous Than Modern Humans, Fossil Finger Bones Suggest. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101103081915.htm
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Item #2
Science
Bad habits can cause your children and possibly grandchildren to end up with a psychiatric disorder. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827853.500-genes-marked-by-stress-make-grandchildren-mentally-ill.html
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Item #3
Science
Positive psychological changes from meditation training are linked to cellular health. http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-positive-psychological-meditation-linked-cellular.html