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In today's we explore the myths, magic, and misinformation about the so-called Lion's Gate. This cosmic portal is said to occur on August 8th each year, but what is it really referring to? Join us to unravel this phenomenon and find enchantment without needing to invent a “Galactic New Year” out of thin air. Themes in this episode include:* Origins of the Lion's Gate Myth * Flooding of the Nile* Dog Star Sirius* Cosmic Technologies of Timekeeping* Manifestation Practices* Self-study in Relationship with Cycles* Longing for Authenticity* Fixed Fire Season of Leo* And more…Top searches for the Lion's Gate craze as of this recording …Shownotes: Register for Birth Chart Basics Free Class with Bronwyn Simonshttps://astrologygoddess.mykajabi.com/natalchartForecasts in your inbox from Bronwyn here:https://astrologygoddess.mykajabi.com/Image from Sirius and the Flooding of the Nile: this week on the Storyteller's Night Skyhttps://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/news/2019-08-26/sirius-and-the-flooding-of-the-nile-this-week-on-the-storytellers-night-skyMore on the Constellation: Sirius and Orion's Belt Constellation from EarthSky: https://earthsky.org/constellations/canis-major-the-greater-dog-sirius/Article by Celeste Mott The Lion's Gate Portal: Tracing the Origins of a New Age Myth “Prior to the late 90's, nobody appears to have heard of the Lion's Gate (besides as one of the seven gates into Old Jerusalem). A search of peer-reviewed articles returns no results with that search term, indicating a lack of academic or folkloric interest in the subject. Searching by date, there are only three results for "lion's gate portal" between 1980 and 1999. Between 1999 and 2010, we have four pages of Google results. Today, Google returns over 87,000 results for the term.” Source reference https://www.celestemott.com/blog/2021/8/7/the-lions-gate-portal-tracing-the-origins-of-a-new-age-mythArticle in Women's Health Mag UK with numerous false and unfounded claims: Lion's Gate Portal 2024: How to quantum leap your manifestation powers during this cosmic vortex“On the 8th of August, we celebrate a cosmic alignment between Sirius, the Sun, the Earth and the ‘galactic centre', which is the central point of the Milky Way. This date is known as Galactic New Year and is thought to be the day when Light Codes are strongest.”https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/health/a61710431/lions-gate-portal-2024/Learn more about Islamic roots and Astrology from Historian Ali A. Olomi Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headonhistory/postsPodcast: Head On History CurrentlyNerdy.comhttps://www.instagram.com/aaolomiLeo constellation and astrological sign image from Britannica:https://www.britannica.com/science/constellationLeo (lion), watercolor and ink on paper, from a manuscript created in Ulm or Augsburg, Germany, c. 1464; in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.and Leo the Lion, with the constellation Leo Minor, as it appears in Urania's Mirror, a set of cards by Sidney Hall depicting the constellations that was published in 1825. Image via U.S. Library of Congresshttps://earthsky.org/constellations/leo-heres-your-constellation/Thanks for listening! Have a question or comment? Head over to Substack to share on the post for this episode.Love this podcast? I bet you would love to subscribe and write a review - it's such a great way to support this work! Get full access to Between the Moon at themoonismycalendar.substack.com/subscribe

You get a beaver, you get a beaver, you get a beaver! After a hiatus filled with moving, snowstorms, vacations, and another surgery WE ARE BACK, and you do not want to miss this inuendo-filled episode about America's largest rodent. This episode is filled with some amazing facts, beaver bummers, merkin talk, and even zombies. Find us on all the things: http://linktr.ee/bearsandbrewspodcastLinks We Discussed:https://beaversnw.org/https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/The-Beaver-Restoration-Guidebook-v2.02_0.pdfhttps://youtu.be/APLz2bTprMASources Cited:Doronina, Liliya, et al. “The Beaver's phylogenetic lineage illuminated by Retroposon reads.” Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, 3 Mar. 2017, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43562. Egly, Rachel M., and Eric R. Larson. “Distribution, habitat associations, and conservation status updates for the pilose crayfish Pacifastacus gambelii (Girard, 1852) and Snake River pilose crayfish Pacifastacus connectens (Faxon, 1914) of the western United States.” PeerJ, vol. 6, 27 Sept. 2018, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5668. Goldfarb, Ben. “Beavers Are the Ultimate Ecosystem Engineers.” Sierra Club, 3 July 2018, www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2018-4-july-august/feature/beavers-are-ultimate-ecosystem-engineers. Goldman, Jason. “Once Upon A Time, The Catholic Church Decided That Beavers Were Fish.” Scientific American, 23 May 2013, www.scientificamerican.com/blog/thoughtful-animal/once-upon-a-time-the-catholic-church-decided-that-beavers-were-fish/#:~:text=Since%20the%20semi%2Daquatic%20rodent,a%20fish%20for%20dietary%20purposes. Horn, Susanne, et al. “Mitochondrial genomes reveal slow rates of molecular evolution and the timing of speciation in Beavers (castor), one of the largest rodent species.” PLoS ONE, vol. 6, no. 1, 28 Jan. 2011, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014622. Kitchener, Andrew. Beavers. Whittet, 2001. Learn, Joshua. “Beaver Dams Control Nitrogen Flow in Northeastern Rivers.” The Wildlife Society, 19 Nov. 2015, wildlife.org/beaver-dams-control-nitrogen-flow-in-northeastern-rivers/. “N. America's Earliest Beaver Found Near Dayville.” KTVZ, 19 Sept. 2011, web.archive.org/web/20110925014013/http:/www.ktvz.com/news/29230615/detail.html. Rozell, Ned. “Beavers Not Always to Blame for Beaver Fever.” University of Alaska Fairbanks, 19 Aug. 2021, www.uaf.edu/news/beavers-not-always-to-blame-for-fever-8-19-21.php. Tyrrell, Ethan. “How 200,000 Beavers Took over Part of Argentina.” Cracked.Com, Cracked.com, 24 Jan. 2022, www.cracked.com/article_32484_how-200000-beavers-took-over-part-of-argentina.html. “Why Super-Sized Beavers Went Extinct: Earth.” EarthSky, 2 June 2019, earthsky.org/earth/why-giant-beavers-went-extinct/. Wright, Samantha. “Parachuting Beavers into Idaho's Wilderness? Yes, It Really Happened.” Boise State Public Radio, Boise State Public Radio, 14 Jan. 2015, www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2015-01-14/parachuting-beavers-into-idahos-wilderness-yes-it-really-happened. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

