The Science Talk Quiz: "Totally Bogus"
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Scientific American
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🗓️ 18 January 2010
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:32.9 | Hey, Steve Murski here with the Scientific American Science Talk podcast, an I owe you a totally bogus. |
| 0:40.5 | So here are four science stories, but only three are true. |
| 0:43.4 | See if you know which story is totally bogus. |
| 0:46.8 | Story one, a middle school in San Diego was evacuated when an assistant principal saw an 11-year-old kid's science project and thought it might be a threat. |
| 0:56.1 | Story two, some blood pressure drugs seem to offer protection against Alzheimer's. |
| 1:01.0 | Story three, droplets of water on a plant can focus sunlight to the point where the plant gets burned. |
| 1:07.3 | And story four, an interesting data analysis study if you watch a full full three-hour plus NFL telecast, which I did this weekend, you will actually see only about 24 minutes of football action. |
| 1:20.2 | On the personal file, number 99 of the defense, after he tackled the quarterback, he's giving them business down there at the 15-yard penalty. |
| 1:30.5 | Story one, of course, is true. The 11-year-old kid was making what he hoped would be a motion |
| 1:35.8 | detector. He had some bottles and wiring, and the vice principal saw the incipient device, |
| 1:41.9 | and the school went into lockdown. By the way, the San Diego |
| 1:44.7 | Union Tribune newspaper reports that this is a school that emphasizes, quote, technology |
| 1:49.7 | skills, end quote. The kid and his family were reported to be, quote, very shaken, end quote. |
| 1:56.1 | And the kid announced that, no way, I'm being a double E major when I go to college now, boy. It's English |
| 2:01.7 | lit from now on. Story 2 is true. The blood pressure drugs known as angiotensin receptor blockers |
| 2:08.0 | appear to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's and other dementias according to the British Medical |
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