Episode #338
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Neil Armstrong
Interview with Martin Rundkvist
- Chairman Swedish Skeptics Society Author of Aardvarchaelogy blog http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/ Topic: http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/electromagnetic-sensitivity-in-sweden/
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
Study of butterfly mimics finds that Heliconius species are often tricked into mating with mimic species. http://www.jstor.org/pss/10.1086/663192
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Item #2
Science
A new thorough examination of poisonous frogs finds that their color accurately signals their poisonousness to birds. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663197
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Item #3
Science
A scientist has described a case of a fish mimicking an octopus that in turn was mimicking another fish. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-paradox-gift.html
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.” David Suzuki