Episode #670

Episode #670

News Items

• Knowledge of Evolution
• Hawaii Volcanic Activity
• Spider Silk and Steel
• Toxic Moon Dust

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: Guitar string

Interview with Adam Becker

• https://freelanceastrophysicist.com/

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  New observations of Kuiper belt object 2004 EW95 suggest that it originated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter but was flung into the outer solar system. https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1814/

• Item #2 Science

  A new study finds that fish swimming in schools literally get sucked along by the crowd, making their swimming more efficient. https://www2.cnrs.fr/en/3111.htm

• Item #3 Fiction

  A new analysis of the Leaning Tower of Pisa concludes that it will likely not survive the next magnitude 4 or greater earthquake that strikes the region. https://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2018/may/tower-of-pisa.html

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

“Photons have mass? I didn’t even know they were Catholic.” ― Woody Allen