Segment #1. News Items: Chimps and Humans living
together, Chinese mirage
Segment #2. Interview with James Randi
Segment #1. News Items
News Item #1 – New
DNA analysis of the human and chimpanzee genomes indicate the two evolutionary
lineages shared genes for 4 million years after speciation from a common
ancestor.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060517_hybridfrm.htm
News Item #2 – Rare
mirage in
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-05/07/content_583576.htm
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/811/2006/05/07/421@85556.htm
Segment #2. Interview with James Randi
James Randi is a renowned
skeptical investigator and educator. He began his career as a professional
magician, performing under the name The Amazing Randi.
He now runs the James Randi Educational Foundation - JREF (http://www.randi.org/). The JREF administers
the famous million dollar psychic challenge.
Randi is the scourge of huxsters, con-artists, charlatans, and quacks everywhere.
He has made a successful career of exposing their lies and deceptions. He
lectures extensively on critical thinking, skepticism, and exposing fraud. He
is the author of numerous books, including The Faith Healers, The
Mask of Nostradamus, and Flim
Flam.