Episode #254
News Items
- Energy of Early Life
- End for Mars Phoenix Lander and Atlantis
- Vaccine Safety
- Accepting Science
- Exonerated by Acupuncture
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Michael Savage
Interview with James Randi
- Randi discusses his life-long friend, Martin Gardner, who passed away this week at 95.
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
Doctors recently diagnosed a man as having the first ever brain infection with a computer virus. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10158517.stm
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Item #2
Science
Scientists have built the word’s smallest electronic device – a transistor consisting of only 7 atoms. http://www.physorg.com/news193317154.html
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Item #3
Science
New studies find that having allergies significantly reduces the risk of acquiring certain cancers. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1280728/Allergies-slash-risk-cancer-They-help-boost-immune-say-experts.html