Episode #1074

Episode #1074

News Items

• Faith-Based Addiction Programs
• Noise and Sleep
• A Fully Renewable Grid
• Moltbook for AI Agents Only

Quickie with Bob

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/lg-joins-the-rest-of-the-world-accepts-that-people-dont-want-8k-tvs/

Questions and Emails

Apollo 8 The yellow sun

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Fiction

  A new study by dream researchers demonstrates the ability to solve puzzles during REM sleep. https://academic.oup.com/nc/article/2026/1/niaf067/8456489

• Item #2 Science

  An international team of researchers have proposed that the Milky Way galaxy may not have a supermassive black hole at its core, but instead has a compact object made of dark matter. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/546/1/staf1854/8431112

• Item #3 Science

  Scientists have presented evidence for the first time that suggests that chimpanzees are able to imagine pretend objects. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz0743

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘Technology is a tool, but its impact depends on how we use it for the betterment of society.’ Margaret Hamilton, computer scientist, credited with coining the term ‘software engineering’