Episode #429
News Items
- New IPCC Report
- Photographic the Soul
- Chiropractor Breaks Baby’s Neck
- Black Hole Explosions and Hair
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Leidenfrost Effect
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
The most robust study to date finds that depression does not increase risk for developing cancer. http://presse-inserm.fr/en/depression-does-not-expose-someone-to-a-greater-risk-of-cancer/9675/
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Item #2
Science
A new study finds that bystander CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest more than doubles short and long term survival. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/tjnj-sfi092613.php
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Item #3
Fiction
Scientists have discovered the gene variants that in most people determine left or right-handedness. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2013/october/what-makes-us-left-or-right-handed-new-study-rules-out-strong-genetic-factors.aspx
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“In an argument, you may silence your opponent by pressing an advantage of strength, or of wealth, or of education. But you do not really convince him. Though he is no longer saying anything, in his heart he still keeps to his opinion. The only way to make him change that opinion is to speak quietly and reasonably. When he understands that you are not trying to defeat him, but only to find the truth, he will listen to you and perhaps accept what you tell him.”- Jigoro Kano, inventor of Judo