Episode #737

Episode #737

News Items

• Wind Turbines
• Bleach for Autism
• Grain-Free Dog Food
• Terraforming Mars

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: trombone

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Jose Delgado, a Yale physiologist, invented the stimoceiver – a radio controlled implant he placed in the brains of animals and ultimately people, to remotely control their emotions and physical movements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Delgado

• Item #2 Fiction

  Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanov successfully created a human-chimp hybrid, although the infant only lived for three weeks. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ilya-Ivanovich-Ivanov

• Item #3 Science

  Russian physician Sergei Brukhonenko kept a decapitated dog’s head alive and awake with extracorporeal blood perfusion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2BxGOdYm8U

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

“Dolphins and monkeys basically could play chess together. Those are brilliant animals.” – Perry DeAngelis (August 22, 1963 – August 19, 2007)