Tue. 10/20 - Tardigrade Sunscreen & Cursed Twinkies
Oct 20, 2020•18 min
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Episode description
Tardigrade sunscreen. Coming soon? How to enjoy a socially-distanced holiday season. Some promising methods for upcycling plastic into more valuable materials. And the curious case of the extremely moldy Twinkie.
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Links:
- This tardigrade can glow to protect itself when exposed to UV rays (CNN)
- How to Make Socially Distanced Holidays Actually Feel Special (Vice)
- If recycling plastics isn’t making sense, remake the plastics (Ars Technica)
- Scientists Are Fascinated By An 8-Year-Old, Moldy Twinkie (NPR)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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