Episode #279
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Forlorn Beaver
Interview with D.J. Grothe
- D.J. Grothe is the president of the James Randi Educational Foundation (www.randi.org) We talk about the skeptical movement and the Season of Reason campaign http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/jref-news/1142-season-of-reason-a-bright-future.html
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
A new study finds that high-intensity narrow spectrum (HINS) light is effective in treating bacterial infections, even in some deep tissues. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
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Item #2
Science
The remains of Tycho Brahe were recently exhumed in order to obtain evidence as to the cause of his death – specifically that he may have been poisoned, with one of the suspects being Johannes Kepler. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11756077
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Item #3
Science
New consumer research finds that consumers may prefer a credit card with a 1% interest over a 0% interest rate because the number zero can cause confusion. https://www.jcr-admin.org/pressreleases/111510111603_Palmeirasrelease.pdf