Episode #296
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week – geese walking on pavement
Interview with Mark Mervine
- We discuss the Japan nuclear power plant melt down with an expert on commercial nuclear power.
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
New Hubble measurements of the expansion of the universe lend support to the theory of dark energy. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/cosmic-expansion.html
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Item #2
Science
A psychological researcher warns that obsessive compulsive disorder is on the rise because it is being triggered by obsessive collecting. http://canalugr.es/social-economic-and-legal-sciences/item/47951
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Item #3
Fiction
A new study shows that beaching of beaked whales is not caused by military use of sonar, as has been previously claimed. http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7545&tid=282&cid=94289&ct=162
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – for support rather than for illumination.’ - Andrew Lang