Episode #467
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Gwyneth Paltrow
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
The average American uses 80-100 gallons of water per day, mostly from flushing toilets. http://www.allaboutwater.org/water-facts.html
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Item #2
Science
There are 19 known phases of ice. http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/ice.html
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Item #3
Fiction
A new analysis of the surface of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, and its orbit around Pluto concludes that it likely harbors liquid water beneath its surface. http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/cracks-in-plutos-moon-could-indicate-it-once-had-an-underground-ocean/#.U6Ht7vldV8E
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate.”- Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th President of the United States