The Science Talk Quiz: "Totally Bogus"
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Scientific American
4.2 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2010
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming. |
| 0:02.3 | Hiya. |
| 0:02.9 | So, Benny has really blossomed this term. |
| 0:05.6 | You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay. |
| 0:09.6 | Oh, that's not quite what I meant. |
| 0:11.1 | It's free to sell on there? |
| 0:12.3 | Free to sell? |
| 0:13.4 | Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket. |
| 0:16.8 | You sold my guitar? |
| 0:19.9 | Shall we talk about Benning? |
| 0:22.1 | When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay. |
| 0:26.7 | Things people love. |
| 0:28.0 | T's and Cs apply. |
| 0:29.1 | Exclusive vehicles. |
| 0:31.1 | Hi, Steve Murski here with the Scientific American Science Talk podcast, and I owe you one totally bogus. |
| 0:39.8 | So here are four science stories, but only three are true. |
| 0:42.9 | See if you know which story is totally bogus. |
| 0:46.0 | Story one, banned from import, lo, these past 21 years. |
| 0:50.0 | For fears of spongiform encephalopathy, it is now once again legal to bring Falkland Island |
| 0:55.7 | sheep meat into the U.S. |
| 0:58.1 | Story 2, bats and dolphins that echolocate have the same genetic constructs that allow |
| 1:03.7 | them to do it. |
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