Episode #707
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Brain Machine interface
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Researchers have developed a laser that can deliver conversational sounds at distance to a recipient’s ear without any receiving device. https://phys.org/news/2019-01-technology-lasers-transmit-audible-messages.html
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Item #2
Science
A new analysis concludes that most of Earth’s life-forming elements likely came from the collision with a Mars-sized planet that formed the moon. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190123144519.htm
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Item #3
Fiction
A new study of all major bird groups finds little to no correlation between the shape of the bird’s beak and their feeding behavior. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190122115043.htm
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘Humility before the facts is the only thing that keeps a rational man together.’ - Hugh Laurie