Episode #381
News Items
- Big Bang Conference at CERN
- Italian Earthquake Scientists Convicted
- Whale Makes Human Sounds
- PANDAS Controversy
- Reporting Ghost Stories
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
A new study finds that astronauts who spent more than one month in microgravity have a 35% increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Item #2
Science
Scientists have discovered the first feathered dinosaur in the western hemisphere, and also adds another dinosaur group known to have feathers.
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Item #3
Science
Researchers find that, at the molecular level, evolutionary changes can be highly predictable.
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without skepticism, we may remain mired in unexamined belief systems that are accepted as sacrosanct yet have no factual basis in reality.’ - Paul Kurtz