Episode #362
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Baby rhinos
Interview with Zhong Lin Wang
- http://nanopatentsandinnovations.blogspot.com/2012/06/ancient-effect-harnessed-to-produce.html
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
A recent review of evidence concludes that, contrary to common belief, fathers in centuries past were nurturing and heavily involved in child care. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/research_punctures_modern/
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Item #2
Fiction
A new study finds that children born to older fathers have a longer life expectancy. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611153109.htm
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Item #3
Science
A review of over 500 studies concludes that a nurturing and accepting relationship with one’s father is often more important to healthy psychological development than with one’s mother. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612101338.htm
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘I believe in nothing, never have, never will. What matters is what I can see, hear, smell, taste, touch. Tangible things, physical things, reality. The rest is imagination.’ – Wolverine, X-Men Issue 165