Episode #314

Episode #314

News Items

• Comet Elenin
• Forces of Darkness
• Science Proves the Bible (Not)
• Pastafarian Headgear
• Organic Water
• Graphene Water Battery
• Youngest Dinosaur Fossil

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  New research indicates that access to information via the internet, such as through Google, decreases people’s ability to recall information.

• Item #2 Fiction

  The Wildlife Conservation Society has recently declared that the snow leopard is now likely extinct in the wild.

• Item #3 Science

  Models of the orbits of the large asteroids Ceres and Vesta indicate that Earth’s climate cannot be traced back more than 60 million years.

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘Science is the best thing that humanity has ever come up with. And if it isn’t, then science will fix it.’ - Bill Nye