Episode #310
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: a watermelon
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
A review of research finds that the transition to agriculture from hunter-gathering consistently led to a decrease in height and overall health. http://tinyurl.com/5rlgjjm
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Item #2
Fiction
A recent study finds that college students who have later class start times have less daytime sleepiness and better grades. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-college-students-longer-grades-classes.html
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Item #3
Science
Researchers have developed a treatment for diseases that result from genetic mutations which cause protein synthesis to stop prematurely. http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/index.cfm?id=3226
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“He who only knows his side of the case knows little. His reasons may have been good and no one may have been able to refute them, but if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side then he has no ground for preferring either option.” – John Stuart Mill