Episode #535

Episode #535

News Items

• Nobel in Physics
• Nobel in Medicine
• Nobel in Chemistry
• Peer Reviewing The Martian

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: Weirding Module

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Using a mathematical model to predict crime location in order to direct police deployments resulted in a significant decrease in crime, even outperforming crime experts. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151007124810.htm

• Item #2 Science

  Using a mathematical model to predict crime location in order to direct police deployments resulted in a significant decrease in crime, even outperforming crime experts. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151007124810.htm

• Item #3 Fiction

  Physicists have recently published a paper demonstrating that the precise measurement of time is fundamentally impossible. http://phys.org/news/2015-10-perfectly-accurate-clocks-impossible.html

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

Don’t be afraid to be curious. Don’t be afraid to ask silly questions. Why is the sky blue? It turns out silly questions have profound and interesting answers. That at its heart is what science is all about. It’s understanding nature and not being afraid to ask why. - Amy Mainzer, astronomer