Episode #325
News Items
- Steve Jobs Dies
- Nobel Physics: Accelerating Universe
- Nobel Medicine: Immune System
- Nobel Chemistry: Quasicrystals
- IgNobels 2011
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week:
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
A study of basketball free throws, using the largest data set to date, supports the ‘hot hands’ phenomenon as real rather than illusory. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0024532
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Item #2
Science
A review of research indicates that physically washing one’s hands can reduce guilt and doubt through the power of metaphor. http://tinyurl.com/689e4sz
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Item #3
Fiction
Researchers demonstrate that alleged triple rainbows are optically impossible, and unsubstantiated reports are likely misperceptions.http://tinyurl.com/5sa9hf3
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” - Galileo Galilei