Latest / The John Batchelor Show
S8 Ep1162: Bob Zimmerman highlights the "bankruptcy" of modern academia, citing a study where half of social science papers failed replicati
Bob Zimmerman highlights the "bankruptcy" of modern academia, citing a study where half of social science papers failed replication tests. He discusses an upcoming Falcon 9 rocket impact on the moon scheduled for August 5th and new data from the Juno mission revealing Io's subsurface temperatures. Additionally, scientists are investigating whether a suspected asteroid is actually a failed 1980s Soviet Mars probe, although Zimmerman remains skeptical of speculative theories involving alien technology. (8)1905
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.