Episode #316

Answer to last week: From Oscar Wilde’s short story ‘Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime’.

Item #1 Science
Physicists have developed a method for testing whether or not our universe exists as part of a greater multiverse, and have even conducted preliminary, although inconclusive, observations. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1108/110802-first-test-of-multiverse
Item #2 Science
New research indicates that those who live to be 95 or older have lifestyles that are no healthier than the general population. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803083639.htm
Item #3 Fiction
Biologists have discovered a plant that attracts pollinating bats by producing ultrasound that mimics the bat’s echolocation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14328999

‘I have something to say. It’s better to burn out than to fade away.’ The Kurgan