Episode #773

Episode #773

News Items

• New Row of Periodic Table
• Safest Coffee
• Pentagon UFO Videos
• Malaria Vaccine

Who's That Noisy

• Answer to last week: Hail Cannon

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Hoplitomeryx matthei is an extinct deer (11-4.3 mya) that sported saber-like upper canine fangs, and five horns, including a central horn from its forehead. https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Hoplitomeryx-matthei

• Item #2 Science

  The largest ever confirmed land mammal was a rhino relative, Paraceratherium, standing over five meters at the shoulder and weighing up to four times more than adult African elephants. http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/p/paraceratherium.html

• Item #3 Fiction

  During the Pleistocene period of Malta there lived giant swans that were larger and heavier than the local dwarf elephants. https://dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Cygnus_falconeri

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

“Naturopaths want to be able to do everything an MD wants to do — but they also want to practice essentially witchcraft.” Britt Hermes