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Fact or Fiction

Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths

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Fact or Fiction

By: Scientific American
Narrated by: Janet Metzger
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Did NASA really spend millions creating a pen that would write in space? Is chocolate poisonous to dogs? Does stress cause gray hair?

These questions are a sample of the urban lore investigated in this audiobook, Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths. Drawing from Scientific American’s “Fact or Fiction” and “Strange but True” columns, we’ve selected 58 of the most surprising, fascinating, useful, and just plain wacky topics confronted by our writers over the years.

©2017 Scientific American, a division of Nature America, Inc. Scientific American is a registered trademark of Nature America, Inc. (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing Biological Sciences Biology Physics Science Fiction
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There is real science here, albeit on less serious yet still fun and interesting subjects. A pleasing pastime.

A fun romp thru lighter weight topics

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The data shared in this book is supported by references at least 15 years old. It made me wonder what has been discovered since that time.

References

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I liked this for light audio reading even though it is older reporting on research. Sometimes I need to listen to snippets of something instead of follow a long plot and this was a good title to go back to for that. Only a few pop culture mythbuster questions felt entirely out of date because this is a prepandemic book :)

Oldies but goodies

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Says it was released in 2020. What I didn’t realize was that it was written in 2007. Some of the material is now grossly out of date.

Out of date

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dated but good listen if you need something to listen to in the car.

funny

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Enjoyed this book of science trivia, but the information in it dates from 2005 to 2013, so evaluate it accordingly.

Fun!

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boring, anecdotal, shallow, often unscientific, obnoxious, and not worth finishing. But that's just my opinion.

Meh

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