Episode #740

Episode #740

News Items

• Super Lightening
• 20-Year Batteries
• NDE Study
• CRISPR Trials
• Holy Water Trial

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: electric train

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Electric eels are not true eels, but knifefish, a group closely related to catfish, that contains 220 species that all have electricity producing organs. https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/electric-eel

• Item #2 Science

  Electric eels are obligate air-breathers, coming to the surface for air, and can drown if they get stuck underwater.

• Item #3 Fiction

  The electric organ of an electric eel is entirely located under its chin, which it places on animals it wishes to deliver a maximal shock.

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘When any prevailing prejudice is attacked, the wise will consider, and leave the narrow-minded to rail with thoughtless vehemence at innovation.’ Mary Wollstonecraft, Shelley, A Vindication of the Rights of Women