VYS0034 | The Weird Review of the Year 2023 Pt.1 - Show Notes 2023 was a weird year, a slightly frightening year, a year dominated by UAPs becoming ever more unidentified, AIs becoming ever more intelligent, the Military–industrial complex becoming ever more complex and human beings becoming ever more fucking stupid. In this first part of the second annual Weird Review of the Year, Hine takes Buckley on a fevered journey through the haunted forest of the memories of the year that was, stopping along the way to point out the many strange lights in the sky, the fierce black leopards in the long grass, and the spoon bending, sooth-saying light entertainer hiding in the dark shadows cast by the impenetrable canopy of misinformation onto the windy, uncertain and often deceptive desire-path of truth... (recorded 15 January 2024) Thanks to robo-Walken for his kind words and patience and as always to Keith for the show notes - give him a follow on bluesky: @peakflow.bsky.social Again, the news stories in this episode were sourced from the weird and wonderous website https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/ - bookmark it and check it daily. Hine's Intro They Live, “Chew Bubble Gum and Kick Ass” scene; Crazy Yak - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1TcnQxV4BE) They Live (film) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live) Roddy Piper - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_Piper) All About Dog Poop - Purina (https://www.purina.co.uk/articles/dogs/health/digestion/guide-to-dog-poop) Christopher Walken - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Walken) Imagination is a spectrum – and 1% of people can't mentally visualise things at all - The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/imagination-is-a-spectrum-and-1-of-people-cant-mentally-visualise-things-at-all-199794) Aphantasia - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia) Mental image - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_image) Aidan Wachter's website (https://www.aidanwachter.com/) Jason Miller's website (https://strategicsorcery.net/) The Shamanic Journey - Shaman Links (https://www.shamanlinks.net/shaman-info/about-shamanism/the-shamanic-journey/) Does Everyone Have an Inner Monologue? - Very Well Mind (https://www.verywellmind.com/does-everyone-have-an-inner-monologue-6831748) Lev Vygotsky, Thinking and Speech - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Vygotsky#Thinking_and_Speech) Subtitled speech: Phenomenology of tickertape synesthesia - Science Direct (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945222003203?via%3Dihub) Visual imagery vividness declines across the lifespan; Science Direct (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945222001897?via%3Dihub) January 2023 Russia ‘liquidates' UFO Russia Says It Shot Down a UFO - Newsweek (https://www.newsweek.com/russia-rostov-ufo-object-rostov-drone-1771582) Russia Says It Shot Down a UFO (includes video footage) - Cosmos News, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPNCy5L2bgk) What are UAPs, and why do UFOs have a new name? - CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-are-uaps-unexplained-aerial-phenomenon-ufos-new-name/) Uri Geller blames aliens for outages Jan 11, 2023 Tweet by Uri Geller (https://x.com/theurigeller/status/1613142144599953413?s=20) Uri Geller - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Geller) Software maintenance mistake at center of major FAA computer meltdown: Official - ABC News (https://abcnews.go.com/US/computer-failure-faa-impact-flights-nationwide/story?id=96358202) Meta's social media apps back up after brief outage, Downdetector says - Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/technology/metas-social-media-apps-down-thousands-users-downdetector-2023-01-26/) Microsoft cloud outage hits users around the world - CNN Business (https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/25/tech/microsoft-cloud-outage-worldwide-trnd/index.html) Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis, by Annie Jacobsen - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30841980-phenomena) Andrija Puharich - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrija_Puharich) Remote viewing - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_viewing) Why Do Artists Lip Sync? Should It Be Acceptable? - Untapped Sound (https://untappedsound.com/why-do-artists-lip-sync-should-it-be-acceptable/) Secret CIA Tests Found TV Psychic Uri Geller Really Did Have Special Powers - The Daily Beast (https://www.thedailybeast.com/secret-cia-tests-found-tv-psychic-uri-geller-really-did-have-special-powers) Third Eye Spies, Official Trailer - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZvAd4TlUNY) Third Eye Spies (Full Documentary) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WUaS_Ynd_M) Hellier Season 1 - Planet Weird TV (https://www.planetweird.tv/hellier-season-1) Study finds link between poor sleep and paranormal beliefs Poor Sleep Linked To Paranormal Beliefs Around Aliens, Ghosts, And Demons - IFL Science (https://www.iflscience.com/poor-sleep-linked-to-paranormal-beliefs-around-aliens-ghosts-and-demons-67190) The associations between paranormal beliefs and sleep variables - Journal of Sleep Research, Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsr.13810) Insomnia - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia) In Our Time (radio series) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Our_Time_(radio_series)) In Our Time podcast episodes - BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl/episodes/player) Dana Scully - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Scully) Sleep deprivation -- Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation) Sleep paralysis - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis) Exploding head syndrome - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome) Night hag - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_hag) Analysis paralysis - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_paralysis) Consensus reality - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_reality) Surf culture - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_culture) Scientists discover that the Sea Spider can regrow its anus Sea spiders can regrow their anuses, scientists discover - Live Science (https://www.livescience.com/sea-spiders-anus-regeneration) Pycnogonum litorale - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pycnogonum_litorale) Arthropod - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod) Arachnid - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid) Uncovering the Mysteries of Sea Spider Anatomy - Spiders USA (https://spidersusa.com/uncovering-the-mysteries-of-sea-spider-anatomy/) Vayse episodes in January VYS0014 | The Weird Review of the Year 2022 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0014) VYS0015 | The Green Witch's Guide to the January Blues - Vayse to Face with Jennifer Lane (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0015) The Wheel: A Witch's Path Back to the Ancient Self by Jennifer Lane - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59126905-the-wheel) The Witch's Survival Guide: Spells for Healing from Stress and Burnout by Jennifer Lane - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91301757-the-witch-s-survival-guide) The Black Air by Jennifer Lane - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61350299-the-black-air) February 2023 The Great High-Altitude Object Flap US shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon over east coast - The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/04/chinese-spy-balloon-shot-down-us) 2023 Chinese balloon incident - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Chinese_balloon_incident) Roswell incident - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_incident) Unidentified object shot down over Alaska by US military, White House says - The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/10/alaska-us-military-unidentified-object-white-house) Why the Military Keeps Spotting so Many Unidentified Flying Objects—and Then Shooting Them Down - Time (https://time.com/6255261/us-shoots-down-unidentified-objects/) List of high-altitude object events in 2023 - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high-altitude_object_events_in_2023) Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story by Nick Redfern - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/276887.Body_Snatchers_in_the_Desert) Nick Redfern's blog (https://nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com/) Progeria - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progeria) What Really Happened at Roswell? - Where Did The Road Go? podcast (https://wheredidtheroadgo.com/show-archive/2023/item/845-what-really-happened-at-roswell-march-11-2023) Nick Redfern: The Roswell UFO Conspiracy - Somewhere in the Skies podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/somewhere-in-the-skies/id1227858637?i=1000385909775) Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare, and UFOs by Mark Pilkington - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9045589-mirage-men) Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences by D.W. Pasulka - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65213521-encounters) Artificial intelligence - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence) Zeitgeist - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist) Man killed by chicken Man dies from ‘aggressive' chicken attack causes fatal puncture wounds; Yahoo (https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/man-dies-aggressive-chicken-attack-142956366.html) ‘Litres of blood': Daughter of man who died after chicken attack breaks silence - The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/brahma-chicken-man-killed-jasper-kraus-b2284350.html) Man found dead in pool of blood after chicken attack, inquest hears - Irish Examiner (https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41070338.html) DARPA trials pilotless AI-powered fighter jets ACE Program's AI Agents Transition from Simulation to Live Flight - DARPA (https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2023-02-13) The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets - Wired (https://www.wired.com/story/us-air-force-skyborg-vista-ai-fighter-jets/) Beyond Automation: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Aviation - Future Flight (https://www.futureflight.aero/news-article/2023-07-13/beyond-automation-how-artificial-intelligence-transforming-aviation) Brace yourselves: AI could co-pilot planes, reveals Emirates Airline president - Interesting Engineering (https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/single-pilot-flights-with-ai) Vayse episodes in February VYS0016 | We Created It By Talking About It - Vayse to Face with Ken Eakins (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0016) SideVayse: SVYS002 | Darkness, Darkness (https://www.vayse.co.uk/svys002) The Darkness (band) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Darkness_(band)) March 2023 Colombian children hospitalised after playing with a Ouija board (again) 28 girls hospitalized with ‘anxiety' after playing with Ouija board - New York Post (https://nypost.com/2023/03/07/28-girls-hospitalized-for-anxiety-after-ouija-board-game/) 11 children found collapsed in school corridor after playing Ouija board game - Daily Mirror (2022) (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/11-children-found-collapsed-school-28459270) Ouija - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija) Virgin Mary statues - Lostpedia (https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Virgin_Mary_statues) Occam's razor - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor) The Exorcist (film), 1973 - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist) The Exorcist | 4K Ultra HD Official Trailer; Warner Bros. - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU2eYAO31Cc) Cylindrical UFO sighted over Baghdad Cylindrical UFO detected by thermal imaging drone flying over Baghdad - Curious Cosmos (includes video) (https://curiosmos.com/cylindrical-ufo-detected-by-thermal-imaging-drone-flying-over-baghdad/) The "Jellyfish UAP" is just a smudge on the IR camera's casing - Reddit (includes arguments for and against) (https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/192w8u1/the_jellyfish_uap_is_just_a_smudge_on_the_ir/) Floating "Jellyfish" UFO haunted US military base in Iraq for years, says former US Marine intelligence analyst - Daily Mail (includes videos) (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12956423/Floating-Jellyfish-UFO-haunted-military-base-Iraq-years-says-former-Marine-intelligence-analyst-shown-infrared-video-colleagues.html) Optics, Human eye - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optics#Human_eye) Seeing "Jesus in toast" phenomenon perfectly normal, professor says - Science Daily (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140506115622.htm) Pareidolia - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia) George Knapp - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Knapp_(television_journalist)) Jeremey Corbell - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Corbell) Calvine UFO photo solved? UFO investigator claims to have ‘solved' UK's biggest X-Files mystery in Scotland - MSN, Daily Record (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/ufo-investigator-claims-to-have-solved-uk-s-biggest-x-files-mystery-in-scotland/ar-AA18iVpg) Secret UFO dossier into 1990 Scottish "spacecraft sighting" sealed for another 50 years - Daily Record (https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/secret-ufo-dossier-1990-scottish-22824456) BAE Systems Military Air & Information - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems_Military_Air_%26_Information) Warton Aerodrome - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warton_Aerodrome) Woman has been eating toilet paper every day for 23 years "It's Like Crack": Chicago Woman Gets Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper Rolls - India Times (https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/wtf/woman-addicted-to-eating-toilet-rolls-594963.html) Woman has been eating toilet paper every day for 23 years - Unexplained Mysteries (https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/364593/woman-has-been-eating-toilet-paper-every-day-for-23-years) Pica (disorder) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder)) Matter-Eater Lad - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter-Eater_Lad) Magpie - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie) Michel Lotito - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito) Harry Crews - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Crews) Car: A Novel by Harry Crews - Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Car-Novel-Harry-Crews/dp/068802145X/) Classic Crews: A Harry Crews Reader by Harry Crews - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/24844) Penny Royal, Season Two, Episode Two: Mystery Machine (James Shelby Downard) (https://www.pennyroyalpodcast.com/) James Shelby Downard - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Shelby_Downard) Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searching_for_the_Wrong-Eyed_Jesus) Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (trailer); Dogwoof - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p3yEqMeU64) Arena: Searching for the One Eyed Jesus - BBC iPlayer (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074qfn/arena-searching-for-the-wrongeyed-jesus) Kesha - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesha) Gag Order (album) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag_Order_(album)) Gag Order by Kesha (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KOCqO0pNtc&list=PLxA687tYuMWjQSSU1zRr3N2-xg5X0-LUe) Kesha and the Creepies - Apple Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kesha-and-the-creepies/id1534028155) Alice Cooper - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper) St Vincent (musician) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Vincent_(musician)) Kelly Osborne - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Osbourne) Mitch Horowitz - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Horowitz) Rick Rubin - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rubin) Uri Geller posts more UFO stuff Uri Geller posts up footage of alleged UFO on Twitter - Unexplained Mysteries (https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/365560/uri-geller-posts-up-footage-of-alleged-ufo-on-twitter) March 29, 2023 Tweet by Uri Geller (https://x.com/theurigeller/status/1641148655615737884?s=20) Vayse episodes in March VYS0017 | Occult Detective - Vayse to Face with Bob Freeman (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0017) VYS0018 | Ex Cabus Ad Astra - Vayse to Face with Kathryn J Preston (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0018) April 2023 Elon Musk starts new AI company Elon Musk quietly starts X.AI, a new artificial intelligence company to challenge OpenAI - VentureBeat (https://venturebeat.com/ai/elon-musk-quietly-starts-x-ai-a-new-artificial-intelligence-company-to-challenge-openai/) US Senate Committee holds open hearings on the UFO issue UFO hearing in Senate: New videos but no hard evidence - EarthSky (https://earthsky.org/human-world/ufo-hearing-senate-uap-congress/) Pentagon has "no credible evidence" of aliens or UFOs that defy physics - Space (https://www.space.com/pentagon-aaro-ufo-hearing-april-2023) AARO website (https://www.aaro.mil/) Ontology - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology) Spanish athlete spends 500 days alone in cave A Spanish athlete spent 500 days alone in a cave — for science - NPR (https://www.npr.org/2023/04/17/1170388759/500-days-cave-beatriz-flamini-spain) Woman spends 500 days alone in a cave – how extreme isolation can alter your sense of time - The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/woman-spends-500-days-alone-in-a-cave-how-extreme-isolation-can-alter-your-sense-of-time-204166) Circadian rhythm - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circadian_rhythm) Pop out cake - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_out_cake) Social isolation and dementia risk - Alzheimer's Society (https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/managing-the-risk-of-dementia/reduce-your-risk-of-dementia/social-isolation) Time anxiety: what it is and how you can deal with it - Clockify (https://clockify.me/blog/managing-time/time-anxiety/) Time out of Joint: Capitalism takes a dysrhythmic toll on nature's clocks and human lives - Sociological Review (https://thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/march-2022/time/time-out-of-joint/) Vayse episodes in April VYS0019 – It's a Very, Very Mad World: Donnie Darko (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0019) VYS0020 | Messages of Deception - Vayse to Face with Mark Pilkington (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0020) Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare, and UFOs by Mark Pilkington - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9045589-mirage-men) May 2023 Spherical object of unknown origin intercepted off Hawaii F-22s Intercepted “Spherical Object” Off Hawaii In Latest Balloon Chase - The Drive (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/f-22s-intercepted-spherical-object-off-hawaii-in-latest-balloon-chase) ‘Definitive proof‘: Big cats prowl the British countryside New DNA evidence "confirms" presence of big cats in the UK - Discover Wildlife (https://www.discoverwildlife.com/news/new-dna-evidence-confirms-presence-of-big-cats-in-the-uk) British big cats - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_big_cats) Panthera Britannia Declassified (Official Trailer); Dragonfly Films - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQd87zpahpI) Panthera Britannia streaming: where to watch online? - Just Watch (https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/panthera-britannia) Joe Exotic (‘The Tiger King') - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Exotic) Stanford professor says aliens are ‘100 %' on earth Stanford professor says aliens are ‘100 per cent' on earth, US is ‘reverse-engineering downed UFOs' - News.com (https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/stanford-professor-says-aliens-are-100-per-cent-on-earth-us-is-reverseengineering-downed-ufos/news-story/041694ef5df4791fbdfa303a08f34a9c) This Stanford Professor With CIA Ties Says Aliens Are ‘100 Percent' Already Here - Popular Mechanics (https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a43978705/stanford-professor-says-aliens-are-already-here/) Garry Nolan - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Nolan) American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology by D.W. Pasulka - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38819245-american-cosmic) Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences by D.W. Pasulka - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65213521-encounters) Sekret Machines: Gods - Volume 1 of Gods, Man, & War by Tom DeLonge and Peter Levenda -Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32505811-sekret-machines) Communion (1989) - Trailer; The SciFi Spot - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ9SI7WShfU) Luis Elizondo - Wikipeida (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Elizondo) Immunology - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunology) Erich von Däniken - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_D%C3%A4niken) Sinister Forces Book Three: The Manson Secret by Peter Levenda - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19183915-sinister-forces-the-manson-secret) Whitley Strieber - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitley_Strieber) Operation Paperclip - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip) MKUltra - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKUltra) Prisoner of Infinity: Social Engineering, UFOs, and the Psychology of Fragmentation by Jasun Horsley - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39729748-prisoner-of-infinity) FDA approves Elon Musk's Neuralink chip for human trials The FDA finally approved Elon Musk's Neuralink chip for human trials. Have all the concerns been addressed? - The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/the-fda-finally-approved-elon-musks-neuralink-chip-for-human-trials-have-all-the-concerns-been-addressed-206610) The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink's Monkeys Actually Died - Wired (https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-pcrm-neuralink-monkey-deaths/) Elon Musk's claim that no monkey died as a result of Neuralink implants contradicts records that show how the animals experienced brain swelling, paralysis, seizures, and other health effects, letter to SEC alleges - Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-neuralink-monkeys-infections-paralysis-brain-swelling-implants-sec-2023-9?r=US&IR=T#:~:text=Musk%2C%20who%20co%2Dfounded%20the,connect%20to%20a%20device%20remotely) Musk's Neuralink faces federal inquiry after killing 1,500 animals in testing - The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/05/neuralink-animal-testing-elon-musk-investigation) Neuralink website (https://neuralink.com/) Vayse episodes in May VYS0021 | Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0021) Spirit Box S2 #18 / Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley, Dreams, Nightmares and Pan - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkrq25g2vWc) SideVayse: SVYS003 | Anglezarke (https://www.vayse.co.uk/svys003) Prague - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague) John Dee - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee) Enochian - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enochian) Allen Greenfield on Twitter (https://twitter.com/allengreenfield) Vayse online Vayse website (https://www.vayse.co.uk/) Vayse on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vayseesyav) Vayse on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vayseesyav/) Music From Vayse - Volume 1 by Polypores (https://vayse.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-vayse-volume-1) Vayse on Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/vayse) Vayse email: vayseinfo@gmail.com

This week we're pushing our "um, actually" glasses up the bridge of our nose and busting some myths about archaeology. Was 30 the new 80 in the Paleolithic? Would someone from the Middle Ages be too short to ride a rollercoaster? Carbon dating is pretty precise, right? Can we tell if a skeleton is a lady? All this and more!To learn more about this week's topic, check out:The idea ancient people didn't live until old age is a myth (Quartz)Life Span of Early Man Same as Neanderthals' (New York Times)Life Expectancy by Age, 1850–2011 (Infoplease)Global Health Observatory (GHO) data: Life expectancy (World Health Organization)What Serena Williams's scary childbirth story says about medical treatment of black women (Vox) Zollikofer, Christoph PE, et al. "Evidence for interpersonal violence in the St. Césaire Neanderthal." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99.9 (2002): 6444-6448.Neanderthals Took Care of Deaf and Disabled Buddy Until Old Age (Ancient Origins)7,000-Year-Old Head Surgery: One of the Oldest Trepanned Skulls Discovered in Sudan (Ancient Origins) Trepanation: The History of One of the World's Oldest Surgeries (Mental Floss) Potts, DT, Al Naboodah, H, Hellyer, P. (2003) Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates. Trident Press.(And hey, don't @ Amber: she knows there are indeed other Neolithic sites in the Oman Peninsula! Check out the work happening at sites like Al Ain and Qumayrah.)Molto, J. E., and C. L. Kirkpatrick. "How Short Is Short, and Why? A Probable Case of Proportionate Dwarfism From Egypt's Third Intermediate Period in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt." International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 28.1 (2018): 3-17. What is radiocarbon dating? (EarthSky)

Tidlig på 1990-tallet var de fleste enige om èn egenskap ved universets utvidelse: det har muligens nok energitetthet til å bremse utvidelseshastigheten, eller så har det så lite energitetthet at den aldri vil stoppe utvidelsen, men da vil tyngdkraften uansett bremse utvidelseshastigheten etter hvert som tiden går. Vi har aldri observert at utvidelseshastigheten reduseres, men vi var veldig sikre på at denne teorien stemte! Observasjonene fra Hubble-teleskopet viste oss, at for lenge siden utvidet universet seg saktere enn i dag, dette må bety at utvidelseshastigheten har økt! Ingen forventet dette, og ingen vet helt hvordan man skal forklare dette. Men en ting er sikkert, noe forårsaker denne økte utvidelseshastigheten! Jeg befinner meg i dag hos Institutt for teoretisk astrofysikk ved Universitetet i Oslo. Her skal jeg møte en som kan mye om dette fenomenet. Og for å forstå dette må vi først snakke om mørk energi og mørk materie. Du kan Vippse til 667686 for å støtte oss og bidra til enda bedre innhold i fremtiden! Kilder: NASA, UiO, Euclid-EC, EarthSky og HubbleSite. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astronomipodden/message

We throw around the term hyperspeed a lot in movies, shows, sci fi novels. What actually is it and where did it originate from?? Tune into this episode to learn all about it! We have Merch!! www.butitisrocketscience.com/shop Patreon: www.patreon.com/biirs Find us on social media! Instagram: butitisrocketscience Twitter: butitisRS Facebook: But it is Rocket Science New Design by Sarah Price Follow her on Instagram: sarahprice.art Henna's Sources: “1930s.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Mar. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930s#Science_and_technology. ghola2010. “Dark Star Movie (1974) from John Carpenter.” YouTube, YouTube, 29 Apr. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocse-0bBfo8&t=963s&ab_channel=WhitemancameTookeverything. “Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.” Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction, sfdictionary.com/. “Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Oct. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Dictionary_of_Science_Fiction. “Hyperspace.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Mar. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperspace. “Pulp Magazine.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Mar. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_magazine. Anna's Links: Alcubierre, Miguel. “The Warp Drive: Hyper-Fast Travel within General Relativity.” Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 11, no. 5, 1994, doi:10.1088/0264-9381/11/5/001. Beall, Abigail. “What Is Einstein's Theory of Relativity?” WIRED UK, WIRED UK, 28 Mar. 2017, www.wired.co.uk/article/einstein-theory-relativity. “The Casimir Effect: A Force from Nothing.” Physics World, 6 Feb. 2018, physicsworld.com/a/the-casimir-effect-a-force-from-nothing. “Energy Density of Some Combustibles (in MJ/Kg): The Geography of Transport Systems.” The Geography of Transport Systems | The Spatial Organization of Transportation and Mobility, 5 Oct. 2021, transportgeography.org/contents/chapter4/transportation-and-energy/combustibles-energy-content/. “Energy Density.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Feb. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density. “Exotic Matter.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Mar. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_matter. Lentz, Erik W. “Breaking the Warp Barrier: Hyper-Fast Solitons in Einstein–Maxwell-Plasma Theory.” Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 38, no. 7, 2021, p. 075015., doi:10.1088/1361-6382/abe692. “Warp Drives: Physicists Give Chances of Faster-than-Light Space Travel a Boost: Human World.” EarthSky, 15 May 2021, earthsky.org/space/warp-drive-chances-of-faster-than-light-space-travel/.

