SoT 81: You Asexual Bdelloid!
Nov 25, 2012•59 min
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Episode description
Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Cobi Smith.
Topics covered:
Our Total Solar Eclipse experiences.
A 'rogue planet' discovered and photographed. The planet is not gravitationally linked to a star.
A study of the microbes in belly buttons reveals a surprising diversity.
The bdelloid rotifer, despite being asexual for 80 million years, has incorporated foreign DNA to help it adapt.
A newly developed prosthetic hand is a lot like Luke Skywalker's hand.
Transplant from nasal cells enables paralysed dogs to walk.
Do great apes have mid-life crises? Maybe.
A rant about the endless speculation sparked by a Curiosity scientist's gaffe.
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