Episode #577
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week:
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
A review of the last 31 years of video games reveals a steady increase in the number of highly sexualized female characters. http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2016/07/survey-of-women-in-video-games.shtml
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Item #2
Science
Astronomers report the first discovery of a supernova that appears to have exploded twice. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160726123416.htm
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Item #3
Science
MIT scientists have developed a prototype theater that allows for glasses-free 3D. http://news.mit.edu/2016/glasses-free-3d-larger-scale-0725
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘I’m sorry, but that’s completely ridiculous … You could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!’ – Hermione Grainger, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows author J.K Rowling