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where do you get your information? can you separate fact from fiction? this disinfectant was manufactured in 2060 and somehow already protected against corona virus. true or false. true coronaviruses were discovered decades ago. that 19 is just a new one. this was also shared thousands of times if you know of dolphins in venice. except there in sardinia. fake news is so prevalent, it's now become the focus of scientific research from the claim that the corona virus originated in a lab in china and the chinese want to trump's reckless recommendation to inject disinfectant image in the image and the conspiracy theory that bill gates intends to take over the world with a mind controlled vaccine is full of bizarre and baseless notions about the virus.

from the university of zurich was involved in an international study on the spread of just information during the pandemic. i also wanted to see why there were differences between countries. it seems to be that some countries provide a more fertile breeding ground for the spread of this information. on the research has prepared a social media post, presenting the false claim that the virus is a biological weapon. sabean's were then asked whether they would share or comment on the very very interesting observation is how the willingness to share. such posts varies between different countries. in switzerland for example, 11 percent of those asked said they would share the posed a huge difference from

the u.s. where 27 percent said they cherish tying them on from one to 25 percent saying they would like to comment on the post. or either the question we asked was whether those surveyed believe their government is capable of getting the crisis under control. and here, more than 75 percent of participants in switzerland said yes, we have a lot of confidence in our government. but then we have, i think, are of under 30 percent for front. and as we can see here, under 40 percent in the u.s. . so that's a considerable disparity to another finding is that fake news tends to flourish in countries with a strong populist slant. one reason is the populist style of communication, this information stylistic device. you often find in populous communication,

that certain information is a method, while some is distorted to fit the narrative. that the european union has its own fact checking web site to counter the growing flood of fake news versus disinfo. combatting dissin from ation is now a major policy priority. both governments and international organizations have taken to the internet. just spell out the facts. vienna based mimi comma is one of the biggest fact checkers in the german speaking world. the coronavirus has posed serious challenges for its experts. they were already dealing with around 150 fake notifications every day. that number as more than tripled. since the pandemic struck communications expert says,

fake news has seriously escalated at the start of the crisis. there were a lot of largely harmless hoaxes chain mails and what's not messages where people were evidently afraid and insecure. about the new situation. there was a lot of trolling and initially satirical posts among these people. but then in march we saw things reach a 2nd level with videos imposed by contrarians scientists that contradicted the scientific consensus. that's where things got more difficult. and then in april, we noticed a really big shift with a load of conspiracy theories suddenly popping up that made it especially difficult for every kind of fact checking because there are no facts to check const. on the contrary, these myths 1st assume legitimacy. and then challenge you to disprove them. and actually that's the wrong way to go about it. you notified of the sheer number of all the little myths and bogus reports suddenly lead to

a lot of responses in the real world. people started going out and setting fire to 5 g. masts because they believed that 5 g. was responsible for the spread of the corona, virus. mindless violence, triggered by made up claims about the virus. another example of the danger of fake news and the importance of facts news with facts isn't always easy because that required data and number of them is no piece of cake. take conservation, for example. if you want to know how many species they are in an area and how population numbers are changing, you need to study that area over a long period of time to get a reliable fact. nice that is falling in this region in southern germany.

ok, let's go to the plot. 52 and his colleagues from south korea are setting off to work. they often come to the boards at night to capture insects. they're not assessing up a light truck in the hope of catching more so as to work out how many species are at home here. the thing is really labor intensive. the organisms are really tiny for one. many are only a few millimeters long. i can't do much with them out here, so i need to take them with me. another thing is that the species differ depending on the time of year and the weather. so i have to keep on coming back. i need to use different methods as well. so i'm pretty much never done and can really only do it in a certain number of selected areas. researching biodiversity and its changing patterns

requires a lot of practical know how often there's a shortage of personnel, money, and time. for that reason, data is often only collected from $1.00 place, rather than on a large scale and over a long period. pay has come to germany to hone a new map that designed to make the process easier and more representative. it really gave me all the time, insight and then also germany is very advanced. it call it occurs study in south korea. so we are quite late for this area. so i'm launching a lot of things from my colleague here. so they are very nice to work with, and they are very advanced in many tech, and then all these she'll need to see the samples in the truck before she can show you or her new method. the next morning they returned to the forest to collect

the muffins they've captured but there is a problem. where exactly did they hang up the trap? unfortunately, we lost the plot of yesterday. so, sometimes it happened before the let's say, for finally they managed to locations. field research is rarely simple. 1st, at least the weather is good and the area is easily accessible, which isn't always the case. so let's see what the robot so old looks like. and look at this.

