Episode #505
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week:
Interview with Kevin Folta, Interview with Marc Randazza
- http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/09/gm-opponents-are-science-deniers
- http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/libel-reform-in-the-us/
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
A new analysis finds that the Milky Way is 50% larger than previous estimates, and has a rippled or corrugated shape. http://news.rpi.edu/content/2015/03/09/rippling-milky-way-may-be-much-larger-previously-estimated
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Item #2
Fiction
Recent estimates indicate that the Milky Way contains more stars than the rest of the local group combined. http://www.spaceanswers.com/deep-space/what-do-we-know-about-the-andromeda-galaxy/
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Item #3
Science
Astronomers have discovered nine new dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/welcome-to-the-neighbourhood-new-dwarf-galaxies-discovered-in-orbit-around-the-milky-way
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone’s feelings…. We must run roughshod over all these ancient puerilities, overturn the barriers that reason never erected, give back to the arts and sciences the liberty that is so precious to them….’ - Denis Diderot