Episode #967

Episode #967

News Items

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• Feng Shui

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: Elevator

Interview with Robert Sapolsky

• https://profiles.stanford.edu/robert-sapolsky

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  A recently discovered species of deep-sea fish in the Antarctic ocean has been found to have transparent blood, due to a complete lack of hemoglobin.https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/world/icefish-colony-discovery-scn/index.html

• Item #2 Science

  Researchers have developed a type of biodegradable plastic that decomposes completely in just one week when exposed to sunlight and air.https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c04611

• Item #3 Science

  Researchers have successfully trained a group of goldfish to drive a small, water-filled vehicle on land, demonstrating their ability to navigate in a terrestrial environment and challenging long-held views on fish spatial awareness.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166432821005994?dgcid=author#fig0005

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘Every great idea is a creative idea: The fact that you’re using paint or you’re using guitar strings or you’re using equations, they’re not really very different things. Getting that spirit into the education process … being curious about the world, that is a gift we would love to share.’ Damian Kulash, OK GO