Episode #669

Episode #669

News Items

• Flipping Magnetic Fields
• Self-Assembling Space Telescope
• JFK Headshot
• Growing Brains

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: Sperm Whale

Interview with Ethan Winer

• http://ethanwiner.com/book.htm

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Fiction

  Mistletoe berries are toxic to most mammal and bird species. http://blog.nwf.org/2012/12/12-things-to-know-about-mistletoe/

• Item #2 Science

  European Mistletoe is the only multicellular organism known to lack Complex I proteins, essential for mitochondrial production of ATP. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218303658

• Item #3 Science

  The name “mistletoe” derives from the anglosaxon words “mistel” and “tan”, translating to “dung on a twig.” https://www.etymonline.com/word/mistletoe

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

“Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be.” Frank Zappa