Episode #823
News Items
- Possible New Force
- CRISPRoff
- US Power Half Way to Zero Carbon
- Sea Meadows Carbon Sink
- Pharoah’s Curse
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last wee: Batman
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
A review of data from 2020 finds that death by suicide fell by 6% in the US, with similar numbers in other developed nations. https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/us-suicides-dropped-last-year-defying-pandemic-expectations
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Item #2
Science
The Princeton Plasma Physics Lab has developed a room temperature plasma for consumers that can kill 99.99% of bacteria on surfaces. https://www.pppl.gov/news/2021/04/plasma-device-designed-consumers-can-quickly-disinfect-surfaces
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Item #3
Fiction
A recent fMRI study of the brains of violent criminal psychopaths and healthy controls could find no significant difference in brain function. https://www.utu.fi/en/news/press-release/new-study-reveals-brain-basis-of-psychopathy
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘Common sense is a very tricky instrument; it is as deceptive as it is indispensable.’ Susanne Katherina Langer