Some scientists are calling for measures to help prevent alien micro-organisms that could prove deadly to humans from ever getting to Earth. Also, a new telescope will soon determine whether there are planets in the Alpha Centauri star system, and whether those planets harbor extraterrestrial life. Finally, a majority of mainstream scientists continue to turn their collective back on the evidence that beings from other planets are present on Earth. Link to EarthSky article: EarthSky | Tiny-alien invasion risk: More space biosecurity measures needed? Link to NBC News article: The search for extraterrestrial life is going to look at our nearest galactic neighbor (nbcnews.com) Link to Scientific American article: How Scientists Could Tell the World if They Find Alien Life - Scientific American --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/james-quirk/support

Some scientists are calling for measures to help prevent alien micro-organisms that could prove deadly to humans from ever getting to Earth. Also, a new telescope will soon determine whether there are planets in the Alpha Centauri star system, and whether those planets harbor extraterrestrial life. Finally, a majority of mainstream scientists continue to turn their collective back on the evidence that beings from other planets are present on Earth. Link to EarthSky article: EarthSky | Tiny-alien invasion risk: More space biosecurity measures needed? Link to NBC News article: The search for extraterrestrial life is going to look at our nearest galactic neighbor (nbcnews.com) Link to Scientific American article: How Scientists Could Tell the World if They Find Alien Life - Scientific American --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/james-quirk/support

CLICK HERE to listen to episode audio (4:08).Sections below are the following: Transcript of Audio Audio Notes and Acknowledgments Images Sources Related Water Radio Episodes For Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.). Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 10-1-21. TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the week of October 4, 2021.  This week, we pause our series of episodes on water connections to the human body, to revisit an episode from fall 2017 that explores one of the hallmarks of the autumn season. MUSIC – ~ 11 sec – instrumental.Following the astronomical start of fall on September 22, this episode features a fiddle tune named for a water-related weather event that will mark a meteorological fall turning point when it occurs across the Commonwealth in October or November.  Have a listen to the music for about 25 more seconds. MUSIC - ~26 sec – instrumental. You've been listening to part of “Cold Frosty Morn',” performed here by the western Virginia band New Standard.  One of the consequences of fall's arrival is frost in the mornings and, eventually, a significant enough freeze to end of the growing season, when temperatures fall to about 28 degrees Fahrenheit or below.  That temperature typically occurs for the first time each fall in mid-to-late October in western Virginia, early-to-mid November east of the Blue Ridge, and mid-to-late November in some Virginia coastal areas.  Those predicted periods are based on historical records through 2010; the typical frost and freeze dates may be shifting as Virginia experiences climate change.Generally, frost forms when water vapor in the air contacts plants, windows, cars, or other solid surfaces that are at or below water's freezing point of 32 degrees Fahrenheit.  Some specific kinds of frost include radiationfrost, occurring when surface objects are cooled by radiating their heat; advection frost, occurring when surfaces are cooled by winds; and rime, a dense type of frost that forms when super-cooled liquid water in fog or clouds contacts solid surfaces, such as trees, radio towers, or ships on winter seas. Frost may seem far away on Virginia's often mild, early October days.   But to paraphrase a comment about truth from the poem “Birches,” by RobertFrost, frost-producing weather will soon break in with all of its matter-of-fact. Thanks to New Standard for permission to use this week's music, and we close with about 10 more seconds of “Cold Frosty Morn'.” MUSIC - ~12 sec – instrumental. SHIP'S BELL Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.  For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624.  Thanks to Ben Cosgrove for his version of “Shenandoah” to open and close the show.  In Blacksburg, I'm Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water. AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This Virginia Water Radio episode repeats and replaces Episode 387, 9-25-17. The performance of “Cold Frosty Morn'” heard here is copyright by New Standard, from the 2016 album “Bluegrass,” used with permission. More information about New Standard is available online at http://newstandardbluegrass.com.  This music was used previously by Virginia Water Radio most recently in Episode 501, 12-2-19. Click here if you'd like to hear the full version (2 min./22 sec.) of the “Shenandoah” arrangement/performance by Ben Cosgrove that opens and closes this episode.  More information about Mr. Cosgrove is available online at http://www.bencosgrove.com. IMAGES Maps showing frost/freeze dates in the continental United States, based on data from 1980 to 2010.  Upper map: ranges of earliest dates of first 32°F freeze; middle map: range of median dates of first 32°F freeze; lower map: range of median dates of first 28°F freeze.  Images from the National Weather Service/Northern Indiana Forecast Office, “Frost and Freeze Information,” online at http://www.weather.gov/iwx/fallfrostinfo, accessed 10-4-21. SOURCES USED FOR AUDIO AND OFFERING MORE INFORMATION Deborah Byrd, “Equinox Sun is Over Earth's Equator on September 22,” EarthSky, Sept. 22, 2021. Robert Frost, The Poetry of Robert Frost, Edward Connery Lathem, ed., Holt, Rineheart and Winston, New York, 1969.  The quote to which this episode refers, from “Birches” on page 121, is the following: “But I was going to say when Truth broke inWith all her matter of fact about the ice storm….” Kenneth G. Libbrecht, “Guide to Frost,” online at http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/frost/frost.htm. National Weather Service, “Ice Storms,” online at https://www.weather.gov/safety/winter-ice-frost.National Geographic Society, “Frost,” online at https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/frost/. National Geographic Society, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” online at https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/rime-ancient-mariner/. National Weather Service, Baltimore/Washington Forecast Office, “Watch/Warning/Advisory Definitions,” online at https://www.weather.gov/lwx/WarningsDefined. Isaac W. Park et al., “Advancing frost dates have reduced frost risk among most North American angiosperms since 1980,” Global Change Biology 2021, 27: pages 165–176, accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15380. Sarah Vogelsong, “Autumn's first frost is falling later. For farmers, the consequences are wide-ranging,” Virginia Mercury, Nov. 3, 2020. WeatherOnline, “Rime,” online at http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/wxfacts/Rime.htm. RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html). See particularly the “Science” and “Weather” subject categories. Following are links to some other episodes on frozen or freezing precipitation.Freezing rain, sleet, and snow – Episode 461, 2-25-19.Hail – Episode 362, 4-3-17.Ice – Episode 403, 1-15-18;  Episode 404, 1-22-18; Episode 406, 2-5-18; Episode 556, 12-21-20.Snow – Episode 300, 1-25-16; Episode 407, 2-12-18. Following are links to some other episodes related to fall. Fall migratory birds – Episode 183, 10-14-13; Episode 281, 9-14-15; Episode 335, 9-26-16.Tree colors and changes in fall – Episode 285, 10/9/15. FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode's audio/transcript, sources, or other information included in this post. 2020 Music SOLs SOLs at various grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.” 2018 Science SOLs Grades K-3 plus 5: MatterK.4 – Water is important in our daily lives and has properties.2.3 – Matter can exist in different phases. Grades K-5: Earth and Space SystemsK.9 – There are patterns in nature.1.7 – There are weather and seasonal changes; including that changes in temperature, light, and precipitation affect plants and animals, including humans.2.6 – There are different types of weather on Earth.2.7 – Weather patterns and seasonal changes affect plants, animals, and their surroundings.4.4 – Weather conditions and climate effects on ecosystems and can be predicted. Grade 66.3 – There is a relationship between the sun, Earth, and the moon. Key ideas include6.6 – Water has unique physical properties and has a role in the natural and human-made environment.6.7 – Air has properties and the Earth's atmosphere has structure and is dynamic. Life ScienceLS.8 – Change in ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms over time. Earth ScienceES.11 – The atmosphere is a complex, dynamic system subject to long-and short-term variations.ES.12 – The Earth's weather and climate result from the interaction of the sun's energy with the atmosphere, oceans, and the land. 2015 Social Studies SOLs Grades K-3 Geography Theme1.6 – Virginia climate, seasons, and landforms. Virginia's SOLs are available from the Virginia Department of Education, online at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/. Following are links to Water Radio episodes (various topics) designed especially for certain K-12 grade levels. Episode 250, 1-26-15 – on boiling, for kindergarten through 3rdgrade.Episode 255, 3-2-15 – on density, for 5th and 6th grade.Episode 282, 9-21-15 – on living vs. non-living, for kindergarten.Episode 309, 3-28-16 – on temperature regulation in animals, for kindergarten through 12th grade.Episode 333, 9-12-16 – on dissolved gases, especially dissolved oxygen in aquatic habitats, for 5th grade.Episode 403, 1-15-18 – on freezing and ice, for kindergarten through 3rd grade.Episode 404, 1-22-18 – on ice on ponds and lakes, for 4ththrough 8th grade.Episode 406, 2-5-18 – on ice on rivers, for middle school.Episode 407, 2-12-18 – on snow chemistry and physics, for high school.Episode 483, 7-29-19 – on buoyancy and drag, for middle school and high school.Episode 524, 5-11-20 – on sounds by water-related animals, for elementary school through high school.Episode 531, 6-29-20 – on various ways that animals get water, for 3rd and 4th grade.Episode 539, 8-24-20 – on basic numbers and facts about Virginia's water resources, for 4th and 6th grade.

How worried should you be about a Solar Storm hitting Earth? What is a Solar Storm anyway? Tune in to our latest episode to find out! We have Merch!! https://www.butitisrocketscience.com/shop Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/biirs Find us on social media! Instagram: butitisrocketscience Twitter: butitisRS Facebook: But it is Rocket Science Anna's Sources: Gary, Prof. Dale E. “Astrophysics I: Lecture #23.” New Jersey Institute of Technology , web.njit.edu/~gary/320/Lecture23.html. “How Likely Is Another Carrington Event?: Earth.” EarthSky, 30 Sept. 2020, earthsky.org/space/how-likely-space-super-storms-solar-flares-carrington-event/. “Lead.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Sept. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead. Moriña, David, et al. “Probability Estimation of a Carrington-like Geomagnetic Storm.” Nature News, Nature Publishing Group, 20 Feb. 2019, www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-38918-8. Newman, Lily Hay. “A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an 'Internet Apocalypse'.” Wired, Conde Nast, 26 Aug. 2021, www.wired.com/story/solar-storm-internet-apocalypse-undersea-cables/. Riley, Pete. “On the Probability of Occurrence of Extreme Space Weather Events.” National Academies , 7 Oct. 2014, On the Probability of Occurrence of Extreme Space Weather Events. “Solar Storm.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Sept. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm. “Sunspots and Solar Flares.” NASA, NASA, 22 July 2021, spaceplace.nasa.gov/solar-activity. US Department of Commerce, NOAA. “The Sun and Sunspots.” National Weather Service, NOAA's National Weather Service, 7 Aug. 2020, www.weather.gov/fsd/sunspots. Ventana al Conocimiento (Knowledge Window) Scientific journalism Estimated reading time Time 3 to read, et al. “When Will the next Solar Superstorm Occur?” OpenMind, 18 Sept. 2019, www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/environment/when-will-the-next-solar-superstorm-occur/. Henna's Sources: “Carrington Event.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Sept. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event. Chapman, S. C., et al. “Using the Index over the Last 14 Solar Cycles to CHARACTERIZE EXTREME Geomagnetic Activity.” Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 47, no. 3, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl086524. Evan Gough, Universe Today. “Destructive Solar Storms Usually Hit Earth Every 25 Years or so, Say Scientists.” ScienceAlert, https://www.sciencealert.com/destructive-super-solar-storms-usually-hit-us-four-times-a-century. Geographics. The Carrington Event, Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgV1rwMY4yg&ab_channel=Geographics. “Geomagnetic Storm.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Sept. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_storm. Klein, Christopher. “A Perfect SOLAR Superstorm: The 1859 Carrington Event.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 14 Mar. 2012, https://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-carrington-event. Solar Storms, Kurzgesagt, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHHSSJDJ4oo&ab_channel=Kurzgesagt%E2%80%93InaNutshell. Music from filmmusic.io "Tyrant" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

