Episode #625

Episode #625

News Items

• Organic Effect Misleading
• Hawking on Mars
• Science in Court
• Countdown to Solar Eclipse

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Engineers at Caltech have created a flat camera that can focus light without a lens. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170622104049.htm

• Item #2 Science

  Astronomers believe they have found evidence for yet another planet in our solar system, 60 AU away from the sun and between the mass of Mars and the Earth. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170622104052.htm

• Item #3 Fiction

  Australian scientists report a new method to convert atmospheric CO2 directly into a form a coal. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news93022.html

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘We are not afraid of predators, we’re transfixed by them, prone to weave stories and fables and chatter endlessly about them, because fascination creates preparedness, and preparedness, survival. In a deeply tribal way, we love our monsters.’ E.O.Wilson