Episode #975

Episode #975

News Items

• Pentagon UFO Report
• Microplastic Risks
• Parasite Cleanse
• Gut Microbe Communication
• Interstellar Meteorite

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: Manualist

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Fiction

  On the day of each equinox, day and night are of equal length. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-equinox-is-not-what-you-think-it-is/

• Item #2 Science

  During the equinoxes, solar declination is 0°. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/equinox/

• Item #3 Science

  So-called solar outages, or equinoctial disruptions, refer to the fact that communication satellites are often partially or totally blocked for a few days either before or after the equinoxes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_outage

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘If you want to do seismic analysis, it’s ideal if you check with a seismologist first.’ Benjamin Fernando, planetary seismologist at Johns Hopkins University