Episode #443

Item #1 Science
A new study suggests that cleaning bills could save currency producers billions of dollars a year. http://phys.org/news/2014-01-laundering-moneyliterallycould-billions-dollars.html
Item #2 Science
A new study finds a significant correlation between the location of premature rupture of membranes (water breaking early in pregnant women) and the presence of bacteria. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0083338
Item #3 Fiction
Scientists examining mutation rates in humans, chimps, and their lice find that their DNA mutation rates are remarkably similar. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1777/20132174.abstract

“The more I practice, the luckier I get.” – Various, http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/07/14/luck/