Episode #1071
News Items
- Donut Lab’s Solid State Battery
- Artemis Update
- EPA Change
- Life On Red Dwarf Planets
- Malaysia Air Search Resumes
Special Report
Questions and Emails
I’ve been listening to you guys for many years, and now I have published a paper that you might find interesting. Hope you enjoy, particularly Steve since I know he loves birds 🙂 Kudos lay summary: https://link.growkudos.com/1exuym2jp4w Open-access paper on the OSF: https://osf.io/wgpnq/files/cfjy2 Thanks for all that you do! Best wishes, Vanessa
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Scientists have discovered a “death ball” sponge (Chondrocladia sp nov) which, unlike most sponges which are filter feeders, is predatory, feeding mostly on small crustaceans. https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/carnivorous-death-ball-sponge-among-new-deep-sea-species/
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Item #2
Science
Scientists have discovered a new species of box jellyfish, Tripedalia maipoensis, with 24 eyes which are capable of forming low resolution 360 degree images. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a69656540/new-box-jellyfish/
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Item #3
Fiction
Researchers discovered an entirely gynomorphic species of spider in Thailand, Damarchus inazuma, which is half orange (the female side) and half blue (the male side). https://nautil.us/half-male-half-female-spider-discovered-in-thailand-1242640/
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
“There is no such thing as a scientific truth believed by one person and disbelieved by the rest of the scientific community; an idea becomes a truth only when a vast majority of scientists accept it without question. That is, after all, what we mean by the expression ‘scientific contribution’: an offering that is accepted, however provisionally, into the common fund of knowledge.’ -Robert K. Merton