Episode #392
News Items
- Predicting Murders
- Lead and Crime
- Biggest Thing in the Universe
- Million Dollar Challenge
- Turkey Bans Evolution Books
- Apophis Update
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: John of God
Interview with Massimo Polidoro
- Director of the Italian Skeptics
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
A recent study finds that subject’s memory for Facebook posts were significantly greater than for book entries or faces. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/never_forget_a
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Item #2
Science
New research finds that some children diagnosed at a young age with autism may outgrow the diagnosis entirely. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2013/study-documents-that-some-children-lose-autism-diagnosis.shtml
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Item #3
Fiction
A new study finds that graphic cigarette warnings have minimal effect, and are no more effective than text-only warnings. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0052206
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker with no past at my back.’ - Ralph Waldo Emerson