Episode #552
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Lightening on Jupiter
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Researchers at MIT have created a new RFID chip that is virtually impossible to hack. http://news.mit.edu/2016/hack-proof-rfid-chips-0203
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Item #2
Science
A new study contradicts prior conclusions, finding there is no evidence that radiation from X-rays and CT scans cause cancer. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/luhs-npt020316.php
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Item #3
Fiction
A newly published computer simulation supports the conclusion that both Jupiter and Saturn significantly protect the inner solar system from comets, making life on Earth possible. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160203110938.htm
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘Treat beliefs not as sacred possessions to be guarded but rather as testable hypotheses to be discarded when the evidence mounts against them.’ Philip Tetlock