CLICK HERE to listen to episode audio (5:32).Sections below are the following: Transcript of Audio Audio Notes and Acknowledgments Images Sources Related Water Radio Episodes For Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.). Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 8-23-21. TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the week of August 23, 2021.  This episode, the second in a series of episodes on water in U.S. civil rights history, explores water as symbolism in African American civil rights history.  [The first episode in the series--the series overview--is Episode 566, 3-1-21.]  We start with about 50 seconds of music. MUSIC – ~53 sec – Lyrics: “Well the river ends between two hills; follow the drinkin' gourd.  There's another river on the other side; follow the drinkin' gourd.  Follow the drinkin' gourd; follow the drinkin' gourd.  For the ol' man is a'waiting for the carry you to freedom; follow the drinkin' gourd.” You've been listening to part of “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” recorded by Eric Bibb in 2013.  The song is believed to have been used prior to the Civil War as a code to help enslaved people escape on the Underground Railroad.  In that interpretation, the verses gave information about the route, and the drinking gourd referred to the Big Dipper, setting the direction to go by pointing towards the North Star.  Another water-related spiritual song, “Wade in the Water,” is also believed to have been used as Underground Railroad code.  Both songs became popular hymns within African American churches and, by the mid-1900s, were closely associated with the modern Civil Rights Movement. In a 2018 post entitled “The Role of Water in African American History,” Tyler Parry stated that, “water's culturally symbolic importance resonated across generations….” Following are four other examples of water symbolism connected to the African American movement for civil rights. Number 1: “Parting the waters.”  This phrase refers to the account in the Bible Book of Exodus, in which God parted the waters of the Red Sea so that the Israelites could escape from Egyptian slavery.  It's been used as a metaphor for the enormous challenges that African Americans have faced in acquiring and asserting their civil rights.  For instance, it's the title of the first volume in Taylor Branch's trilogy on the modern civil rights era, America in the King Years.  That trilogy is the source for the next two examples. Number 2. “Until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”  Martin Luther King, Jr., frequently used this phrase, taken from the Bible Book of Amos, to describe how long the U.S. civil rights movement would need to continue. Number 3: “Springs of racial poison.”  At the signing of the federal Civil Rights Act in July 1964, President Lyndon Johnson said, “We must not fail.  Let us close the springs of racial poison.” And number 4. “A fire no water could put out.”  Dr. King used this phrase in his final public sermon in Memphis.  Recalling demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, when Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety “Bull” Connor ordered fire hoses turned on demonstrators, Dr. King said that Connor didn't realize “that there was a certain kind of fire that no water could put out.” These examples are only a small piece of a much larger story.  I invite listeners to offer Virginia Water Radio other examples of water metaphors and symbolism in U.S. civil rights history. Thanks to Eric Bibb, his manager Heather Taylor, and Riddle Films for permission to use this week's music, and we close with about 25 more seconds of Mr. Bibb performing “Follow the Drinking Gourd.” MUSIC – ~ 24 sec – Lyrics: “For the ol' man is a'waitin' for to carry you to freedom; follow the drinkin' gourd.” SHIP'S BELL Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.  For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624.  Thanks to Ben Cosgrove for his version of “Shenandoah” to open and close the show.  In Blacksburg, I'm Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water. AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Eric Bibb performance of “Follow the Drinking Gourd” heard in this Virginia Water Radio episode was taken from a video recording dated March 19, 2013, and posted by Riddle Films online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjBZEMkmwYA.  Audio for this recording is used with permission of Eric Bibb, via his manager Heather Taylor; and of Liam Romalis at Riddle Films.  More information about Eric Bibb is available online at https://www.ericbibb.com/.  More information about Riddle Films is available online at http://riddlefilms.com/.An excellent version of “Wade in the Water” (the other song mentioned in this week's audio), performed by Deeper Dimension, is available online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NQvOFTioJg. Click here if you'd like to hear the full version (2 min./22 sec.) of the “Shenandoah” arrangement/performance by Ben Cosgrove that opens and closes this episode.  More information about Mr. Cosgrove is available online at http://www.bencosgrove.com. IMAGES Image of the relation of the constellation known as the Big Dipper and as the Drinking Gourd to the North Star.  Image from the National Park Service, “North Star to Freedom,” accessed online at https://www.nps.gov/articles/drinkinggourd.htm, 8/23/21.Map of escape routes for enslaved people prior to the U.S. Civil War.  Map by National Park Service, “What is the Underground Railroad?”  Image accessed online at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/what-is-the-underground-railroad.htm, 8/23/21.Sculpture in Birmingham, Alabama's, Kelly Ingram Park, recalling fire hoses being used on civil rights protestors in the 1960s.  Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, March 3, 2010.  Accessed from the Library of Congress, online at https://www.loc.gov/item/2010636978/, 8/23/21.SOURCES Used for Audio Kenyatta D. Berry, “Singing in Slavery: Songs of Survival, Songs of Freedom,” PBS “Mercy Street Revealed Blog,” 1/23/17, online at http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/blogs/mercy-street-revealed/songs-of-survival-and-songs-of-freedom-during-slavery/. Taylor Branch:At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2007;Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1988; Personal Communication, March 16, 2021;Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1998. Joel Bressler, “Follow the Drinking Gourd: A Cultural History,” online at http://www.followthedrinkinggourd.org/. Encyclopedia Britannica, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers – Poem by Langston Hughes,” online at https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Negro-Speaks-of-Rivers. C. Michael Hawn, “History of Hymns: ‘Wade in the Water,'” 2/1/16, Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church, online at https://www.mississippi-umc.org/newsdetail/2576866. High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Ga.), “'A Fire That No Water Could Put Out': Civil Rights Photography” (exhibit November 4, 2017—April 29, 2018), online at https://high.org/exhibition/a-fire-that-no-water-could-put-out-civil-rights-photography/. Martin Luther King, Jr.:August 28, 1963, speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (“I have a dream” speech), as published by American Rhetoric, online at https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm;April 3, 1968, speech in Memphis, Tenn. (“I've been to the mountaintop” speech), as published by American Rhetoric, online at https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkivebeentothemountaintop.htm. LearntheBible.org, “Parting of the Waters,” online at http://www.learnthebible.org/parting-of-the-waters.html.Bruce McClure, “Here's How To Find The Big Dipper and Little Dipper,” EarthSky, March 7, 2021, online at https://earthsky.org/favorite-star-patterns/big-and-little-dippers-highlight-northern-sky/. Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “Symbolism,” online at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/symbolism. National Center for Civil and Human Rights (Atlanta, Ga.), “Rolls Down Like Water: U.S. Civil Rights Movement” (exhibit), online at https://www.civilandhumanrights.org/exhibition/us-civil-rights/. National Park Service:“Kelly Ingram Park” [Birmingham, Ala.], online at https://www.nps.gov/places/kelly-ingram-park.htm;“North Star to Freedom,” online at https://www.nps.gov/articles/drinkinggourd.htm;“Theophilus Eugene ‘Bull' Connor (1897-1973),” online at https://www.nps.gov/people/bull-connor.htm;“Underground Railroad,” online at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/index.htm. NPR (National Public Radio) and Smithsonian Institution, “Wade in the Water” (26-part series produced in 1994 on the history of American gospel music), online at https://www.npr.org/series/726103231/wade-in-the-water.Tyler Parry, “The Role of Water in African American History,” Black Perspectives blog (African American Intellectual History Society), May 4, 2018, online at https://www.aaihs.org/the-role-of-water-in-african-american-history/.PBS (Public Broadcasting System) “American Experience/Soundtrack for a Revolution,” online at https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/soundtrack/. Walter Rhett, “Decoding ‘Wade in the Water,'” Black History 360*, February 18, 2011, online at https://blackhistory360.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/decoding-wade-in-the-water/. Selma [Alabama] Times-Journal, The drinking gourd and the Underground Railroad, January 26, 2004. Smithsonian Folkways, “Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966,” online at https://folkways.si.edu/voices-of-the-civil-rights-movement-black-american-freedom-songs-1960-1966/african-american-music-documentary-struggle-protest/album/smithsonian. Tellers Untold, “How Harriet Tubman used ‘Wade in the Water' to help slaves escape,” February 15, 2021, online at https://www.tellersuntold.com/2021/02/15/how-harriet-tubman-used-the-song-wade-in-the-water-to-help-slaves-escape-to-the-north/. For More Information about Civil Rights in the United States British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), “The Civil Rights Movement in America,” online at https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zcpcwmn/revision/1. Georgetown Law Library, “A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States,” online at https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/civilrights. Howard University Law Library, “A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States,” online at https://library.law.howard.edu/civilrightshistory/intro. University of Maryland School of Law/Thurgood Marshall Law Library, “Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights,” online at https://law.umaryland.libguides.com/commission_civil_rights. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, online at https://www.usccr.gov/. U.S. House of Representatives, “Constitutional Amendments and Major Civil Rights Acts of Congress Referenced in Black Americans in Congress,” online at https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/BAIC/Historical-Data/Constitutional-Amendments-and-Legislation/. U.S. National Archives, “The Constitution of the United States,” online at https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution. RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html).  See particularly the “History” subject category. This episode is part of the series Exploring Water in U.S. Civil Rights History.  As of August 23, 2021, other episodes is the series are as follows:Episode 566, 3-1-21 – series overview. Following are links to some previous episodes on the history of African Americans in Virginia. Episode 459, 2-11-19 – on Abraham Lincoln's arrival in Richmond at the end of the Civil War.Episode 128, 9-17-12 – on Chesapeake Bay Menhaden fishing crews and music.Episode 458, 2-4-19 – on Nonesuch and Rocketts Landing in Richmond.  FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode's audio/transcript, sourc

This week we welcome Dr. Mario Borunda to the show. In his recent article published on EarthSky.com, Mario discusses advancements in warp drive technology research. You can read his article, "Warp Drives: Physicists Give Chances Of Faster-Than-Light Space Travel A Boost," here: https://earthsky.org/space/warp-drive-chances-of-faster-than-light-space-travel/ Dr. Borunda double-majored in Physics and Mathematics earning his B.S. from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2003. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Texas A&M University in 2008. He spent three years as a postdoc and nine months as a research associate at Harvard University. In September 2012 he became a faculty member of the physics department at Oklahoma State University. Dr. Borunda has also been a visiting researcher at Harvard University. Mario has performed research in several areas. His work at UTEP, performed with Jorge Lopez, involved using α-particle spectroscopy as a teaching tool. As a graduate student (advised by Jairo Sinova) and post-doc (under Eric Heller) he performed calculations on electronic conductivity in two-dimensional systems, proposed and described an atom-laser coupling scheme that induces spin-orbit interaction in ultra-cold atoms, and simulated electron transport in graphene. At Oklahoma State his research has focused in quantum information, the quantum-to-classical boundary in chaotic systems, and using theoretical methods to predict novel materials for energy production and electronic applications. More details about the work performed at OSU is described in the research sections of The Borunda Research Group's website: https://borunda.okstate.edu/members.html#borunda Dr. Borunda is enthusiastic about working with undergraduate students and has worked towards producing a positive impact as undergraduate research coordinator for the OSU physics program, with minority students through the OK-LSAMP program, as faculty advisor of OSU's SACNAS chapter, and as technical officer with the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. **************************************** The Weekly Space Hangout is a production of CosmoQuest. Want to support CosmoQuest? Here are some specific ways you can help: ► Subscribe FREE to our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/cosmoquest ► Subscribe to our podcasts Astronomy Cast and Daily Space where ever you get your podcasts! ► Watch our streams over on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/cosmoquestx – follow and subscribe! ► Become a Patreon of CosmoQuest https://www.patreon.com/cosmoquestx ► Become a Patreon of Astronomy Cast https://www.patreon.com/astronomycast ► Buy stuff from our Redbubble https://www.redbubble.com/people/cosmoquestx ► Join our Discord server for CosmoQuest - https://discord.gg/X8rw4vv ► Join the Weekly Space Hangout Crew! - http://www.wshcrew.space/ Don't forget to like and subscribe! Plus we love being shared out to new people, so tweet, comment, review us... all the free things you can do to help bring science into people's lives.

https://youtu.be/aCjxH1VZv9g Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )Special Guest: This week we welcome Dr. Mario Borunda to the show. In his recent article published on EarthSky.com, Mario discusses advancements in warp drive technology research. You can read his article, "Warp Drives: Physicists Give Chances Of Faster-Than-Light Space Travel A Boost," here: https://earthsky.org/space/warp-drive...   Dr. Borunda double-majored in Physics and Mathematics earning his B.S. from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2003. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Texas A&M University in 2008. He spent three years as a postdoc and nine months as a research associate at Harvard University. In September 2012 he became a faculty member of the physics department at Oklahoma State University. Dr. Borunda has also been a visiting researcher at Harvard University.   Mario has performed research in several areas. His work at UTEP, performed with Jorge Lopez, involved using α-particle spectroscopy as a teaching tool. As a graduate student (advised by Jairo Sinova) and post-doc (under Eric Heller) he performed calculations on electronic conductivity in two-dimensional systems, proposed and described an atom-laser coupling scheme that induces spin-orbit interaction in ultra-cold atoms, and simulated electron transport in graphene. At Oklahoma State his research has focused in quantum information, the quantum-to-classical boundary in chaotic systems, and using theoretical methods to predict novel materials for energy production and electronic applications. More details about the work performed at OSU is described in the research sections of The Borunda Research Group's website: https://borunda.okstate.edu/members.h...   Dr. Borunda is enthusiastic about working with undergraduate students and has worked towards producing a positive impact as undergraduate research coordinator for the OSU physics program, with minority students through the OK-LSAMP program, as faculty advisor of OSU’s SACNAS chapter, and as technical officer with the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. Regular Guests: Dr. Kimberly Cartier ( http://KimberlyCartier.org & @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Alex Teachey ( https://alexteachey.wordpress.com/ & @alexteachey ) C.C. Petersen ( http://thespacewriter.com/wp/ & @AstroUniverse & @SpaceWriter ) This week's stories: - New Venus missions! - Delays on JWST. (What a shocker!) - An ancient collision between the MW and a sausage galaxy? - Is our solar system normal?   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

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Kong goes psychedelic as we cover 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, a star-studded homage to Apocalypse Now that reframes King Kong as an anti-war story in the shadow of the Vietnam war. Lee liked the comparatively unproblematic depiction of Skull Island’s natives while Sarah can’t remember what the villain monsters remind her of. Plus; bisexual lighting, Lee has man flu, Kong’s juicy rear end, and the much-anticipated return of Sarah’s science hour as we talk about why equatorial auroras would signal the apocalypse. With a special guest appearance by our new intern, Sen.Featured Roaster: Lone Pine Coffee Roasters, Bend, OR (https://www.lonepinecoffeeroasters.com/coffee)Sarah’s Science Hour sources:What if the Biggest Solar Storm on Record Happened Today? National Geographic. (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/110302-solar-flares-sun-storms-earth-danger-carrington-event-science)What Causes the Aurora Borealis? Earthsky. (https://earthsky.org/earth/what-causes-the-aurora-borealis-or-northern-lights)Aurora Forecast. UAF Geophysical Institute. (https://www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast)

