Episode #348
News Items
- Oldest Skeleton
- Red Deer Cave People
- Neutrino Communication
- Defending Science in Australia
- Failure to Replicate Bem's Psi Research
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Lincolnshire Poacher from a numbers station
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
A recent survey finds that cashews are the most common nut allergy, affecting almost 2% of school age children. http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/nutidentify.htm
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Item #2
Science
A new analysis suggests that early feathered dinosaurs may have developed their feathers for display. http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123392&org=NSF&from=news
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Item #3
Science
A new report exposes a vast illegal market in transplant organs from live donors, including kidneys, parts of livers, and corneas. http://news.msu.edu/story/growing-market-for-human-organs-exploits-poor/
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘Science is a way to teach how something gets to be known, what is not known, to what extent things are known (for nothing is known absolutely), how to handle doubt and uncertainty, what the rules of evidence are, how to think about things so that judgements can be made, how to distinguish truth from fraud, and from show.’ – Richard Feynman