you see this big a cockroach, a fair beetle. 2 or 3 dozen moths and butterflies in my youth is enough for all. this is a fantastic catch for me. it was a little warmer last night that explains the activity and the cock, a version typical roundabout merits. but this represents just one location and 1. 2 kilometers away. they've set up another trop. it's really good fortune, chunky. yeah. the dead trees may look bad, but they're actually good for biodiversity. even if they do make it harder to reach the traps. the insects are placed in a liquid to preserve them. sometimes it's not easy, so we should be careful. but mostly i think i'm going for i

just find that there's some korean foreign states more hard. so it lab tests will help identify the insects. the researchers want to see how climate change is affecting local biodiversity. we're seeing trees die and the question is, is this bad for biodiversity? our data currently suggests not yet knowing. this is for the way it's terrible economically for the forest owner. it's beyond doubt that global warming is growing . impact on nature also has huge economic repercussions. but how will it affect biodiversity? we'll have to wait and see. this is for the always worked up. it's hard to establish exactly was the impact of climate change and human activity has on species. it also depends on the kind of forest. and if you're a sort, deciduous,

dense or sparsely populated, as well as the age of the tree. yeah, let's go on their way back. they encounter another problem that researchers have to contend with. look at this tree. you see this painting, caterpillar. it will one day turn into a gypsy moth. the insects are spreading in many forests in germany. damaging trees in the forest owners want to use poison spray to kill the caterpillar's. but the extent of the ad break isn't clear. for researchers, monitoring the activity of pests is also part of the job for a lot of information has yet to be gained by the number of species of insects, ground welling organisms, and even birds. it's also unclear how they're all doing

in order to be able to monitor them more effectively and comprehensively. the researchers are turning to new ideas and technical solutions and one of those new ideas can be found in low earth orbit. leo, for short, 700 kilometers above the earth. the satellite sentinel one keeps a watchful eye like its radar images are available within one hour. in the event of natural disasters, for example, they can help rescue workers get an overview. but the technology is also useful for conservationists. for more on that, let's return to our scientists in germany here at the ecological field station of the university of that book on pay and your camilla are inspecting their latest cotch. the single light trap picked up

a good 2 dozen different moths and beetles in just one night. even in a single sample like this, identifying the animals can be a challenge. and then comes the hard part, identifying some species that's very using like some which is large and distinctive looking. but a lot of species are small and great. and all the same, their genitalia will have to be examined and compared with reference samples, which is a lot of work. we're not talking about 1020 or a 100, but between 10500000 specimens to be determined in the long term soil pay is showing her colleagues has taken forest fire diversity in a far easier, faster, more comprehensive fashion. i've brought in. the media will

tell you, you can see it is from there. it's the place that you're so you're on pace for the great potential of using radar images from satellites in the quest to monitor species diversity. the center now one satellite has been orbiting the earth for the past 6 years, using radar disc on its surface, an 80 kilometer wide swathe with a spatial resolution of 5.5 meters. the radio waves penetrate cloud cover and even forest canopy revealing the structure of the vegetation below. this is the part that i was so impressed that the dart and all these lights green is bordering forest. and the radar data indeed shows the tree species growing here. this enables the researchers to quickly investigate large amounts of terrain all beers in fairly low resolution. they can improve the image quality by

also conducting flyovers across representative woodland areas. the aircraft scans the forest with an onboard laser. the resolution here is far higher than with radar $10.00 to $1.00 centimeter per pixel. the researchers use a combination of both technologies radar for scanning larger air, amazing grace or detail. metrics for the structure of the resulting data provides information about the height and age of the trees and the density of vegetation which tells a lot about the animals in each type of forest. from the specimen taken from tribes, which species tend to live? where if we kept the structure of we

just structure and the forest structure affect a lot there. so that's why we can detect well there and how we can be there. the findings can be marked on mops. you find a couple cases in the region always will. and here you from the future. you do look part of our little flycatcher and it's striking because nobody is able to really work for you though. you're in this rough to row with a lot of dead wood. just going to want what takes an hour and you cannot go there everywhere. and this is really no world that we can go into the whole landscape. using traps to take samples on the ground will of course, remain a vital part of the researchers work. but the hope now is that the radar data will

