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August 16, 1634 Urbain Grandier is burned at the stake for witchcraft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbain_Grandier News Items
Carrington Event Redux https://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/08/01/solar_storm_a_massive_2012_cme_just_missed_the_earth.html https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/another-carrington-event-inevitable/ Rangeomorphs https://www.theskepticsguide.org/the-first-animals-were-living-fractals-maybe Shark Week Pseudoscience https://www.vox.com/2014/8/11/5991961/shark-week-is-once-again-making-things-up Cervical Manipulation and Strokes https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-statement-on-cervical-manipulation-and-dissections/ iPhone Performance https://www.zdnet.com/does-apple-throttle-older-iphones-to-nudge-you-into-buying-a-new-one-7000032136/ with Rene Ritchie, Editor-in-Chief of iMore, co-host of Iterate, Debug, Review, The TV Show, Vector, ZEN & TECH, and MacBreak Weekly podcasts. Cook, grappler, photon wrangler. Follow him on Twitter and Google+. Who's That Noisy
Who's That Noisy Answer to last week: Luray Caverns Stalagtite Organ Questions and Emails
Question #1: Follow up Ebola Virus and The Hobbit Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]
Item #1 An examination of certain Cro-Magnon remains suggests that a mummification process was used, not unlike early Egyptian techniques. https://www.nature.com/news/mummifying-balm-recipe-is-older-than-the-pharaohs-1.15717 Item #2 For the first time a scientist has developed a technique for creating glass out of elemental metal. https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v448/n7155/full/448758a.html Item #3 A new study finds that certain “rubble asteroids” are held together by more than their mutual gravity, and that some other unidentified force is involved. https://www.nature.com/news/near-earth-asteroid-held-together-by-weak-force-1.15713 Skeptical Quote of the Week
Skeptical Quote of the Week 'There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.' - George Washington.