Episode #917

Episode #917

News Items

• Mummy Goo
• Water Crisis and Climate Change
• COVID Immunity
• Bringing Back the Dodo
• Fungal Pandemic

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: Song of the Spheres

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Scientists have developed an elastic material that is also impermeable to water and gas. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade7341

• Item #2 Fiction

  A systematic review of existing research finds that eyewitness photo lineups identify the wrong suspect >50% of the time. https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fmac0000018

• Item #3 Science

  New Research finds that placing bird decals on the inside surface of windows does not reduce bird strikes. https://peerj.com/articles/14676/

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘But, as Deepak Chopra taught us, quantum physics means anything can happen at any time for no reason.’ - Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth