Episode #661
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Chemical Reaction
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
A new study finds that couples have a highly accurate sense of when their partner is sad or depressed. http://blog.smu.edu/research/2018/03/05/new-study-finds-couples-poorly-knowing-partner-sad-feeling/
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Item #2
Science
A newly published forensic analysis concludes that bones found on Nikumaroro island are very likely those of Amelia Earhart. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180307115506.htm
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Item #3
Science
A new genetic analysis suggests that oxygenic photosynthesis evolved a billion years earlier than thought, near the beginning of life about 3.6 billion years ago. https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/research-and-journals/photosynthesis-originated-a-billion-years-earlier-than-we-thought,-study-shows
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.” ― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian