February 2010

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Episode 83

Episode 83

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Star Date: 2010.02.22.2200
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Two creationists and two incumbents win primary in West Bend – one thinks science cannot study the past. So this show had lots of stuff about science studying the past, from galaxies that took a few too many billions of years to come together, to [...]

Episode 82

Episode 82

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Star Date: 2010.02.15.2200
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Sequencing the genetic code of a man named Inuk who died 4,000 years ago, how some viruses jump from species to species, bees know when to stop and how to tell that to each other, and wheat resistant to hessian flies poisons their guts. NASA [...]

Episode 81

Episode 81

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Star Date: 2010.02.08.2200
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Life more likely to have originated near deep sea vents than a ‘primordial soup’, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle can power the grid too, robots in space, dopamine receptors show why we seek social status, prions might explain how we form memories, progesterone now found in [...]

Bill Marler on The Mindcast

Bill Marler on The Mindcast

On February 8, 2010, you’re in for a special treat. I will be interviewing personal injury lawyer Bill Marler (firm, blog) on The Inoculated Mind! He has been involved in many lawsuits related to food-borne illness, from Salmonella-tainted peanuts to E. coli in raw milk. Bill has since become an advocate for food safety.
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Episode 80

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Star Date: 2010.02.01.0800
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Dinosaurs had colorful feathers, sex is better than no sex (to get rid of bad mutations), WISE has already found a Near-Earth Asteroid, and the Universe has 30 times more disorder than we first thought. New study suggests that there is such a thing as [...]