Astronomer Tanya Hill welcomes Pluto to the family of celestial bodies photographed up close.
New Horizons is one month away from Pluto, and Pluto’s moons have weird orbits. 120,000 Saiga antelopes mysteriously died last month, Philae’s woken up and LightSail was a success!
SoT 182: Don’t Pick a Baboon’s Nose
- April 18, 2015
- Tagged as: ancestory, babies, baboons, breastfeeding, DNA, family, immune cells, leukemia, microbiome, migration, NASA, New Horizons, nutrition, pluto, public engagement, serendipity
Benefits of breastfeeding babies, baboon social structure and gut microbiomes, a DNA family tree of the UK shows historic migration waves, accidentally turning cancer cells into immune cells, and NASA wants your suggestions for features on Pluto!
SoT 172: It’s Really Far
- December 23, 2014
- Tagged as: asteroid, astronomy, Brigmanite, Ceres, comet, Dawn, DNA, DNA tests, forensics, geology, meteorite, minerals, minor planet, New Horizons, pasteurisation, pluto, raw milk, Rosetta, twins, water on Earth
Rosetta gives clues to Earth’s water’s origins, one of the most common minerals in our planet, New Horizons and Dawn to visit minor planets, DNA tests for twins, and the dangers of raw milk.
SoT 110: The Mad Bird Collector
- July 17, 2013
- Tagged as: guillemots, HIV, Kerberos, pluto, stem cells, Styx, toads, transplant
Human head transplants, bone-marrow transplant HIV cure, liver cells grown from stem cells. Plus the toad with the spiky moustache, Pluto’s moons named and the self-cleaning bird eggs.
SoT 92: Vulcan Rat Mind-Meld
- March 11, 2013
- Tagged as: brains, mars, neuroscience, ocean life, origins of life, pluto, sleep, space travel, undersea vents
Brain-to-brain communication between rats, the genetic impact of lack of sleep, old people on Mars, undersea vents and more!
SoT 90: An Ice Core of Pee
- February 25, 2013
- Tagged as: climate change, earthquakes, evolution, pluto
A small animal’s toilet habits provide piles of data, the not-so-useless appendix, eathquakes, poison, oral bacteria, evolution and heaps more!
Magnetic fish, Pluto’s new moon, trade-offs for bigger brains and more!
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SoT 6: Frolicking Death Trap
- April 27, 2011
- Tagged as: ancestors, astronomy, bacteria, binary stars, language, pluto, whales
Language May Have Helped Early Humans Spread Out of Africa Pluto.
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I have enjoyed this podcast b/c it is very funny banter about science stories but there is also a serious edge to the analysis. It's proof that you can be amusing and entertaining as well as giving the science content its due. Highly recommended weekly listening.