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This Week: Sea Rise, Plurality Of Singularities, Clean Your House, Male Life Extension?, Bat Origins, Vampire Dominance, COVID Update, Poop Beetle, Beetle Strider, Cat Medicine, Faces & Emotion, Brain Waves, Dancing Helps, Trout On Meth, And Much More…
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When Lewis and Clark headed west the then President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, had a special request.
Keep your eyes out for woolly mammoths…
Because, well, why not?
They had been seen before, in fossils anyway.
And concept of extinction had yet to be invented.
The early Americans believed as people had believed for thousands of years
That the natural world was unchanging.
If you killed a rabbit for supper, another magically appeared in its place.
Kill a hundred rabbits, a hundred would poof into existence overnight.
In time, the fossil record revealed more and more strange creatures that could not be found.
And once dinosaurs were discovered,
It was unavoidable…
things in nature can change.
We didn’t mean to make the Passenger Pigeon and the Dodo bird go extinct…
We just didn’t understand that killing every member of a species prevented more from existing.
And like extinction,
The concept of evolution had to be invented for humans to understand it.
Like concepts in physics,
Or anatomy,
Or climate.
Before we know about a thing,
It can be very hard to see that it is happening all around us.
We are foolish and ignorant creatures…
until we are not.
And when we are not…
That is the moment where humanity takes its rightful place in the universe,
And tunes into
This Week in Science
Coming up Next…
Let’s start with some quick science news
Sea Rise
NASA researchers have determined that thanks to the moon’s wobble and sea level rise, coastal cities will experience significantly more flooding in the 2030’s. But, Texas might be starting to capture carbon, so that’s something positive?
A gaggle of black holes spotted in the Milky Way
What does this mean? And, what should we call them?
Our theories on allergies could be all washed up
A new study suggests a clean house, is only a good thing. Period.
Male Life Extension?
It comes with a catch.
Where do bats come from?
We really don’t know.
Bat Equality
Dominant female vampire bats don’t need to prove they are in charge.
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Are you ready for a COVID Update?
Another Receptor
It’s possible that SARS-CoV2 affects inflammation in the endothelium by way of another receptor – the alphaVbeta3 surface integrin.
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It’s time for Blair’s Animal Corner?
Poop beetle. Fossilized poop beetle.
Need I say more?
Beetle break-dances through water, upside down
With the help of a strategically placed air bubble, this beetle scoots across the underside of water. Wow!
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What science news does Justin have?
Personalized medicine for cats with heart disease
Could we test whether or not they will respond to certain medications? It looks like help is on the way.
Faces in mysterious places
Pareidolia is emotional.
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Let’s finish strong with brain science from Dr. Kiki!
Brain Waves
VR makes our brains do something different.
Dancing Helps
Dancing with music was shown to slow the development of Parkinson’s symptoms in a very small sample of patients.
Trout Desire
Apparently, trout choose meth.
This Week in Science Questions!
Do the ends justify the means? Does science still endeavor to the benefit of humanity? Is there a balance to the goals and the methods that are involved? So many questions to ponder in the philosophy of science.
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Want to get an idea of how far we have come with respect to COVID-19 testing? Listen to this interview with Dr. Enrique Lin Shiao on efforts underway last summer to develop COVID tests. We also discussed his work in science communication and CRISPR.
This one from 2011 included discussion of new targets for treating MS, questions about drug pricing, air pollution effects on the brain, world robot domination of armpits, and finger length proportions. What does your finger length predict? You’ll have to listen to find out!
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