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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Horrors!!! (and, science)
This week we talked with sci-fi horror author, Scott Sigler, about his newest thriller, Contagious. You can find information about it at scottsigler.com.
The stories we covered involved a Martian anniversary, little tiny cells in our eyes, new-fangled airport security measures, an alcoholic meta-study, and don't place your cancer-curing hopes on vitamins, consider grape seed instead (but not really).
Minion Marvin sent in this link regarding the 747-based anti-ballistic missile laser.
Music on this week's show is thanks to My Robot Friend, Flying Fish Sailors, and Test Pilots.
Listen to it all here.
TWIS UPDATES!!!1) The January TWIS book club (twisbookclub.ning.com) book-of-the-month is Sex, Drugs, and DNA by Michael Stebbins.
Buy it here: Sex, Drugs and DNA: Science's Taboos Confronted
2) Got any ideas how we should celebrate our 10th anniversary this year? Our 200th podcast episode is also coming up. Share your ideas with us. We'd like to celebrate with you because you are an important part of what we do.
3) We are inaugurating the TWIS minion question of the month. Each month we will highlight one minion question, and then throw it out there to the rest of you minions to answer.
This month's question is from J. Michael Pinc:
"My question for my fellow listeners is this; are there any natural geological mechanisms that actually release that carbon over geological time? I mean, generally speaking, oil/coal/natural gas are comparatively stable over time and most natural phenomena won't cause combustion. Over geological time, is the carbon usually sequestered in those fuels ever released back into the system or would it have been 'out of the game' if we hadn't found it so useful? And in what time frame (if any) would it take to deplete the free carbon in our biological ecosystem if there were no human (un)mediated release?" So, get to it minions! Email us, or post your answer in the forums. We'll read the best answers on the show at the end of the month.
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