enable them to project their findings on large scale areas that will give them the bigger picture of whether entire starkly diversity is twin lakes. and maybe what action can be taken to stop the satellite data is not only important for research over 2500 active satellites are currently orbiting the earth, providing information for all kinds of applications, like g.p.s. navigation systems that could replace t.v. towers. smartphones also use satellite data and speaking of smart phones, how often have you looked at yours today? and how are your eyes doing? staring at a phone or computer display puts a lot of strain on the eyes. the constant focus on the same object looking in the

same direction and from the same distance takes its toll on i'm muscles, and it can damage our eyesight. professor chris no man at the hospital of the technical university munich says it raises the risk of developing short sightedness . the mile over. normally we blink every 10 seconds, but when we're staring at a display, it's only every 30 or 40 seconds. it's called for, it's a good review, blink reflex. tanner's, the eyes, the tear film ruptures. and the eyes begin to burn an itch and lose focus into one trophy. but it's a simple trick. it is designed to give our eyes a bit of relief. the dark mode setting found almost apple and android devices with updated operating systems. when it's activated, the background becomes darker and the text brighter. it's easier on the eye of the room you're in is dark, but is the dark mode setting really healthier?

this is an answer. i've tried it out too and it does feel better. but it doesn't address the problem. that people who stare with displays blink less and get drive entire dies. so it's not necessarily healthy efi. your eyes does it at least improve your battery. life spans time is from german. computer magazine connects, conducted a test for us, brand new devices from the same manufacturer was subjected to a stress test with standard settings. and then with the dark option, analyze the smartphone with the display in both dark mode and in normal mode. in dark mode, the phone had a 20 percent longer battery life, but that's because phones with displays only light up the areas of the screen where something is happening. dark mode on cheaper phones with l.c.d. displays has 0 effect on battery life. so dark mode can at least extend your

battery life, but only with more expensive models. in addition to darkness, there's also a nightmare and all night shift. you supposed to use it in the evenings so that the light doesn't disrupt your sleep, but doesn't work. it's been another restless night for tatiana. for the past 2 years, the student has been suffering from chronic sleep deprivation, desperate to find a remedy. she has an appointment at the center for sleep medicine at marburg university hospital. psychologist bannock castle has an immediate suspect, late night internet surfing it's quite possible that the light emitted by the screen can compromise your ability to fall asleep after dark, or pretty dark. the bright blue white light slows the production of the street

corner mon melatonin, which normally tells the body it's time to go to sleep. so even though the natural light fades over the course of the evening, tatiana has difficulty turning off. the sleep. research suggests setting her phone to night mode, which reduces the blue tones and for watching movies he recommends donning a pair of amber tinted glasses with a built in blue filter, even if they're not to everyone's taste. christie's auction 2, known for the orange tone filters out the colder blue and green light. so the light you are exposed to in the evening has little or no impact on your body, clock against beenish money in wood, and even better the night shift or spacey dipping. specks, of course, is to put your phone away, featuring countless scientific studies, have looked at the function of city and how it can be improved. one international

study shows that over 60 percent of people feel that densely, well, and yes, we spent nearly one 3rd of our lives sleeping and often dream. maria consuelo artie's from columbia, sent us a fascinating question about that. can 2 people share the same dream? mean, hollywood thinks they can, in the movie inception, so-called extractors, use experimental military technology to infiltrate their target subconscious and extract information through a shared dream world. but can this really work in the real world without any technology? can we really share dreams? studies have shown that people can dream similar things in the same day. time experiences are preoccupying them. a brand new study shows that in finland,

the coven, 19 lockdown earlier this year, led to a number of people having similar nightmares. of $800.00 people questioned. over half of them reported having nightmares related to the pandemic. dreaming, for example, that they became infected with the virus. but there are also reports of shared or mutual dreams that seem completely random. one woman dreamt that she was at a fashion party and went into an elevator with 2 gay friends. and we got into the elevator and they were dancing. very cabin funny. and the elevator swooshed out really quickly. another woman who slept in the same room had an almost identical tree. so in her dream, she was in italy at a fashion party for a fashion designer. it was a very popular hotel and she was going to gain friends of hers. and as it is a,

we went into the elevator, it shot out really fast, like it was a rocket. so this is an example of a mutual shared jury, a coincidence, or were the women just subtly in tune with each other so far, there's no widely accepted explanation for it. but some psychologists, a.v. experience of mutual dreaming is most often reported by friends, relatives, and couples. and that it could express an attempt to enhance emotional attachment in relationships. well, blood is red, right armpit. but if i ever do you have a science question you'd like us to answer. so you didn't. if we featured on this show, you get a little surprise as a thank you. come on, just ask you'll find us on the web at v.w.

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