Episode #875
News Items
- New CRISPR Mechanism to Turn On Genes
- Acrhomatic X-Ray Lenses
- Pareidolia and Gender
- Cleaning Solar Panels
- Public Media and Healthy Democracy
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
New England is primarily composed of volcanic island arcs.
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Item #2
Fiction
Plymouth Rock geologically originated in northern Canada and was deposited in its current location by the Laurentide glacier 20,000 years ago.
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Item #3
Science
New England was adjacent to modern day Morocco in Africa when part of Pangea, evidenced by their identical lithographic sequences.
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘Let us tenderly and kindly cherish therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.’ John Adams