Episode 26 - The silence of the crickets

This episode finds the For Science! crew in a slightly less ranty frame of mind. This means of course that there are more science stories, and we even get philosophical at one point.

Stories covered:

New bill would loosen restrictions on offering seriously ill patients untested procedures - http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jun/05/untested-treatments-could-be-used-on-seriously-ill-patients
Chinas need for flat land leads to Mountain removal, and the problems that come with it - http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27702401
Funnell Web venom could help save the Bees - http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/06/04/4018609.htm
MIT Group claims they can switch memories on and off - http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/06/02/4017055.htm
Evolution in action - Hawaiian crickets go silent to escape parasitic fly - http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/29/the-silence-of-the-crickets-the-silence-of-the-crickets/
NASA announces funding for 12 "drawing-board" proposals, including a Submarine for Titan - http://www.universetoday.com/112416/titan-balloon-among-far-out-concepts-nasa-selects-for-funding/

As always our intro and outro music is Sudden Goodbye by Alex Beroza and can be found here http://ccmixter.org/files/AlexBeroza/43002