Listen Now to Future News and R. Philip Bouchard
The drop in active Covid cases in Japan has been dramatic in the last few months. Any chance it just might be related to the culture embracing Ivermectin, or the vaccines, or what? We take a closer look. And in Space News, the DART mission is under way, and with what we find out, it could save all our lives. A deep AI has also discovered an additional 301 planets from the Kepler data, bringing the grand total to just about 5,000 planets that our scientists have discovered beyond our own solar system. Now if we could just visit them..
We intereview R. Philip Bouchard this week, a science writer with a background in natural science and education, about his new book, “The Stickler’s Guide to Science in the Age of Misinformation, the Real Science behind Hacky Headlines, Crappy Clickbait, and Suspect Sources.” We engage him in discussions about popular science topics of today, including Covid, climate change, gravitation, and rainbows. Enjoy!