Episode #340
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: clocks
Interview with Eugenie Scott
- www.ncse.com
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Marine scientists propose putting a price on whales in order to save them. http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/news/whale_quota.htm
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Item #2
Fiction
According to a new mouse study, intestinal worm infections help treat lung cancer. http://www.livescience.com/17923-parasitic-worms-wound-healing.html
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Item #3
Science
Researchers associate lack of sleep with increased appetite.http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/01/19/sleep-deficiencies-spur-hunger/33877.html
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘As I look back on nearly half a century of research, I am struck by the fact that my life in science has never proceeded along a straight line toward a goal, but in a series of steps in different and unexpected directions. It reminds me of the walks I loved to take in Paris- not journeys toward a particular goal, but random strolls that were directed, at each corner, by the curious or beautiful that appeared down one street or the other. I think it’s a good way to explore and a great way to live.’ K. E. van Holde