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The Science Talk Quiz: "Totally Bogus"

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2644 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2010

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Here are four science stories, but only three are true. See if you know which story is TOTALLY BOGUS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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. T's and Cs apply. Exclusive vehicles.

0:32.5

Hi, Steve Murski here, and this is the Scientific American Science Talk podcast's quiz.

0:37.2

Totally bogus.

0:39.3

Here are four science stories, only three are true. See if you know which story is totally bogus.

0:44.3

Story 1, Tokyo now has two solar stations where people can leave their electric bicycles to get topped off.

0:51.3

Story 2, the number of Google searches being conducted on smartphones went up five times

0:56.8

in the last two years.

0:58.5

Story three, a new study finds that about five million times each year somebody jumps the

1:04.4

turnstiles and catches a stolen ride on a New York City subway.

1:08.5

And Story four, researchers are trying to stop mosquitoes that carry

1:12.2

dengue fever by interfering with their ability to urinate.

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