Episode #631
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Thermal Vent
Interview with Jeff Hall
- https://lowell.edu/staff-member/jeffrey-hall/
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Paleontologists have discovered the new largest dinosaur known, a titanosaur that weighed 76 tons, almost as much as the space shuttle. https://apnews.com/53919a0af5de4dedbc9e95e5465e9677
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Item #2
Science
Astronomers have discovered a new class of variable stars that oscillate over minutes rather than days. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170809140220.htm
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Item #3
Fiction
A new analysis concludes that a 1,500 year old petroglyph found in Colorado depicts a nearby supernova. http://www.colorado.edu/today/2017/08/08/chaco-canyon-petroglyph-may-represent-ancient-total-eclipse
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.” — Abraham Maslow, The Psychology of Science (1966)