Episode #742

Episode #742

News Items

• Fat Shaming
• Warp Drive
• TVs and Phones Communicating
• Second Interstellar Object

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: Curling

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Astrophysicists have proposed a workable model for gamma-ray bursts that involves them exceeding the speed of light without breaking the laws of physics. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190924152835.htm

• Item #2 Fiction

  Scientists have been able to genetically engineer protein in cells rendering them sufficiently magnetic to be manipulated by an external magnetic field. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190925083802.htm

• Item #3 Science

  A new analysis finds that a Mars colony could be self sufficient for food for one million people within 100 years. https://home.liebertpub.com/news/could-we-feed-one-million-people-living-on-mars/3600

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘UFOs: The reliable cases are uninteresting and the interesting cases are unreliable.’ Carl Sagan