Click to listen to episode (4:23)Sections below are the following:Transcript of AudioAudio Notes and AcknowledgmentsImagesSourcesRelated Water Radio EpisodesFor Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.) TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the week of March 22, 2021.  This revised episode from March 2016 is part of a series this year of spring-related episodes. MUSIC  – ~ 13 sec – Lyrics: “see I ate all my dinner, and so much for winter; I’m gonna run till the springtime’s gone.” This week, music from the Harrisonburg, Va.-based band, The Steel Wheels, captures some of the “fever” of spring, which begins astronomically in the northern hemisphere on March 20 this year.  Have a listen for about 40 more seconds. Music – ~ 41 sec – Lyrics: “Hey, hey, hey, what a day.  I’m gonna soak up sun, gonna dry out the river, I’m gonna run to the shimmering pond, until the summer comes….” You’ve been listening to part of “Until the Summer Comes,” from The Steel Wheels’ 2013 album, “No More Rain.” Water is part of spring’s feverish pull for this song’s narrator and for many non-humans, like Spring Peepers [SOUND ~ 3 sec] seeking temporary ponds for breeding; Red-winged Blackbirds [SOUND ~ 3 sec] nesting in wetlands; and—to humans’ dismay—mosquitoes [SOUND ~ 2 sec] seeking all kinds of standing water for egg-laying.As of this recording on March 19, water supplies were mostly in good condition across Virginia.  The U.S. Drought Monitor from the University of Nebraska showed no current drought in Virginia; the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s drought indicators map showed mostly normal conditions, except for low groundwater in part of northern Virginia; and the U.S. Geological Survey’s WaterWatch showed stream flows over the past 28 days at or above normal across the Commonwealth.Let’s hope that those good water conditions persist well beyond when summer begins astronomically on June 20, for the sake of kids in creeks, frogs in ponds, birds in wetlands, water supplies in reservoirs, plants in the ground, and countless other aquatic connections. Thanks to Freesound.org for the mosquito sound, and thanks to The Steel Wheels for permission to use this week’s music.  Here’s to spring’s arrival, and we close with about 25 more seconds of “Until the Summer Comes.” MUSIC – ~ 26 sec – Lyrics: “Until the summer comes.” SHIP’S BELL Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment.  For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624.  Thanks to Ben Cosgrove for his version of “Shenandoah” to open and close the show.  In Blacksburg, I’m Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water. AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This Virginia Water Radio episode revises and replaces Episode 308, 3-21-16. “Until the Summer Comes,” by The Steel Wheels, is from the 2013 album “No More Rain,” used with permission. More information about The Steel Wheels is available online at http://www.thesteelwheels.com/.The Spring Peeper sound was recorded by Virginia Water Radio at Heritage Park in Blacksburg, Va., on March 17, 2021. The Red-winged Blackbird sound was recording by Virginia Water Radio in Blacksburg, Va., on March 26, 2015. The mosquito sound was recorded by user Zywx and made available for public use on Freesound.org, online at https://www.freesound.org/people/Zywx/sounds/188708/, under Creative Commons License 0 (public domain).  More information about Creative Commons is online at http://creativecommons.org/; license information specifically is online at https://creativecommons.org/about/cclicenses/. Click here if you’d like to hear the full version (2 min./22 sec.) of the “Shenandoah” arrangement/performance by Ben Cosgrove that opens and closes this episode.  More information about Mr. Cosgrove is available online at http://www.bencosgrove.com. IMAGES Above: Two early spring views of shimmering ponds in Blacksburg, Va.: upper photo - a temporary pool and an adjacent wetlands where several kinds of frogs breed and Red-winged Blackbirds are common, April 4, 2015; lower photo - part of Virginia Tech's Duck Pond, March 21, 2016.Above: Map of stream flows at Virginia gaging stations averaged over the past 28 days, as of March 18, 2021, and compared to normal flows, according to the color-coding chart below the map.  Map from the U.S. Geological Survey’s “WaterWatch” site, online at https://waterwatch.usgs.gov/index.php?m=pa28d&r=va&w=map, accessed 3/19/21. Above: Virginia drought indicator map as of 3/18/21, from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, accessed online at this link, 3/19/21. SOURCES USED FOR AUDIO AND OFFERING MORE INFORMATION Deborah Byrd, “Everything you need to know: Vernal equinox 2016,” EarthSky, 3/16/16, online at http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-vernal-or-spring-equinox. Cornell University Lab of Ornithology, “All About Birds,” online at http://www.allaboutbirds.org.  The Red-winged Blackbird entry is online at https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-winged_Blackbird. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), “Meteorological Versus Astronomical Seasons,” online at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/meteorological-versus-astronomical-seasons. National Weather Service/Climate Prediction Center, “U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook for March 18—June 30, 2021” (released March 18. 2021), online at http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/sdo_summary.php. U.S. Geological Survey, “Water Watch,” Virginia 28-day streamflow map, online at https://waterwatch.usgs.gov/index.php?m=pa28d&r=va&w=map, on 3/18/21. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, “U.S. Drought Monitor,” online at http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/. U.S. Naval Observatory, “Earth’s Seasons—Equinoxes and Solstices—2021-2025,” online (as PDF) at http://www.weather.gov/media/ind/seasons.pdf.Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, “Virginia is for Frogs,” online at https://dwr.virginia.gov/wildlife/virginia-is-for-frogs/.Va. Drought Monitoring Task Force, “Current Drought Conditions in Virginia,” online at http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/WaterSupplyWaterQuantity/Drought.aspx, accessed 3/18/16. Virginia Herpetological Society, online at http://www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/.  Herpetology is the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, and salamanders) and reptiles (including lizards, snakes, and turtles). Virginia Water Resources Research Center, “Mosquitoes and Water,” Virginia Water CentralNewsletter, June 2009 (pages 6-15), online at http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/49357. RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html).  See particularly the “Amphibians,” “Birds,” and “Overall Importance of Water” subject categories. Following are links to other spring-themed episodes.  (Please note: several of these may be redone in spring 2021.  As that occurs, the links below will include directions to the blog post for the updated episodes.) Eastern Phoebe – Episode 416, 4-16-18.Frog and Toad Medley – Episode 408, 2-19-18.Spring forest wildflowers – Episode 212, 5-5-14.Spring Peepers – Episode 105, 4-2-12.Spring reminder about tornado awareness – Episode 568, 3-15-21.Spring signals for fish – Episode 311, 4-11-16.Spring sounds serenades – Episode 206, 3-14-14 and Episode 516, 3-16-20.Warblers and spring bird migration – Episode 157, 4-15-13. FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode’s audio/transcript, sources, or other information included in this post. 2020 Music SOLs SOLs at various grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.” 2018 Science SOLs Grades K-4: Living Systems and ProcessesK.7 – Plants and animals have basic needs and life processes.1.4 – Plants have basic life needs (including water) and functional parts that allow them to survive.1.5 – Animals, including humans, have basic life needs that allow them to survive.2.4 – Plants and animals undergo a series of orderly changes as they grow and develop, including life cycles.3.5 – Aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems support a diversity of organisms.4.3 – Organisms, including humans, interact with one another and with the nonliving components in the ecosystem. Grades K-5: Earth and Space Systems1.7 – There are weather and seasonal changes.2.7 – Weather patterns and seasonal changes affect plants, animals, and their surroundings.3.7 – There is a water cycle and water is important to life on Earth. Grades K-5: Earth Resources4.8. – Virginia has important natural resources. Life ScienceLS.5 – Biotic and abiotic factors affect an ecosystem.LS.8 – Changes occur in ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms over time. Earth ScienceES.12 – The Earth’s weather and climate result from the interaction of the sun’s energy with the atmosphere, oceans, and the land. BiologyBIO.8 – Dynamic equilibria exist within populations, communities, and ecosystems. 2015 Social Studies SOLs Grades K-3 Geography Theme1.6 – Virginia climate, seasons, and landforms. World Geography CourseWG.2 – how selected physical and ecological processes shape the Earth’s surface, including climate, weather, and how humans influence their environment and are influenced by it. Virginia’s SOLs are available from the Virginia Department of Education, online at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/. Following are links to Water Radio episodes (various topics) designed especially for certain K-12 grade levels. Episode 250, 1-26-15 – on boiling, for kindergarten through 3rd grade.Episode 255, 3-2-15 – on density, for 5th and 6th grade.Episode 282, 9-21-15 – on living vs. non-living, for kindergarten.Episode 309, 3-28-16 – on temperature regulation in animals, for kindergarten through 12thgrade.Episode 333, 9-12-16 – on dissolved gases, especially dissolved oxygen in aquatic habitats, for 5th grade.Episode 403, 1-15-18 – on freezing and ice, for kindergarten through 3rd grade.Episode 404, 1-22-18 – on ice on ponds and lakes, for 4th through 8thgrade.Episode 406, 2-5-18 – on ice on rivers, for middle school.Episode 407, 2-12-18 – on snow chemistry and physics, for high school.Episode 483, 7-29-19 – on buoyancy and drag, for middle school and high school.Episode 524, 5-11-20 – on sounds by water-related animals, for elementary school through high school.Episode 531, 6-29-20 – on various ways that animals get water, for 3rdand 4th grade.

Denne uken skal roveren Perseverance prøve å lande på Mars. Roveren har reist i syv måneder for å komme frem til den røde planeten. NASA beskriver landingssekvensen som «seven minutes of terror». En komplisert sekvens må utføres helt perfekt for at roveren skal kunne lande trygt. I en nøye, pre-programmert sekvens, skal roveren bryte seg gjennom atmosfæren til Mars, og forhåpentligvis, lande trygt i Jezero-krateret. Og det er nettopp atmosfæren til Mars som er viktig å forstå for å kunne lande trygt på planeten. Kilder: PBS, Space.com, NASA, JPL, Earthsky.org. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astronomipodden/message

Visit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episodeSelected References:2:41 - The Darwin Fish2:59 - “...you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone” (BobDylan.com) from “The Times They Are A-Changin’” (YouTube video)3:18 - See “What is Darwin’s Theory of Evolution” (LiveScience, 2018) and “Darwin and His Theory of Evolution” (Pew Research Center)7:23 - Charles Darwin10:33 - See “Darwin on a Godless Creation: “It’s like confessing to a murder”” (Scientific American, 2009)10:42 - The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin12:40 - The best current fossil evidence suggests that the divergence of humans and chimps began as early as 13 million years ago but it was not a clean split and some hybridization may have been occurring as late as 4 million years ago, so the 6-7 million year number stated in the podcast should not be taken as definitive in any way, for more see the “Chimpanzee-human last common ancestor” Wikipedia entry and “Fossil Reveals What Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Apes Looked Like” (Scientific American, 2017)12:51 - See the “Tree of life” Wikipedia entry and “What is the Tree of Life?” (Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History)  14:33 - The “Copernican Revolution” (Wikipedia) actually began during the 16th century, approximately 300 years before Darwin’s time, but certainly did alter human perception of our place in the Universe, for more see “Copernicus’ revolution and Galileo’s vision, in pictures” (EarthSky.org)18:38 - Naturalism18:53 - The mind being a product of the brain is a somewhat controversial assertion, although basically accepted by naturalists who root all causes in the physical, but for more see the “Mind-body problem” Wikipedia entry22:34 - See “Galileo vs The Inquisition: The Real Story”, excerpted from The Patterning Instinct by Jeremy Lent23:05 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 02 - “Our Back Pages”23:33 - See Hamnet (Goodreads), and “The Real 'Hamnet' Died Centuries Ago, But This Novel Is Timeless” (NPR, 2020)29:07 - Existentialism29:53 - See “Maybe You're Not an Atheist–Maybe You're a Naturalist Like Sean Carroll” (Wired, 2016), and “Existential Therapy from the Universe: Physicist Sean Carroll on How Poetic Naturalism Illuminates Our Human Search for Meaning” (Brainpickings)31:09 - The Big Lebowski35:41 - See the “Film noir” Wikipedia entry, “Essential Noir Films: Sean Geraghty on THE BIG LEBOWSKI” (The Black List), and “Is The Big Lebowski a Great Noir Film? A New Way to Look at the Coen Brothers’ Iconic Movie” (Open Culture)36:19 - Kurzgesagt (YouTube Channel) and Kurzgesagt website36:35 - “How Evolution Works” by Kurzgesagt (YouTube video)36:42 - “Optimistic Nihilism” by Kurzgesagt (YouTube video)36:57 - The absurd37:52 - See the entry on Sisyphus from the Ancient History Encyclopedia and The Myth of Sisyphus Wikipedia entry40:00 - Watch the final scene of The Big Lebowski (YouTube video)42:37 - “...it’s alright, Ma, it’s life, and life only” (BobDylan.com) from “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” (YouTube video)43:20 - Listen to the section of “Part of Your World” (YouTube video) from The Little Mermaid starting at 1:24 in the linked video43:38 - Listen to the section of “Space Oddity” (YouTube video) by David Bowie starting at 3:2244:55 - According to Joni Mitchell’s official website the line is actually “I don't know who I am, But you know life is for learning” - listen to the Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young cover of “Woodstock” (YouTube video) from their brilliant 1970 classic album Deja Vu (All Music)48:40 - See “Are you sleepwalking now?” (Aeon, 2018) by Thomas Metzinger, who notably is not a neuroscientist as stated in the podcast, but is actually a theoretical philosopher who does work on neuroethics and neurophilosophy 55:47 - Listen to episode 40 of the It’s Not What It Seems podcast where Darron discusses Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert with his brother Doug57:12 - See the “Intellectual humility” Wikipedia entry, “Intellectual Humility: A Guiding Principle for the Skeptical Movement?” (Skeptical Inquirer, 2020), “Intellectual humility: the importance of knowing you might be wrong” (Vox, 2019), and “How ‘Intellectual Humility’ Can Make You a Better Person” (New York Magazine, 2017)1:00:34 - The Big Picture by Sean Carroll and the concept of Poetic Naturalism1:02:30 - See Poetic Naturalism on Sean Carroll's website Preposterous Universe1:03:57 - See “Philosophy and the Scientific Image of Man” by philosopher Wilfird Sellars 1:05:10 - Sean Carroll’s Mindscape Podcast1:06:16 - See “Of 2 Minds: How Fast and Slow Thinking Shape Perception and Choice” from Scientifc American, excerpted from Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman1:08:30 - See “What Does It Mean to Live the Good Life?” (ThoughtCo), “The Philosophy of the Good Life” (The Gifford Lectures), and “What is the Good Life? Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, & Kant’s Ideas in 4 Animated Videos” (Open Culture)

https://youtu.be/JaHZlbeb4VY Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )Special Guest: This week we are excited to welcome Alberto Caballero, host of the Exoplanets YouTube channel, to the Weekly Space Hangout. In November 2020, arXiv published his (non-peer reviewed) paper in which Alberto indicates he has narrowed down the source of the August 1977 WOW! signal, and has potentially identified the star where it originated.   Alberto Caballero is a science communicator and host of The Exoplanets Channel (https://www.youtube.com/theexoplanetschannel). He also coordinates the Habitable Exoplanet Hunting Project (https://exoplanetschannel.wixsite.com...), a program intended to find habitable exoplanets, and the SETI Project, aimed at finding extraterrestrial intelligence.   You can read Alberto's paper on arXiv here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.06090 and/or read more about his work in this December 2, 2020, EarthSky.com story: https://earthsky.org/space/source-of-... Regular Guests: Dr. Brian Koberlein ( https://briankoberlein.com/ & @BrianKoberlein ) Dr. Kimberly Cartier ( http://KimberlyCartier.org & @AstroKimCartier ) Molly Wakeling ( http://www.astronomolly.com/ & @mollycule509 ) This week's stories: - Space is darker than we thought. - Don't forget about Perseverance. - You can only measure C in 2 directions? Veritasium's Why The Speed Of Light* Can't Be Measured: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTn6Ewhb27k   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

This week we are excited to welcome Alberto Caballero, host of the Exoplanets YouTube channel, to the Weekly Space Hangout. In November 2020, arXiv published his (non-peer reviewed) paper in which Alberto indicates he has narrowed down the source of the August 1977 WOW! signal, and has potentially identified the star where it originated. Alberto Caballero is a science communicator and host of The Exoplanets Channel (https://www.youtube.com/theexoplanetschannel). He also coordinates the Habitable Exoplanet Hunting Project (https://exoplanetschannel.wixsite.com/home/setiproject), a program intended to find habitable exoplanets, and the SETI Project, aimed at finding extraterrestrial intelligence. You can read Alberto's paper on arXiv here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.06090 and/or read more about his work in this December 2, 2020, EarthSky.com story: https://earthsky.org/space/source-of-wow-signal-in-1977-sunlike-star-2mass-19281982-2640123 **************************************** The Weekly Space Hangout is a production of CosmoQuest. Want to support CosmoQuest? Here are some specific ways you can help: ► Subscribe FREE to our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/cosmoquest ► Subscribe to our podcasts Astronomy Cast and Daily Space where ever you get your podcasts! ► Watch our streams over on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/cosmoquestx – follow and subscribe! ► Become a Patreon of CosmoQuest https://www.patreon.com/cosmoquestx ► Become a Patreon of Astronomy Cast https://www.patreon.com/astronomycast ► Buy stuff from our Redbubble https://www.redbubble.com/people/cosmoquestx ► Join our Discord server for CosmoQuest - https://discord.gg/X8rw4vv ► Join the Weekly Space Hangout Crew! - http://www.wshcrew.space/ Don't forget to like and subscribe! Plus we love being shared out to new people, so tweet, comment, review us… all the free things you can do to help bring science into people's lives.

Learn about why Wolf-Rayet stars are the brightest stars in the sky; why immune cells in your brain may have started out in your gut; and the history of why we can thank Grace Hopper for calling computer glitches “bugs.” Wolf-Rayet Stars Are Ridiculously Hot, Bright, and Massive by Ashley Hamer Howell, E. (2018, October 24). Sirius: Brightest Star in Earth’s Night Sky. Space.com; Space. https://www.space.com/21702-sirius-brightest-star.html  NASA - Top Story: Wolf-Rayet stars have company. (2020). Nasa.gov. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2004/0105wrstar.html  Crockett, C. (2012). Wolf-Rayets are the most massive and brightest stars known | EarthSky.org. Earthsky.org. https://earthsky.org/space/wolf-rayets-are-the-most-massive-and-brightest-stars-known  What Is A Wolf-Rayet Star? - Universe Today. (2015, February 5). Universe Today. https://www.universetoday.com/24736/wolf-rayet-star/  Massive black hole found devouring star - Futurity. (2010, January 27). Futurity. https://www.futurity.org/massive-black-hole-found-devouring-star/  Immune cells that protect the brain get their training in the gut by Grant Currin The gut trains the immune system to protect the brain. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/nion-tgt110220.php  Fitzpatrick, Zachary, et al. (2020). Gut-educated IgA plasma cells defend the meningeal venous sinuses. Nature: 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2886-4  Why glitches are called "bugs" by Mae Rice Original episode: https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/contagious-yawning-conformal-cyclic-cosmology-exer  Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Our episode review spreadsheet NEWS • Geminid Meteor Shower this week, peaking on December 13/14th. More info at Space.com, EarthSky.org, and NASA • Gates McFadden is getting ready to have her own podcast! • A selection of five Star Trek ebooks are available for 99c each til 12/31 from Simon and Schuster. Shared by author Dayton Ward • Emily Coutts Zoom chat auction to benefit the National Kidney Foundation • NacionTrek shared a pre-production board for Strange New Worlds filming! • Michelle Yeoh in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings • Michelle Yeoh, Karl Urban, and Malcolm McDowell in ARK: The Animated Series • Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act 3 • Star Trek: The Next Election fundraiser for Warnock + Ossoff • Mike McMahan got a deal with CBS Studios for the next two years! EVENTS • Dec 12, 2020 @ 9pm PST - #TOSSatNight - TOS Metamorphosis + TAS The Survivor • Dec 15, 2020 @ 1pm PST - #StarTrekHour - DSC Terra Firma, Part 1 OUR WEEK IN TREK • Disco Nights with Noah Averbach-Katz • Go Trek Yourself with David Benjamin Tomlinson • Disco Tech podcast with Ian Lake • Star Trek Discovery Succession graphic novel • Mike's cosplay • Inglorious Treksperts with Preston Neal Jones TEN FORWARD WITH CHRIS ON TWITTER: This Week's Question EPISODE INSIGHT: Discovery S3 E9 - Terra Firma, Part I Spoilers begin at 28:01 • Post-Production • Mirrored Visuals from Episode 1 • TrekCore's Breakdown of Easter Eggs • Rekha Sharma’s Behind the Scenes look at her costume • Wilson Cruz in costume • Mirror Airiam • drunk agonizer fun times • David Benjamin Tomlinson played one of the Kelpiens • The Ready Room with the Bridge crew • Behind the Scenes images • More Behind the Scenes images • Interview with David Cronenberg (S4 Spoiler) • Star Trek Log from Stamets ~~~ If you’d like to help others find This Week in Trek, please leave us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts!

A natureza nos presenteia com fenômenos naturais tão inacreditáveis que parecem até de mentira. Hoje o Vale 10 traz pra você os 10 fenômenos naturais raros e inacreditáveis. • VALE-INDICA: - Filme: “A Entidade” - Filme: “Pânico na Escola” - Canal: “Matando Matheus a Grito” • LINKS: - Tornado de fogo na Califórnia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaVnUM9JWCk&ab_channel=CBSSacramento - Filmagens dos Dois Sóis e do Raio Globular: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8rUG8jeMvs&ab_channel=TatsTopVideos - Nuvens Mammatus em SC: https://g1.globo.com/sc/santa-catarina/noticia/2019/10/29/nuvem-rara-mammatus-chama-a-atencao-de-moradores-do-oeste-de-sc.ghtml - Artigo sobre os Raios Globulares: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014PhyOJ...7....5B/abstract • APOIE O PODCAST: - https://apoia.se/vale10podcast • REDES SOCIAIS DO PODCAST: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vale10podcast/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/vale10podcast - E-mail: podcastvale10@gmail.com - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS5rrfULmlLe7i5fsZp_eww • MINHAS REDES SOCIAIS: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rodolfobrenner/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrennerRodolfo • ROBERTHA: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roberthamirando/ • MÚSICAS USADAS NESTE EPISÓDIO: - Abertura: “Countdown in After Effects - Free Template” - Abdelhamid Zarouati - Transição: “Livin' Up (Sting)” - Otis McDonald - Vale Indica: “Left U Into (Sting)” - Otis McDonald - Início: Pixabay© - Fim: Only Time (Instrumental) · Neena Goh • FONTES: National Geographic, Treehugger, G1, Medium, BBC, Met Office, EarthSky, University of Illinois, UC Santa Barbara Geography, Smithsonian Magazine, SpaceToday.

news birthdays/events biggest superstitions... game: halloween pyramid news jerry seinfeld halloween comedy bit... have you ever been scared in your own home? halloween trivia news halloween comedy bit game: halloween 5 second rule what you eat reveals about you news halloween bad dad jokes newser ranked top halloween movies of all time goodbye/fun facts....A blue moon — by definition a rarity — will rise this month, notably on Halloween. The lunar event means simply that a second full moon will rise in the same month. The first one, a harvest moon, lit up the sky on Oct. 1. It won’t actually be blue unless there are dust and smoke particles of a certain size, which can scatter red light and make the moon take on a bluish hue, according to EarthSky.org. The next blue moon will hit skies on Aug. 30, 2023. Full moons on Halloween are even rarer. They only happen every 18 or 19 years. So get out your telescopes tomorrow!!!

Voici l'histoire du Grand Canular de la Lune, cette série d'articles publiés dans The Sun, dont les récits d'hommes chauve-souris vivants surla lune ont fasciné plusieurs milliers d'américains pendant des mois. Retrouvez Crapules sur Twitter : @CrapulesStudio Musiques de fond par Chad Crouch. Sources : The Great Moon Hoax, Museum of Hoaxes Would you have believed the Great Moon Hoax?, EarthSky, 2019 Découvertes dans la Lune faites au Cap de Bonne-Espérance, "Herschel Fils", 1835

The news to know for Thursday, October 1st, 2020! We're talking about: how the rules might change for the next presidential debates and whether the candidates plan to be there the discussion over more direct payments for Americans: where relief talks on Capitol Hill stand now why the U.S. government is taking on one of the largest producers of palm oil the NFL postponing a football game Google's latest launches, including a "hold for me" feature when and how to catch the so-called Harvest Moon right next to Mars All that and more in just 10 minutes Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes to read more about our guest or any of the stories mentioned. This episode is brought to you by LiquidIV.com (listen for how to get a discount) Want to advertise/sponsor our show? Please email sales@advertisecast.com for more information. Thanks to The NewsWorthy Insiders! Become one here: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider         Sources: Debates Commission to Issue New Rules: CBS News, AP, Reuters, Axios, NY Times Biden, Trump Campaign in Midwest: AP, WaPo Coronavirus Relief Talks: AP, CBS News, CNBC, Reuters Airlines Prepare Job Cuts: CNN, WaPo, AP, Bloomberg, WSJ U.S. Blocks Palm Oil Producer: AP, CNN, Reuters 4th Person Killed in CA Wildfire: AP, CNN, Reuters, CBS Sacramento, Cal Fire, CA Diversity Quotas: LA Times, WSJ, USA Today NFL Postpones Titans Game: NY Times, AP, NFL NFL Threatens Suspensions for Maskless Sideline Personnel: AP, ESPN, USA Today Google's Pixel Event: The Verge, Engadget, Cnet, Pixel, Nest Audio First Muslim Superhero Cast: Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, Gizmodo AC/DC Announces a Reunion:USA Today,AC/DC,Rolling Stone,Fox News, People Harvest Moon and Mars on Display: NASA, Space.com, EarthSky, MLive, Forbes Thing to Know Thursday: Real ID: DHS, Chicago Sun Times

