Episode #305
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week – Jumping Spider
Interview with James Randi
- www.randi.org
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
Imaging studies of ancient Egyptian mummies find an almost complete absence of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), even in the older individuals.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110517121824.htm
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Item #2
Science
Astronomers have detected a new class of planet – Jupiter-sized rogue planets wandering interstellar space, and estimate their number at 400 billion in the Milky Way. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110518/full/news.2011.303.html
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Item #3
Science
Researchers find that exposure to cockroach antigen is a significant contributor to childhood asthma. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110517151301.htm
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.’ — Stephen Hawking