Episode #411
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Last Week’s 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?
Interview with Vijay Dewan (producer) and Scott Thurman (director).
- The Revisionaries
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Lucihormetica luckae – A new species of cockroach that glows in the dark has been identified, but may already be extinct. http://top10species.org/Lightning_Roaches1.html
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Item #2
Fiction
Chondrocladia lyra – A large harp-shaped carnivorous sponge that feeds on fish and crustaceans has been discovered in the Pacific. http://top10species.org/Lyre_Sponge1.html
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Item #3
Science
Paedophryne amanuensis – The world’s smallest vertebrate has been discovered – a 7mm frog from New Guinea. http://top10species.org/Smallest_Vertebrate.html
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve. Karl Popper