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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

Iran has successfully launched a live monkey into space.
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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