There is one story well-known throughout the world about the Windy City and a cow kicking over a lantern that set the Great Chicago Fire in motion.  The fact that the story of Catherine O'Leary's cow is totally false seems not to matter, as this wrong-headed legend continues to perpetuate itself with the general public.  As the newspaper editor Dutton Peabody says in the 1952 film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, “when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” And so it is, a hundred and fifty years later, Mrs. O’Leary and her cow live on in popular culture.  The events of the evening of October 8th, 1871 would be the culmination of a prolonged hot, dry summer in the Midwest, and when Chicago began to burn, there were fires burning in several other places as well.  However. Chicago and the legend of Mrs. O’Leary’s cow eclipsed the reporting of the other fires, and stuck in the popular imagination.  The Great Chicago Fire became the second star on the flag of Chicago, a marked tragedy, as approximately one-third of the residents lost their homes and the more than 300 who lost their lives.  But the fire was also considered a beginning for Chicago, a reset, a blank slate -- that would allow the city’s business leaders and architects to imagine a new and better Chicago to rise from the ashes like a great phoenix. In this episode, the Windy City Historians interview William Pack, a historian and author of “The Essential Great Chicago Fire” (2015) to recount the events of that faithful Sunday night when smoke was spotted southwest of the city center, near the intersection of Jefferson and DeKoven Streets.  It is an illuminating story of mistakes, delays, human error, and heroism, and a transformative event for the young city on the prairie that became the "City on the Make" as later chronicled by Nelson Algren.  Two days after the fire co-owner and managing editor of the Chicago Tribune Joseph Medill wrote, “We have lost money, but we have saved life, health, vigor and industry.  Let the watchword henceforth be Chicago shall rise again!” In December of that year Medill would be elected mayor of the City of Chicago as a candidate of the "fireproof" party serving two terms from 1871 to 1873. Links to Research and Historic Sources: Presenter, magician, and interviewee William Pack's Educational ProgramingDraft of the Emancipation Proclamation Signed by President Abraham Lincoln destroyed in the Chicago FireChicago History Museum's online collection about the Great Chicago FireOut of the Ashes: The Birth of the Chicago Public Library"My Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather’s Greatest Challenge: The Chicago Fire" by Caroline Thompson, Chicago Magazine, Oct. 10, 2017The release of prisoners and a "Fragile note illuminates city's great fire," by Mark Lebien, Chicago Tribune, Oct. 2, 1998.The documentary, Chicago Drawbridges we pull a segment from for this podcast courtesy of co-producers Stephen Hatch & Patrick McBriartyThe 1938 Movie “In Old Chicago” looks at life in pre-fire Chicago and the calamity of the Great Fire"The Legend of Mrs. O'Leary," by Margaret Carrol, Chicago Tribune, Oct. 10, 1996"Whodunit? The Mystery of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow," by Richard F. Bales, Chicago Public Library, Sept. 30, 2014"Catherine O’Leary, the Irishwoman blamed for starting the Great Chicago Fire," by Eoin Butler, The Irish Times, Feb. 24, 2017"Mrs. O'Leary, Cow Cleared by City Council Committee," by Steve Mills, Oct. 6, 1997"When the sky exploded: Remembering Tunguska," by EarthSky and Paul Scott Anderson in EARTH|SPACE, June 30, 2020.Chelyabinsk Meteor, CNN coverage on YouTube, Feb. 17, 2013Chelyabinsk Meteor Shockwave Compilation, YouTube, Feb. 18, 2013

a “Animals have complex dreams, MIT researcher proves. Study may advance understanding of human learning and memory,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, News Office, January 24, 2001. b “Do animals dream?,” Posted by EarthSky in EARTH, February 7, 2019. c American Psychiatric Association, (2013) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.), 2013; Washington, DC d Peterson, T. (2016, February 4). Understanding PTSD Nightmares and Flashbacks, HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2020, May 9 from https://www.healthyplace.com/ptsd-and-stress-disorders/ptsd/understanding-ptsd-nightmares-and-flashbacks. e America Veterinary Medical Association, JAVMA news; “Pet ownership spending going strong; published on May 08, 2019. f Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Associations, “Which country spends the most on its pets?”; posted 22/02/2020; https://www.fecava.org. g Stephen Robert Kellert and Alan R. Felthous, “Childhood Cruelty toward Animals among Criminals and Noncriminals,” in Human Relations 38(12):1113-1129 · December 1985.

Three major aspects this week as the Sun opposes Jupiter today, Pluto tomorrow and Saturn on Saturday. All three are in Retrograde, which gives us time to do some deep internal reflection this week. Article from EarthSky.org on the Earth's position between Jupiter and the Sun https://earthsky.org/tonight/earth-passes-between-jupiter-and-sun?utm_source=EarthSky+News&utm_campaign=4eac85bcea-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c643945d79-4eac85bcea-395368413Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/Fun-Astrology-with-Thomas-Miller. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Learn about how archaeologists are solving a prehistoric poop problem; what leads people to be “cultural omnivores”; and an easy trick for telling stars and planets apart when you’re stargazing. What can we learn from prehistoric poop? by Cameron Duke Borry, M., Cordova, B., Perri, A., Wibowo, M., Prasad Honap, T., Ko, J., Yu, J., Britton, K., Girdland-Flink, L., Power, R. C., Stuijts, I., Salazar-García, D. C., Hofman, C., Hagan, R., Samdapawindé Kagoné, T., Meda, N., Carabin, H., Jacobson, D., Reinhard, K., … Warinner, C. (2020). CoproID predicts the source of coprolites and paleofeces using microbiome composition and host DNA content. PeerJ, 8, e9001. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9001  Fossilized Feces Tell Tale of Earliest Americans. (2008, April 3). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89355318  Shillito, L.-M., Blong, J. C., Green, E. J., & Van Asperen, E. (2020). The what, how and why of archaeological coprolite analysis. Earth-Science Reviews, 103196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103196  The origin of feces: CoproID reliably predicts sources of ancient poop. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/mpif-too041420.php  Research uncovers what leads people to be "cultural omnivores" — and it's not nice by Kelsey Donk Pop Concert, Opera — Or Both? What Drives People To Become “Cultural Omnivores.” (2020, April 23). Research Digest; Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2020/04/23/pop-concert-opera-or-both-what-drives-people-to-become-cultural-omnivores/  Shin, H., & Youn, N. (2020). How insecure narcissists become cultural omnivores: Consuming highbrow culture for status seeking and lowbrow culture for integrity signaling. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000303  There's an Easy Trick to Telling Stars and Planets Apart in the Sky by Cody Gough Byrd, D. (2015). Why do stars twinkle, but planets don’t? | EarthSky.org. Earthsky.Org. https://earthsky.org/space/why-dont-planets-twinkle-as-stars-do  Ashwin. (2015, July 17). Why Do Stars Twinkle, But The Sun Doesn’t? Science ABC. https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/universe/why-do-stars-twinkle-but-the-sun-planets-doesnt.html  Astronaut James Reilly Describes Seeing Stars in Space (2014). SpaceFlight Insider - Official Page YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaUCMzgidvs  Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY 

* Jaw-dropping, head-banging, socks blown off, eye-popping, baffled, shocked & stunned: Really. :) Real Science Radio hosts Bob Enyart and Fred Williams have fun providing so many examples of evolutionists (chemical, stellar, biological) being jaw-dropping surprised, shocked, even stunned and horrified, when their huge discoveries contradict some of the most fundamental predictions of their materialist theories. * Head-banging: As reported by LiveScience, cutting-edge researchers running a major National Science Foundation evolution experiment admitted that, "If Darwin was right", they would have documented the evidence for his claimed insight on competition and the (supposed) tree of life. Instead, their results falsified Darwin's claim. Of the 60 species of algae being studied for a five year period, Charles Darwin predicted how well and how poorly such organisms would compete for resources, based on their respective distances from each other on the (supposed) tree of life. But of the outcome, "It was completely unexpected. We sat there banging our heads against the wall. Darwin's hypothesis has been with us for so long, how can it not be right? ... We should be able to look at the [supposed] Tree of Life, and evolution should make it clear who will win in competition and who will lose. But the traits that regulate competition can't be predicted from the Tree of Life." For more, see LiveScience and rsr.org/darwin-was-wrong-about-the-tree-of-life. * 2015 Update: One of many discoveries that could added to this list of shocked evolutionists is the black hole at 12.8 billion light years away the mass of 12 billion Suns that "simply can't exist" by the big bang theory, but does. * 2019 Update: Moon may be tectonically active, geologists shaken, is the headline in National Geographic. "A new look at Apollo-era seismic data revealed that the moon's insides might be warmer than scientists thought possible." See this also at rsr.org/tess#moon in our classic List of the Transient Events of the Solar System! * Stunned without the Foggiest Notion: So "astounding" are the "similarities" of Hox developmental regulatory genes across the animal kingdom that prominent evolutionist Sean Carroll wrote that, “no biologist had even the foggiest notion that such similarities could exist between genes of such different animals.” Because little in biology makes sense in the light of evolution, a world full of neo-Darwinist scientists never predicted this astounding consistency because, by their belief system, "The evolutionary lines that led to flies and mice diverged more than 500 million years ago..." So, this world famous biologist admits that, "Such sequence similarity was just stunning." Of course this falsified one of the most fundamental predictions of neo-Darwinism. [This item is a post-show update.] * Horrendous: Dr. David Page of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass., said in the journal Nature that the human and chimp Y chromosomes are "horrendously different from each other." Horrendously? Is that a scientific term? Why not just, "different?" Is Saturn horrendously different from Mars? Why horrendously so? Because for modern Darwinism to not lose face, chimps have to be shown to be our closest relatives. Yet 15% of the gorilla genome is closer to us, and the chimp's Y chromosome (that which makes us males... well, males...) is so massively different that we have yet more evidence on its face that the human genome is not 98.5% identical to the chim. For more, see rsr.rog/list-of-genomes-that-just-dont-fit. * Jaw-dropping: National Geographic quotes NASA's Messenger team member David Blewett saying, as RSR documents evolutionary scientists saying all the time regarding major observations that contradict predictions based on their most fundamental claims, "this jaw-dropping thing that nobody ever predicted," that Mercury has actively forming surface features, something judged impossible for a tiny, four-billion year old inert rock. :) * Socks Blown Off: Close-up photos showed the youthful appearance of Pluto as did the images of its largest moon: "We originally thought Charon would be an ancient terrain covered in craters," said New Horizons team member Cathy Olkin. "So when we saw the pictures this morning, it just blew our socks off." And panning upward from their feet, Discover Magazine reports on NASA's Pluto team including principal investigator Alan Stern's eyes popping out of his head. * Baffled by Asteroids that Look Like Comets: See phys.org, NASA, EarthSky, and AmazingSpace.  * And the Beat Goes On: For more really fun examples, just listen to today's program! And as an honorable mention, consider the response of the scientists who found the presence of modern bacteria, etc. in these allegedly 220 Mya microbes :) and the description of 42 "oddball" blue stars in the Milky Way! * More Baffling Still: After 150 years of searching, evolutionists have found the best evidence ever discovered for Darwinism, caught on tape no less...   Today's Resource: Please check out our newest science resource... The Global Flood and the Hydroplate Theory Blu-ray, 2-DVD Set or HD Download Real Science Radio co-host Bob Enyart presents the scientific evidence for Dr. Walt Brown’s model of the global flood, along with the relevant biblical material. Enyart also discusses Brown's opponents and contrasts both the vapor canopy and catastrophic plate tectonics with the hydroplate theory. DVD Vol. 1 1. Walt Brown, Creation Leaders, and Scripture 2. Hydroplate Theory & Scientific Evidence DVD Vol. 2 3. Hydroplates vs. Plate Tectonics Bonus: Origin of Earth's Radioactivity The Blu-ray disc contains all parts on one disc. And for now, save $10 with our special introductory pricing!

* Jaw-dropping, head-banging, socks blown off, eye-popping, baffled, shocked & stunned: Really. :) Real Science Radio hosts Bob Enyart and Fred Williams have fun providing so many examples of evolutionists (chemical, stellar, biological) being jaw-dropping surprised, shocked, even stunned and horrified, when their huge discoveries contradict some of the most fundamental predictions of their materialist theories. * Head-banging: As reported by LiveScience, cutting-edge researchers running a major National Science Foundation evolution experiment admitted that, "If Darwin was right", they would have documented the evidence for his claimed insight on competition and the (supposed) tree of life. Instead, their results falsified Darwin's claim. Of the 60 species of algae being studied for a five year period, Charles Darwin predicted how well and how poorly such organisms would compete for resources, based on their respective distances from each other on the (supposed) tree of life. But of the outcome, "It was completely unexpected. We sat there banging our heads against the wall. Darwin's hypothesis has been with us for so long, how can it not be right? ... We should be able to look at the [supposed] Tree of Life, and evolution should make it clear who will win in competition and who will lose. But the traits that regulate competition can't be predicted from the Tree of Life." For more, see LiveScience and rsr.org/darwin-was-wrong-about-the-tree-of-life. * 2015 Update: One of many discoveries that could be added to this list of shocked evolutionists is the black hole, at 12.8 billion light-years away, the mass of 12 billion Suns that "simply can't exist" by the big bang theory, but it does. * 2019 Update: Moon may be tectonically active, geologists shaken, is the headline in National Geographic. "A new look at Apollo-era seismic data revealed that the moon's insides might be warmer than scientists thought possible." See this also at rsr.org/tess#moon in our classic List of the Transient Events of the Solar System! * Stunned without the Foggiest Notion: So "astounding" are the "similarities" of Hox developmental regulatory genes across the animal kingdom that prominent evolutionist Sean Carroll wrote that, “no biologist had even the foggiest notion that such similarities could exist between genes of such different animals.” Because little in biology makes sense in the light of evolution, a world full of neo-Darwinist scientists never predicted this astounding consistency because, by their belief system, "The evolutionary lines that led to flies and mice diverged more than 500 million years ago..." So, this world famous biologist admits that, "Such sequence similarity was just stunning." Of course this falsified one of the most fundamental predictions of neo-Darwinism. [This item is a post-show update.] * Horrendous: Dr. David Page of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass., said in the journal Nature that the human and chimp Y chromosomes are "horrendously different from each other." Horrendously? Is that a scientific term? Why not just, "different?" Is Saturn horrendously different from Mars? Why horrendously so? Because for modern Darwinism to not lose face, chimps have to be shown to be our closest relatives. Yet 15% of the gorilla genome is closer to us, and the chimp's Y chromosome (that which makes us males... well, males...) is so massively different that we have yet more evidence on its face that the human genome is not 98.5% identical to the chim. For more, see rsr.rog/list-of-genomes-that-just-dont-fit. * Jaw-dropping: National Geographic quotes NASA's Messenger team member David Blewett saying, as RSR documents evolutionary scientists saying all the time regarding major observations that contradict predictions based on their most fundamental claims, "this jaw-dropping thing that nobody ever predicted," that Mercury has actively forming surface features, something judged impossible for a tiny, four-billion year old inert rock. :) * Socks Blown Off: Close-up photos showed the youthful appearance of Pluto as did the images of its largest moon: "We originally thought Charon would be an ancient terrain covered in craters," said New Horizons team member Cathy Olkin. "So when we saw the pictures this morning, it just blew our socks off." And panning upward from their feet, Discover Magazine reports on NASA's Pluto team including principal investigator Alan Stern's eyes popping out of his head. * Baffled by Asteroids that Look Like Comets: See phys.org, NASA, EarthSky, and AmazingSpace. * And the Beat Goes On: For more fun examples, just listen to today's program! And as an honorable mention, consider the response of the scientists who found the presence of modern bacteria, etc., in these allegedly 220 Mya microbes. (Nat'l Geographic removed that page from the web but we put it back up!) And likewise when others described 42 "oddball" blue stars in the Milky Way! * More Baffling Still: After 150 years of searching, evolutionists have found the best evidence ever discovered for Darwinism, caught on tape no less... Today's Resource: Please check out our newest science resource... The Global Flood and the Hydroplate Theory Blu-ray, 2-DVD Set or HD Download Real Science Radio co-host Bob Enyart presents the scientific evidence for Dr. Walt Brown’s model of the global flood, along with the relevant biblical material. Enyart also discusses Brown's opponents and contrasts both the vapor canopy and catastrophic plate tectonics with the hydroplate theory. DVD Vol. 1 1. Walt Brown, Creation Leaders, and Scripture 2. Hydroplate Theory & Scientific Evidence DVD Vol. 2 3. Hydroplates vs. Plate Tectonics Bonus: Origin of Earth's Radioactivity The Blu-ray disc contains all parts on one disc. And for now, save $10 with our special introductory pricing!

