Episode #562
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Beatboxer
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
New research finds that bedbugs have evolved a thicker cuticle, or exoskeleton, which allows them to survive temperatures up to 210 F (99 C). http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36037823
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Item #2
Science
Programmers have created an algorithm that can uniquely identify a user from anonymized data if they have made a single geotagged post on two apps. http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2016041318410017.html
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Item #3
Science
Scientists discover that bearcats smell like buttered popcorn because they excrete the identical molecule creating that odor in their urine. http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/04/13/Study-explains-why-bearcats-smell-like-movie-theather-popcorn/8641460568145/
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!” ― J.K. Rowling