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BBC Inside Science: The perils of fake science news, The neanderthal inside us, What The Beatles really sang - statistically speaking

23/02/2017

The perils of fake science news, The neanderthal inside us, What The Beatles really sang - statistically speaking

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How a woolly story about resurrecting mammoths raises serious questions for medical ethics

Adam Rutherford explores the science that is changing our world. How a woolly story about resurrecting mammoths raises serious questions for medical ethics.

A woolly story about resurrecting mammoths raises serious questions for medical ethics. News of a scientist's plan to resurrect mammoths has spread around the world. However the story is largely untrue. We look at how this kind of 'fake science news' story can impact on perceptions of real medical research - some times with negative consequences. 

Almost all Europeans and Asians carry Neanderthal genes. Until recently these were thought to have little impact on us today, but new research shows they may be involved with determining height and aspects of both our physical and mental health. 

And what were Lennon and McCartney really thinking when they wrote their hit songs? Thanks to the number crunching power of computer algorithms the emotional content of 23 years worth of their compositions have been analysed. The results are both startling and for Beatles fans perhaps a little unsurprising.

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