Episode #987

Episode #987

News Items

• Change-6 Lifts Off from Moon
• Adaptogens
• News Item #3 – Younger Periods
• More Aliens
• Metasurface Night Vision

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Researchers have developed a photosynthesis-enhanced poplar tree variety with a greater than 50% increase in above ground biomass accumulation. https://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/article/default.asp?ID=19427

• Item #2 Science

  The pink glow pineapple is approved in the US, it has pink flesh that is sweeter, less sour, with hints of watermelon. https://light.bio/

• Item #3 Fiction

  A biotech company has begun shipping “firefly petunias”, which glow when you touch or shake them. https://www.pinkglowpineapple.com/faq

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘Remember that all models are wrong; the practical question is how wrong do they have to be to not be useful.’ George Box, Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces (1987)