Episode #719
News Items
- FDA on GMO Labeling
- Tabletop Fusion
- Light Pollution
- Another Mars Bacteria Claim
- Biosynthetic Computer
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week – Huygens probe
Question #1: Flying Cars
- Follow Up
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
Astronomers have observed a superflare from our Sun, 10 times as powerful as the Carrington event, although safely pointed away from the Earth. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190417120041.htm
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Item #2
Science
Astronomers report that confirmation of 7 exoplanets with periods greater than 15 years, the longest greater than 40 years. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190417102747.htm
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Item #3
Science
New measurements find that while Mercury’s outer core is molten, its inner core is solid and about the same size as Earth’shttps://eos.org/scientific-press/scientists-find-evidence-mercury-has-a-solid-inner-core
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘The bottom line is that humans are very bad at understanding probability. Everyone finds it difficult, even I do. We just have to get better at it. We need to learn to spot when we are being manipulated.’ David Spiegelhalter – Winton professor for the public understanding of risk at the University of Cambridge.