Episode #326
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Zaphod Beeblebrox IV
Interview with Stephen L. Macknik, Ph.D. and Susana Martinez-Conde, Ph.D.
- http://www.sleightsofmind.com/
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
Astronomers discover that the intergalactic fog that was present in the early universe was likely cleared away by rogue black holes. http://ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=8611
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Item #2
Science
Scientists discover that communication among bacteria plays an important role in global climate change. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111012151718.htm
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Item #3
Science
A research team has created a new form (or allotrope) of carbon that has the hardness of diamond but is amorphous. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-superhard-carbon.html
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘Imagination should give wings to our thoughts but we always need decisive experimental proof, and when the moment comes to draw conclusions and to interpret the gathered observations, imagination must be checked and documented by the factual results of the experiment.’ Louis Pasteur