This week, we discuss the future of electric cars some more, decide if inappropriate drinking will save, or bring down our civilization, and endlessly debate the worthiness of a smell-detecting patent from Google. This one got a little crazy... Links: * Battery to power your home * Crazy-looking Toyota * Can beer ward off dementia? * People trust their opinions over science on science websites * Get your free 2GB from Google * Ruth Bader-Ginsburg nods off at State of the Union * Objectively stupid smell patent

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