Hr1: News Roundup, Endangered Tourism, Fitness Goals, Fashion In Physics

Science Friday

Health experts tout the benefits of standing desks, and walking five miles a day. Science says otherwise. Plus theoretical physicist Roger Penrose argues against some prominent theories about the universe, calling them fashion, faith, and fantasy.

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