20 April, 2022 – Episode 872 – Going Cuckoo For Earth Day!

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Earth Day Climate
Things have been changing on Earth Day. Thanks to Climate Matters for the run-down.

Sound cures cancer!
In rats.

SQuRo, the robot rat
Previous robot rats had treads, but these buddies have legs!!

Accelerating Currents
Climate change is heating the surface of the oceans and speeding up ocean currents.

Acoustical Charging
Single-celled electricity!

The porpoise of this story
Is to tell you about a dolphin, who spoke with a porpoise.

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Long COVID
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Viral Feces
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It’s time for Blair’s Animal Corner!

Cuckoos may have found their match
Turns out, they can’t go green, and that’s enough to spoil their game, potentially for good!

Black rhinos are in trouble.
Yes, from that. But it’s worse than we thought. We underestimated females, again…

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500 million-year-old camera lens
Extinct trilobites are helping make the cameras of tomorrow.

Spicey fuel cells
A tastier way to use turmeric.

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Lying Lyres Like Drama
While male Splendid Lyrebirds lie to their potential mates, other Lyres are drama queens. Lyrebird songs are composed by placing discordant song sequences next to each other.

Aphantasia
Very unlike the Disney classic Phantasia, the disorder called aphantasia is a lack of visual imagination and is apparent through a lack of pupil changes.

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