Episode #648
News Items
- Nearly Complete Hominid Skeleton
- Before the Big Bang
- The Causes of Science Denial
- This is Your Head in a Particle Accelerator
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Tree Rings
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Researchers find that viruses share some of their genes across all kingdoms of life, not just the ones they infect. https://illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/586905
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Item #2
Science
A new study finds that playing 3D video games increased gray matter in the memory forming parts of the brain. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0187779
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Item #3
Fiction
Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for 3D printing entire organs made out of a host’s own stem cells. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171206122609.htm
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘The mind tells me one thing, and the heart tells me something else. But the facts are there.’’ – Robert Oswald, brother of Lee Harvey Oswald.