Consilience – Episode #65: Malagasy Locusts, Cellphone Losers and Dirty Hippie Stoners
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The 65th episode of Consilience is here! You can download the mp3 here (19mb) and the file’s page on Archive.org is here.
Starring
Teaching Angela to Appreciate History
- 1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first successful smallpox vaccine.
News
- Locust plague in Madagascar
- Dementia striking more people, earlier
- San Francisco morons lose cellphone case.
- A new trick for spotting exo-planets works
Sci-fi/Fantasy Quote
“Speculation is not evidence.”
– Lt.Cdr Tuvok, Star Trek: Voyager, S6e09 “The Voyager Conspiracy”
Announcements
- Joburg
- Durban
- Sceptics in the Pub. Thursday 16th of May, 18:00. Pizetta.
Link of the week
Chris: The Planetary Society
Patrick: Google Drive
Owen: StarTalk Radio
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