Episode #498
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Space Shuttle landing gear
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Scientists have developed a smart keyboard that is self-powered and can identify users by their typing pattern. http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2015/acs-presspac-january-21-2015/smart-keyboard-cleans-and-powers-itself-and-can-tell-who-you-are.html
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Item #2
Fiction
Analysis of the oldest fossil primate species indicates that the earliest primates lived underground. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-01/uof-nus012015.php
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Item #3
Science
New research finds that wolves have as much social skill with their own species and with humans as do domestic dogs. http://www.sciencenewsline.com/articles/2015012020180083.html
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘From my experience let me say this: in today’s world it is no bad thing for a politician to have had the benefit of a scientific background. And not only politicians. Those who work in industry, in commerce, in investment. Indeed, so important has it become that I believe we are right to make science a compulsory subject for all schoolchildren.’ - Margaret Thatcher