Episode #723
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Shoebill Crane
Interview with Bjeorn Penning
- https://www.brandeis.edu/departments/physics/people/faculty/penning.html
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
The Sahara Desert is growing – its southern border expands south by ½ kilometer every month. http://www.ciesin.org/docs/002-178/002-178.html
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Item #2
Fiction
About 200 separate native languages are spoken in Africa. https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/african_languages.htm
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Item #3
Science
The pangolin is the most trafficked animal in the world, sold for its scales and meat. https://www.rainforesttrust.org/the-most-trafficked-least-known-animal-celebrating-world-pangolin-day/
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature: and in such things as these, experiment is the best test of such consistency.’ Michael Faraday