Episode #1049

Episode #1049

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Question #1: MiniNuclear Plants

• https://theness.com/neurologicablog/mini-nuclear-reactors/

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Fiction

  A new study finds that when Europeans move to more walkable cities, they walk more, but the same is not true for Americans, who do not change their total average walking. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09321-3

• Item #2 Science

  Researchers report the first clinical tests of an mRNA based treatment that demonstrates protection against all viruses. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adx5758

• Item #3 Science

  Researchers find that the retina synchronizes the signals from different receptors before they get to the optic nerve to minimize temporal distortion. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02011-3

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

“I heartily beg that what I have here done may be read with candour; and that the defects in a subject so difficult be not so much reprehended as kindly supplied, and investigated by new endeavors of my readers.” Issac Newton Cambridge, Trinity College May 8, 1688