Episode #1020

Episode #1020

News Items

• Unexpected Scientific Results
• Trust In Scientists
• FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3
• Andromeda Mosaic
• Telepathy Tapes

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  A cross-national analysis finds that the presence of climate action policy is a stronger predictor of anti-climate action groups than national economic self-interests. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0315012

• Item #2 Fiction

  A recent study of the diet of coyotes in San Francisco found domestic cat remains in almost half the scat analyzed. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.70152

• Item #3 Science

  A new framework for simulating optimal pandemic responses finds that in 42% of scenarios it is better to vaccinate high exposure groups prior to high risk groups (as was done during COVID).https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1071222

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘We live in an enlightened age, however, an age that has learned to see and to value other living things as they are, not as we wish them to be. And the long and creditable history of science has taught us, if nothing else, to look carefully before we judge to judge, if we must, based on what we see, not what we would prefer to believe.’ Robert Charles Wilson