21 June 2023 – Episode 931 – Super Summer Solstice Science!

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This Week: Horse toes, Global Cooling = Global Warming, Long-Necked Dinos, Cellular Selection, Cancer Cures, Gutsy Treatment, Detail, El Ribbit, Calming Rats, Why Snakes, Pain Fingerprints, And Much More Solstice Science!

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Things are rising up on planet Earth!

Atmospheric carbon is rising,
And we wait…
The temperature keeps rising,
And we complain about the weather…
The sea levels are rising,
And we watch…

And while awareness is also rising…
Action is not quite rising to the level that should be expected in an emergency.

Unless the humans have a second habitable planet that they have told no one about…
This will affect all of them.

The worst of global warming is yet to come and the only thing that will stop the temperature rising is you!
Not just you,
But everyone including you,
Rising up and taking control of the situation!

I would do it myself but I’m busy that day…
But you, you have been chosen!
By fate, by destiny, by mere chance, and by dumb luck to be alive in the age of energy consequences.

And you need to rise up to the challenge,
Right after sitting down for another episode of
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Some long summer solstice science news!

Horse Toes
How many toes do horses have???

Global cooling 
Will make global warming worse

This long-necked Dino met an unfortunate evolutionary end
It’s exactly how you think

Cellular Selection
Just like organisms, some cells survive better than others.

Curing Cancer in 3 Children
base-edited T-cell therapy

Gutsy Treatment
Micro-gel beads are probably preferable to poo pills.

Devilish Detail
Tasmanian devil facial tumors are evolving to become less deadly.

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Blair’s Animal Corner

El ribbit
Frogs have accents based on their sound environment

Calming rats for all the wrong reasons
How could we use this for good? Who cares I guess, trap ’em!

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What science news does Justin have?

Why snakes?
Seriously, why?

Old Neander-art
It’s everywhere!

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Some Quick Science stories with Kiki!

Hit Song Machine?
Using brain signals, researchers developed a machine-learning algorithm that predicts hit songs.

Pain Fingerprints
Does everyone experience pain differently?

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