Episode #596

Episode #596

News Items

• High Density Supercapacitors
• Adaptation vs Evolution
• Instacharge Scam

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: Jet landing on aircraft carrier

Interview with Marty Klein

• https://www.amazon.com/His-Porn-Her-Pain-Confronting/dp/1440842868/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1477688791&sr=1-1&keywords=his+porn%2C+her+pain

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  In a new study over half of subjects tested were made to falsely remember events that never happened. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161207101433.htm

• Item #2 Science

  Scientists have developed a technique for magnetically pulling bacteria out of blood as a potential treatment for sepsis. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/sflf-b120716.php

• Item #3 Fiction

  Researchers have developed what they are calling “super premium” gasoline which has 50% more energy density than regular gasoline. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161207140744.htm

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘To change is always seeming fickleness. But not to change with the advance of science is worse; it is persistence in error.’ James Dwight Dana, System of Mineralogy 1837, Yale professor. submitted by listener Jan McKae from Rochester NY