Learn about a simple way to reduce your internet carbon footprint; how brain images can make you more likely to believe fake science; and how loud the sun is.

The internet has a big carbon footprint, and you can reduce yours with a simple fix by Kelsey Donk

• Turn off that camera during virtual meetings, environmental study says. (2021). EurekAlert! tot011421.php">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/pu-tot011421.php
• Obringer, R., Rachunok, B., Maia-Silva, D., Arbabzadeh, M., Nateghi, R., & Madani, K. (2021). The overlooked environmental footprint of increasing Internet use. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 167, 105389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105389

You'll Probably Believe Fake Science if It Comes With a Brain Image by Ashley Hamer

• McCabe, D. P., & Castel, A. D. (2008). Seeing is believing: The effect of brain images on judgments of scientific reasoning. Cognition, 107(1), 343–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2007.07.017
• Poldrack, R. (2006). Can cognitive processes be inferred from neuroimaging data? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 10(2), 59–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2005.12.004
• Curtis, G. (2017). Logical Fallacy: Affirming the Consequent. Fallacyfiles.org. http://www.fallacyfiles.org/afthecon.html

How loud is the sun? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Noro)

• The Song of the Sun (Published 2012). (2021). The New York Times. the-sun-through-its-sound-waves.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/science/studying-the-sun-through-its-sound-waves.html
• Scharping, N. (2020, February 4). What Would the Sun Sound Like If We Could Hear It On Earth? Discover Magazine; Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-would-the-sun-sound-like-if-we-could-hear-it-on-earth
• Second Thought. (2019). How Loud Is The Sun? [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePy_Gs3WTT4
• Bryner, J. (2007, June 4). Sound cranks up the heat in sun’s atmosphere. NBC News; NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19032772
• The Singing Sun. (2008). Stanford.edu. center.stanford.edu/singing/">http://solar-center.stanford.edu/singing/
• Solar Sounds. (1997). Stanford.edu. http://soi.stanford.edu/results/sounds.html

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