Learn about how 5G may impair weather forecasts, and how the first confirmed exoplanet was discovered a lot more recently than you may realize. Plus, science writer John Tierney is back to explore how negativity bias affects our relationships.

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• Pick up "The Power of Bad: How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It" on Amazon
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• John Tierney on the New York Times

5G May Impair Weather Forecasts by Grant Currin

• 5G wireless may lead to inaccurate weather forecasts. (2020). EurekAlert! 5wm092320.php">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/ru-5wm092320.php
• Yousefvand, M., Wu, Chung-Tse Michael, Wang, R.-Q., Brodie, J., & Mandayam, N. (2020). Modeling the Impact of 5G Leakage on Weather Prediction. ArXiv.Org. https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.13498
• Curiosity Daily episode that featured a 5G explainer: https://www.curiositydaily.com/difference-between-5g-and-4g-networks-w-trace-dominguez-and-self-repairing-batteries/

We Didn't Officially Confirm the Existence of Exoplanets Until 1992 by Joanie Faletto

• Wall, M. (2017, January 9). Exoplanet Anniversary: 1st Alien Worlds Confirmed 25 Years Ago Today. Space.Com; Space. exoplanet-discovery-anniversary-25-years.html">https://www.space.com/35253-exoplanet-discovery-anniversary-25-years.html
• Wolszczan, A., & Frail, D. A. (1992). A planetary system around the millisecond pulsar PSR1257 + 12. Nature, 355(6356), 145–147. https://doi.org/10.1038/355145a0
• NASA Exoplanet Archive. (2020). Caltech.Edu. https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/
• James Webb Space Telescope. (2019). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/webb/main/index.html
• NASA Telescope Reveals Record-Breaking Exoplanet Discovery. (2011). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-telescope-reveals-largest-batch-of-earth-size-habitable-zone-planets-around
• NEW Grid | The Arecibo Observatory. (2020). Naic.Edu. http://www.naic.edu/

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