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Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Lucas Randall, Dr. Simon O’Toole.
Topics covered:
- Old stars may still make new worlds
- DNA Analysis Confirms Skeleton of King Richard III
- Wikipedia – Battle of Bosworth Field
- How Owls Rotate Their Heads So Far Without Snapping Their Necks
- Nessie as evidence against evolution … and five odder things kids are taught
- Iran Launches a Monkey on a Suborbital Rocket
- Wikipedia – Monkeys in space
- Iran’s President Ahmadinejad offers to go into space
- The Horrible Thing That Happened to Enos the Chimp When He Orbited Earth 50 Years Ago
Comedian Jon Stewart described the monkey as “seen here doing it’s best ‘Han Solo frozen in Carbonite’ impression”.
Image: Comedy Central via inothernews.
Simon O’Toole is an astronomer and science communicator. He blogs here and tweets here.
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