Episode #685
News Items
- Room Temperature Superconductivity Questioned
- Teleology and Conspiracies
- Kratom Poisoning
- Neanderthal Denisovan Child
- Neutron Stars
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Train
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Programmer have developed an algorithm for detecting fake news that works better than humans. https://news.umich.edu/fake-news-detector-algorithm-works-better-than-a-human/
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Item #2
Fiction
A new study finds that the color of images being viewed affects the interpretation of speech sounds. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180822082637.htm
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Item #3
Science
A new published analysis concludes that the Milky Way had a two billion year gap in star formation in its history. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0329-2
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘Dolphins and monkeys, basically, could play chess together. Those are brilliant animals.’ – Perry DeAngelis