Episode #955
News Items
- Age of the Moon
- CVS and Homeopathy
- Black Holes Do Spin
- Paranormal Investigators and Police
- Human Epoch
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: pan flute
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
A new study finds that interactions on Zoom have essentially the same brain activity typical of social interaction and facial processing as face-to-face interactions. https://news.yale.edu/2023/10/25/zooming-our-brains-zoom
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Item #2
Science
Researchers have developed and tested “acoustic touch” glasses that convert visual information to sonic information to assist people who are blind or have low vision. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0290431
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Item #3
Science
A new model finds that adding crushed rock to global agricultural soil would result in the removal of 215 billion tons of carbon dioxide over the next 75 years (the equivalent of almost 6 years of CO2 at current levels). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/acfd89
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘This is the age of health misinformation. It is everywhere. It is in our social media feeds, promoted by celebrities and influencers, and permeates the legacy news media. We are bombarded with advertisements pushing unsupported therapies and practices. Health misinformation has also worked its way into TV shows, movies, and books. And, increasingly, it is embraced and promoted by prominent politicians.’ Jonathan Stea and Stephen Hupp, Investigating Clinical Psychology.