Episode #442
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Castrati
Interview with Hai Ting Chinn and Matthew Schickele
- scopesmonkeychoir.com
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Researchers find that human hunter/gatherers follow a movement pattern that is the same as the foraging patterns of many animals, such as sharks and honey bees. http://uanews.org/story/walking-the-walk-what-sharks-honeybees-and-humans-have-in-common
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Item #2
Science
Astronomers report the first discovery of a possible exomoon. http://www.nature.com/news/first-possible-exomoon-spotted-1.14430
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Item #3
Fiction
A new survey of dinosaur species concludes that as many as half of known species sported some type of feather. http://www.nature.com/news/feathers-were-the-exception-rather-than-the-rule-for-dinosaurs-1.14379
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“Science advances through tentative answers to a series of more and more subtle questions which reach deeper and deeper into the essence of natural phenomena.” ~Louis Pasteur