Episode #960

Episode #960

News Items

• Internet Use and Mental Health
• Methane Capture
• Bitter Revenge
• Underground Microbes
• PopSci Magazine Closes

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: Probe

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Evidence shows that many mushroom species will increase their growth after a lightning strike, with shiitake crop yield doubling. https://phys.org/news/2010-04-lightning-mushrooms.html

• Item #2 Science

  Three popular supermarket mushrooms, cremini, button, and portobello, are all the exact same species. https://kottke.org/16/03/button-crimini-and-portobello-are-all-the-same-mushroom

• Item #3 Fiction

  Although originally classified as plants, the kingdom of Fungi is genetically closest to the kingdom of Protista. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_(biology)

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

“Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.” —John Dewey