Episode #492
News Items
- Lunar Mission One
- Ginkgo Biloba
- Psychic Predicts Airline Crash
- Politics vs Science
- Nanosculpture
- Saving Christmas
- Teen Brains
Interview with James Randi
- www.randi,org
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
In 1902 the Royal Australian Army declared the emu to be an enemy of the state, shooting them on sight and driving them near extinction until the order was lifted in 1911. http://www.emugigs.com/emuwar/
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Item #2
Science
The first police force in Australia was called the Night Watch, the ranks of which were filled with the best-behaved convicts. http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/about_us/history
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Item #3
Science
The Tasmanian crop circle mystery was solved when it was discovered that wallabies were eating poppy plants, getting high, and then hopping around in circles. http://www.psychonaut.com/psychonautic-news/33491-stoned-wallabies-make-crop-circles.html
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“Isn’t this enough? Just this world? Just this beautiful, complex wonderfully unfathomable world? How does it so fail to hold our attention that we have to diminish it with the invention of cheap, man-made myths and monsters?” - Tim Minchin