Episode #578

Item #1 Fiction
A new review of a large set of online data finds that there is a large incentive to encourage, and even fake, 5 star reviews, which significantly increase the profitability of products. http://phys.org/news/2016-08-star-online-customer-backfire.html
Item #2 Science
Scientists have, for the first time, documented that some birds can sleep in flight, allowing them to stay aloft for weeks at a time. https://www.mpg.de/10673637/frigatebirds-sleep
Item #3 Science
A new study on mice finds that cow’s milk with 100 times the estrogen found in even the highest estrogen content in commercial milk did not affect blood estrogen levels or have any measurable biological effect. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160803124441.htm

Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it. George Bernard Shaw