Episode #364
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: gamma ray burst
Interview with Jann Bellamy
- Campaign for Science-Based Healthcare www.sciencebasedhealthcare.org [email protected] http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19350-wireless_waste.html
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
An international team of scientists have discovered that super-sized space tornadoes may explain why the sun’s atmosphere is much hotter than its surface. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120626114322.htm
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Item #2
Fiction
Astronomers have detected what they believe to be the first trinary planetary system – three exoplanets sharing the same orbit. http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/astronomers-spy-two-planets-in-tight-quarters-as-they-orbit-a-distant-star/
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Item #3
Science
Astronomers have developed a new method for both accurately weighing exoplanets and detecting the composition of their atmosphere, even those that are non-transiting. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-06/uot-ite062512.php
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.’ – Prof. Stephen Hawking