Episode #389
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Tetris theme
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
Biologists have discovered a species of small jellyfish that can float briefly above the surface of the water to evade predators. http://theweek.com/article/index/228428/the-10-weirdest-new-species-of-2012
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Item #2
Science
Scientists have discovered a cyanobacterium that creates calcified structures inside its cell. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/340281/description/Bony_bacteria
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Item #3
Science
An entomologist discovered a new species of lacewing fly from a picture posted on Flickr. http://mashable.com/2012/12/05/new-species-2012/
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“…… it has become my conviction that things mean pretty much what we want them to mean. We’ll pluck significance from the least consequential happenstance if it suits us and happily ignore the most flagrantly obvious symmetry between separate aspects of our lives if it threatens some cherished prejudice or cosily comforting belief; we are blindest to precisely whatever might be most illuminating.” Iain Banks.