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Life Under Ice, Seals And TB, Understanding TB, Deep Sea Dandruff, Dead Star Toothpaste, Zombie Ants!!!, Big Brained Fish, Animal Talk, Spiders Getting Bigger, Interview w/ Garth Sundem on Beyond IQ, And Much More…
Disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer…
The things you already have are greater in value than the things you do not possess…
While this philosophical sounding statement my seem like physically impossible hooey at first listen…
Consider this…
the likelihood is that each listener to this show goes about their day to
day lives leveraging a decent dose of logic along the way…
One of the greatest gifts of the ancient world… Science!
It has allowed for societies to prosper and civilization to thrive…
It didn’t come about by easily or by accident mind you…
From tea houses in Babylonia to the stone cutters quarry in Greece…
From the mystic prequels to religion, to the early astronomers observations…
Science was forged logic by logic, one rational thought at a time over thousands of years…
We are surrounded by such wealth of logic and ability to reason that we sometimes
forget how lucky we are…
Yet look around…
and quickly you will notice places upon the earth still today where the
fires of logic and reason have been so poorly lit that they offer very little scientific
advantage to those who reside there…
Know that if you are hearing my voice now, you are living in a much more privileged world regardless
of personal wealth or national origin…
You have the ability to employ logic…
the resources to retain reason…
and the wisdom to tune into…
This week in science… coming up next!
Life Under The Ice!
Sub-glacial Antarctic Lake Whillans found to contain all sorts of previously unknown microbial species, mainly chemo-autotrophs.
Seals Brought Us TB
Genetic evidence suggests that people gave TB to pinnipeds, who then brought it to the new world and infected native peoples.
Understanding TB Latency
Interleukin 32 found to be an essential protein to protection from TB, but it only works in the presence of sufficient Vitamin D.
Deep Sea Dandruff
Where does dandruff come from?
Dead star toothpaste
What’s in my toothpaste?
Zombie Ants!!!!
At your doorstep…
Animal Language is far more complex than previously thought
Once again, humans have underestimated animal brains, assuming their languages were somewhat random – it turns out, perhaps not.
Big brained fish are better fathers
The male fish that give paternal care had larger brains – correlation, or causation?!
Spiders are getting bigger and it is our fault!
Orb weaver spiders are larger and more fecund in urban areas. Ack!
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Interview with Garth Sundem!
Garth writes books, speaks and blogs about science, math and the brain. He currently blogs at GeekDad, Science20.com, and PsychologyToday.com, was pummeled on the Hotties vs. Nerds episode of the gladitorial game show Wipeout, and is a TED-Ed speaker, former contributor to the Science Channel, and poker aficionado.
His most recent book Beyond IQ: Scientific Tools for Training Problem Solving, Intuition, Emotional Intelligence, Creativity, and More
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