Episode #466
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: River Otters
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
A new study concludes that the internet is not responsible for the decline of the newspaper industry. http://www.chicagobooth.edu/about/newsroom/press-releases/2014/2014-06-10
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Item #2
Fiction
Scientists have discovered the most ancient fox ancestor, an arctic breed found with gnawed mammoth bones indicating the foxes were scavengers. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140610-animals-foxes-tibet-new-species-fossils-science/?rptregcta=reg_free_np&rptregcampaign=20131016_rw_membership_r1p_us_dr_w# (submitted by David Brown)
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Item #3
Science
Engineers have developed a method for creating inflatable concrete domed structures and have built the first test structure. http://www.tuwien.ac.at/en/news/news_detail/article/8816/
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“Anyone is entitled to have his hunch, but before a hunch can attain even the modest dignity of an informed guess it needs to be shaped by an understanding of the evidence.” Thomas Charles Edwards