Episode #599
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
A 2015 review of lifecycle assessments of electric vehicles shows that overall they increase green house gas emissions compared to gasoline vehicles. http://tinyurl.com/hmdlze4
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Item #2
Science
Scientists have developed tiny robots that can attach themselves to immobile sperm and swim them to the egg so they can participate in fertilization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww-x-VIFh-Q&feature=youtu.be
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Item #3
Science
Astronomers now claim that LIGO’s two black holes which collided were likely both formed within the same star. https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2016-05