Episode #920
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Sewing Machine
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
The Atlas Blue butterfly has the most chromosomes of any eukaryotic diploid creature, at 448-452.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyommatus_atlantica
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Item #2
Fiction
About two-thirds of all people who have ever been over 65 years of age are alive today. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol36/54/36-54.pdf
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Item #3
Science
Despite claims of living fossils, there is no evidence for any extant species existing for more than about 3 million years. https://www.livescience.com/oldest-surviving-species
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘Of the many other ‘so-called’ disciplines taught here, Divination is perhaps the most feeble. Especially in its nonsensical practice of Astrology. Do not confuse Astronomy and Astrology – one is concerned with mysteries stellar and lunar, the other is mere lunacy.’ – Professor Satyavati Shah, Hogwarts Legacy