Episode #499

Episode #499

News Items

• Green Coffee Bean “Hoax”
• Disneyland Measles Outbreak
• Galaxy-Sized Wormhole
• Fail-Safe for Artificial Life

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Raw cashews contain the same highly toxic chemical found in poison ivy, which is in the same family as the cashew tree. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew

• Item #2 Fiction

  Walnuts are the #1 culinary nut produced world-wide, at 23 tonnes per year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_culinary_nuts

• Item #3 Science

  Botanically speaking, peanuts are legumes, while cashews, pistachios, almonds, and the white part of the coconut that we eat are all seeds. Chestnuts, hazelnuts, and acorns are true nuts.

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

To every complex question there is a simple answer and it is wrong… ~ H.L. Mencken