Episode #555
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Gravity Waves
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Astronomers now claim that LIGO’s two black holes which collided were likely both formed within the same star. https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2016-05
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Item #2
Fiction
Examination of the dodo cranium reveals that they had well above-average intelligence for birds. http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2016022416270008.html
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Item #3
Science
Scientists have developed a chip that enables the detection of a single molecule using an ordinary cell-phone camera. https://www.caltech.edu/news/counting-molecules-ordinary-cell-phone-49857
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“Our beliefs do not sit passively in ou8r brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a key role in shaping how we see the world.” - Richard Wiseman