Podcast #665 - April 7th, 2018
Interview with Mark Lynas
What's the Word: Atavism,
News Items: Cell Phones and Cancer, Robot Bees on Mars, Largest Dinosaurs
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Math, Interstitium Pseudoscience
Science or Fiction
What's the Word: Atavism,
News Items: Cell Phones and Cancer, Robot Bees on Mars, Largest Dinosaurs
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Math, Interstitium Pseudoscience
Science or Fiction
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View TranscriptsWhat's the Word
- What's the Word Atavism
News Items
- skepticast2018-04-04adfree-jtrj https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-nation-indulges-in-some-particularly-egregious-fear-mongering-about-cell-phones-and-cancer/
- Robot Bees on Mars https://phys.org/news/2018-04-nasa-funds-feasibility-robot-bees.html
- Largest Dinosaurs https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/sauropods-dinosaurs-footprints-scotland-fossils-science/?beta=true
Who's That Noisy
- Who's That Noisy Answer to last week: stones
Questions and Emails
- Question #1: Math Correction F of Y/F – 1 = Y/((1-.3)*Y) – 1 = 1/.7 – 1 = 42.9%.
- Question #2: Interstitium https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/science-and-pseudoscience-of-the-interstitium/
Interview
- Interview with Mark Lynas http://www.marklynas.org/
Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]
- Item #1 The pirarucu is a large carnivorous fish that grows up to 3 meters long and has teeth on its tongue. https://www.britannica.com/animal/pirarucu
- Item #2 The Cyclosa spider is tiny, but it will build a large decoy spider replica in its web out of leaves, twigs, and dead insects. https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/161021-specials-tos-decoy-spiders
- Item #3 Pink river dolphins get their pink color from the shrimp that is their primary food. http://dolphinspedia.com/dolphins-facts/why-are-pink-dolphins-pink/#.WsUpwejwY4c
Science
FictionSkeptical Quote of the Week
- Skeptical Quote of the Week “Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” Plato (The Republic)