Episode #437

Episode #437

News Items

• MAVEN Launch
• Sylvia Browne Dead
• Homeopathy Death
• Capturing Lost Energy
• FDA Report on Burzynski
• Comet ISON

Who's That Noisy

• Answers to last two weeks:

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Fiction

  A new study examines South African dogs bred and trained to defend livestock, that are capable of fighting and killing cheetahs and other large predators. http://www.kent.ac.uk/news/stories/guarddogs/2013

• Item #2 Science

  A recent systematic review finds that people who suffer from food allergies are more likely to die from murder than from their allergy. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cea.12211/full

• Item #3 Science

  A new computer simulation suggests that a major component of the Permian extinction 252 million years ago was sulfuric acid rain with a pH of 2. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/permian-acid-rain-extinction-112513.html

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

“The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie–deliberate, contrived and dishonest–but the myth–persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” - JFK