Episode #410
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Puzzle: A bank teller made a mistake today. The teller switched the dollars and cents when they cashed a check for Mrs. Jones, giving her dollars instead of cents and cents instead of dollars. After buying a newspaper for 5 cents, Mrs. Jones realized that she had remaining exactly twice as much as the original check. What was the amount of the original check?
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
New research finds that vitamin C can effectively kill even highly drug resistant tuberculosis bacteria. http://esciencenews.com/articles/2013/05/22/study.finds.vitamin.c.can.kill.drug.resistant.tb
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Item #2
Fiction
A new analysis finds that the US has enough land and water resources to grow enough algae for biofuel to meet 100% of our fuel needs. http://www.pnnl.gov/news/release.aspx?id=986
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Item #3
Science
A recent study finds that bed sharing increases the risk of cot death, or sudden infant death syndrome, by fivefold. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520185422.htm
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘What do you think science is? There’s nothing magical about science. It is simply a systematic way for carefully and thoroughly observing nature and using consistent logic to evaluate results. Which part of that exactly do you disagree with? Do you disagree with being thorough? Using careful observation? Being systematic? Or using consistent logic?’ - Steven Novella http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/1erg2m/whenever_my_family_says_science_just_makes_things/