During their travels, the players were able to chat with the newly introduced Yaeto of Earthsky. However, things never go smoothly for them as they come across a new roadblock.  The players are met with a familiar face, but is it one they are happy to see? Find out on this episode of T&C! Join us as our DM Rhyan (@HaphazardDM) tries to kill our beloved characters - Desiree/Damien Lovelace (@Blaze_NBK), Isundra (@daggertribal), Nomu the Monstrous, and Edeyar Dossane(jwplayer0) while we try to ruin whatever it is he has planned. Please follow us on Twitter @TavernsCaverns and let us know how you feel about the podcast! Royalty free music from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com

The party continues to do battle against the Orcs and their Ettin guard! Will our players be able to survive this battle? Or will they end up in a party wipe?! Find out on this episode of Taverns & Caverns! Join us as our DM Rhyan (@HaphazardDM) tries to kill our beloved characters - Desiree/Damien Lovelace (@Blaze_NBK), Isundra (@daggertribal), Nomu the Monstrous, and Edeyar Dossane(jwplayer0) while we try to ruin whatever it is he has planned. Please follow us on Twitter @TavernsCaverns and let us know how you feel about the podcast! Royalty free music from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com

Can we hibernate our way to Mars? How real is the concept of hypersleep pods in Interstellar? Well tune in to find out everything you could possibly want to know about space hibernation! Music from filmmusic.io "Tyrant" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Sources: “Alien: Covenant.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Apr. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien:_Covenant. Bradford, J, et al. “Torpor Inducing Transfer Habitat for Human Stasis to Mars.” NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts, 2014. “Carbonite.” Wookieepedia, starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Carbonite. Cerri, Matteo, et al. “Hibernation for Space Travel: Impact on Radioprotection.” Life Sciences in Space Research, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 1–9., doi:10.1016/j.lssr.2016.09.001. “Classical Greece.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 7 Apr. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Greece. Conte, Davide, et al. “Advanced Concept for a Crewed Mission to the Martian Moons.” Acta Astronautica, Pergamon, 3 Aug. 2017, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576516310694. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Ebers Papyrus.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 7 Aug. 2019, www.britannica.com/topic/Ebers-papyrus. “ESA Studies Human Hibernation for Space Travel.” EarthSky, earthsky.org/human-world/esa-study-human-hibernation-trip-to-mars. Faherty, Sheena Lee, director. How Does Hibernation Work? How Does Hibernation Work?, 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=xptpXSTtgSY. Hamblin, James. “You Could Probably Hibernate.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 26 Feb. 2020, www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/01/human-hibernation-real-possibility/605071/. Hess, Peter. “How Would the Human Body Respond to Carbonite Freezing?” Inverse, Inverse, 14 July 2017, www.inverse.com/article/33472-carbonite-cryogenic-preservation-han-solo. “Hypersleep Chamber.” Alien Anthology Wiki, alienanthology.fandom.com/wiki/Hypersleep_Chamber. “Hypersleep Pod.” Interstellar Wiki, interstellarfilm.fandom.com/wiki/Hypersleep_Pod. King, Helen. “Hippocrates Didn't Write the Oath, so Why Is He the Father of Medicine?” The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2020, theconversation.com/hippocrates-didnt-write-the-oath-so-why-is-he-the-father-of-medicine-32334. Kyriazis, Stefan. “Avengers Captain America 100th Birthday: Marvel Explains HOW He Survived 70 Years in Ice.” Express.co.uk, Express.co.uk, 4 July 2018, www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/983967/Avengers-Captain-America-100th-birthday-Marvel-how-steve-rogers-survived-in-ice. Marion, Donald W. “Experience with Prolonged Induced Hypothermia in Severe Head Injury.” Critical Care, BioMed Central, 1999, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137243/. “Myocardial Ischemia.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 6 Apr. 2019, www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/myocardial-ischemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20375417. “Passengers (2016 Film).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Mar. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passengers_(2016_film). Polderman, Kee H. “Induced Hypothermia to Treat Post-Ischemic and Post-Traumatic Injury.” Induced Hypothermia to Treat Post-Ischemic and Post-Traumatic Injury, 2004, api.zoll.com/-/media/uploadedfiles/public_site/core_technologies/temperature_management/induced-hypothermia----pdf.ashx. Staff, CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com. “Frozen Woman: A 'Walking Miracle'.” CBS News, CBS Interactive, 4 Feb. 2000, www.cbsnews.com/news/frozen-woman-a-walking-miracle/. “Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest.” Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest | Johns Hopkins Medicine, www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/therapeutic-hypothermia-after-cardiac-arrest.

Dan tells Lee all about our first scientifically confirmed interstellar visitor, 'Oumuamua. Where did it come from, what was it and what questions still remain after it swung by our solar system? We get brainy on this episode of BT but still find time to put together a winning Independence Day presidential ticket: Pullman/Quaid 2020! Dust bunny article from EarthSky https://earthsky.org/space/was-oumuamua-a-cosmic-dust-bunny New Yorker interview with Avi Loeb https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/have-aliens-found-us- Oumuamua wiki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBOumuamua

Quizmasters Lee & Marc are joined by Seth to suss through some of their favorite pub trivia questions of the week. Round One VOCABULARY - An ungulate is characterized as having what? ART - Jasper Johns is an American painter known for his depictions of what? ACRONYMS - On formal invitations, what is R.S.V.P. an acronym for? U.S. HISTORY - Who was president when the National Prohibition Act, also known as the Volstead Act, went into effect? SPORTS - Wheelchair rugby goes by what nickname that was used as a title for a 2005 documentary about the sport? STRANGER THINGS - The logo and font for Stranger Things was specifically influenced by the original cover to which Stephen King novel, which starred protagonist Charlie McGee, portrayed by Drew Barrymore in the movie version? Missed Corrections The manhunt movie based on The Most Dangerous Game story which stars rapper Ice-T is called ‘Surviving the Game.’ Sally Field’s famous “You really love me” award acceptance speech was for 1984’s Places In The Heart. Round Two BUSINESS - What clothing company’s founder, Chip Wilson, resigned after making comments about finding humor in Japanese people try to pronounce the company’s name, and saying they don’t produce plus-sized clothes because it costs too much money? EARTH SCIENCE - According to EarthSky.org, scientists believe that 50-85% of the world’s oxygen is produced by what? U.S. GEOGRAPHY - Name the states that border Oklahoma. MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY - How many emirates make up the United Arab Emirates? DISNEY - What is the only Disney title character that has no lines of dialogue or vocalizations whatsoever in their original animated film? YOUTUBE - What is the name of the YouTube star who recently passed away and channel where an old man cooked large portions of food for orphans in India? Final Questions NOBEL PRIZE - Until the year 2000, what type of dessert was traditionally served at the Nobel banquet? WORLD WAR I - In what year did the U.S. enter World War I? LGBTQ+ HISTORY - In 2012 Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay person to be elected to the U.S. Senate by what state? Weekly Wrap Up November 11th, 2019 @ Palace - Sorority Girls, 69 pts. November 12th, 2019 @ Gather - Tarpon Charlies - 71 pts. Novemver 14th, 2019 @ No. 3 Craft Brews & Beer Bar - As You Wish 111 pts. Upcoming LIVE Know Nonsense Trivia Challenges November 11th, 2019 – Cape Coral FL – 7:00 PM @ Palace Pub & Wine Bar. Categories for the quiz will include DOG BREEDS, FILM NOIR, MUSIC OF THE 60’s, HUMAN ANATOMY, THE WALKING DEAD, NBA, NHL & MLB & more. Final question category will be ‘STEVEN SEGAL’ selected by last week’s biggest learners Idiot Sandwich. November 12th, 2019 – Cape Coral FL – 7:00 PM @ Gather. Categories for the quiz will include WORLD HISTORY, TRAVEL, BASEBALL, HOCKEY, CLASSIC TV & FILM, MUSIC and more. The final wager question that evening will be a question about 1950’s MUSIC selected by ‘Nauti Girls & Boy’. November 14th, 2019 – Cape Coral, FL – 7:00 PM @ No. 3 Craft Brews & Beer Bar. Categories for the quiz will include NATIONAL PARKS, FLORIDA AUTHORS, GRAMMAR, as well as a bevy of TV TOPICS such as GAME OF THRONES, STAR TREK, MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, FRIENDS, DOCTOR WHO, THE MANDALORIAN and more. The final wager question that evening will be a question about THE OFFICE selected by ‘Peanut and the Silent Chairs’. Thank you Thanks to our supporters on Patreon. Thank you, Quizdaddies – Tommy (The Electric Mud) and Tim (Pat's Garden Service) Thank you, Team Captains – Rachael, Aaron, Kristen & Fletcher Thank you, Proverbial Lightkeepers – Matthew, Nicole, Luc, Spencer, Hank, Dylan, Justin, Cooper, Elyse, Sarah, Brina, Karly, Kristopher, Josh, Gil, Shaun, Lucas and Max Thank you, Rumplesnailtskins – Manu, Jeff, Eric, Steven, Efren, Mike J., Mike C. If you'd like to support the podcast and gain access to bonus content, please visit http://theknowno.com and click "Support." Special Guest: Seth.

Can SpaceX Reach Influence The Minds and Minds of The People Like The Shuttle? https://youtu.be/QQ74dGEXhYc Strange UFO-shaped hole appears in the clouds, but alien landing not likely in NC Link: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article237241784.html Not long after, photos from other people began to appear on Facebook, with some commenting — perhaps tongue-in-cheek — that the shape was not unlike the gap that might be left by a descending flying saucer ... or a cloaked USS Enterprise (a Star Trek reference.) “ALIENS!” wrote Dan Ciaccio on Facebook. “Wow! Looks like a scene from Independence Day!,” posted Jennifer Brady Ellis, referring to the 1996 alien invasion movie. Kathy Lynn Carlin of Collettsville, N.C., was among those who shared photos on Facebook. She told McClatchy news group she and her husband saw the odd formation around 10 a.m. Saturday, as they drove to Statesville on N.C. 64/90. That's about 65 miles northwest of Charlotte. She watched for 10 minutes, long enough to see the hole begin to develop an even stranger looking funnel cloud appearance at its center, she said. “Can someone please explain to me what exactly this is,” she posted on Facebook. “We rounded a curve ... and it was directly in front of us,” Carlin told McClatchy news group. “We thought it looked like a tornado, but didn't see any rotation.” Experts believe a likely explanation is that it was a fallstreak or hole punch cloud, a weather phenomenon that has resulted in reports of UFOs in other parts of the country, according to Earthsky.org. Hole punches are created when “supercooled” water droplets turn to ice crystals after coming into contact with passing planes, the National Weather Service reports. The frozen droplets start to fall, creating a hole that expands “outward as neighboring droplets start to freeze,”the NWS says. “They look like strange clearings in an altocumulus cloud layer, often circular patches of clear sky, surrounded by clouds,” reports Earthsky.org. “Sometimes people report them as UFOs.” In January, the National Weather Service office based in Seattle tweeted that multiple “fallstreak hole clouds” formed over British Columbia, resulting in an MSN.com report of “scary, strange cloud patterns” that resembled a “UFO invasion.” Astronauts experienced reverse blood flow and blood clots on the space station, study says Link: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/15/health/astronaut-blood-flow-clot-scn-trnd/index.html A study of 11 healthy astronauts onboard the International Space Station for six-month missions has revealed a new risk of long-term spaceflight. Six of the astronauts experienced stagnant or reverse blood flow, one had a blood clot and another was found to have a potential partial blood clot. The study, which involved nine men and two women with an average age of 46, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. The identities of the astronauts were not included in the study. Over time, astronauts staying for six months on the station can experience the weakening and loss of bone and atrophying muscles. Astronauts also experience blood volume loss, weakened immune systems and cardiovascular deconditioning, since floating takes little effort and the heart doesn't have to work as hard to pump blood. Scott Kelly and other astronauts in their late 40s and 50s have also complained about their vision being slightly altered. Some of them have required glasses in flight. The weightless environment of zero gravity causes a fluid shift in the body toward the head, the opposite of what we experience standing on Earth. On Earth, humans spend about two-thirds of the day in an upright position and about a third laying down at night. This causes a daily fluid shift that varies based on our position. But for astronauts, the fluid shift is sustained for long periods of time. It causes puffiness in the face, "bird leg" syndrome where the legs lose volume, and decreases plasma volume while increasing stroke volume -- the volume of blood pumped per beat. Show Stuff The Dark Horde, LLC – http://www.thedarkhorde.com Twitter @DarkHorde TeePublic Store - Get your UBR goodies today! http://tee.pub/lic/2GQuXxn79dg UBR Truth Seekers Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/216706068856746 UFO Buster Radio: https://www.facebook.com/UFOBusterRadio YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggl8-aPBDo7wXJQ43TiluA To contact Manny: manny@ufobusterradio.com, or on Twitter @ufobusterradio Call the show anytime at (972) 290-1329 and leave us a message with your point of view, UFO sighting, and ghostly experiences or join the discussion on www.ufobusterradio.com For Skype Users: bosscrawler

Can SpaceX Reach Influence The Minds and Minds of The People Like The Shuttle? https://youtu.be/QQ74dGEXhYc Strange UFO-shaped hole appears in the clouds, but alien landing not likely in NC Link: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article237241784.html Not long after, photos from other people began to appear on Facebook, with some commenting — perhaps tongue-in-cheek — that the shape was not unlike the gap that might be left by a descending flying saucer ... or a cloaked USS Enterprise (a Star Trek reference.) “ALIENS!” wrote Dan Ciaccio on Facebook. “Wow! Looks like a scene from Independence Day!,” posted Jennifer Brady Ellis, referring to the 1996 alien invasion movie. Kathy Lynn Carlin of Collettsville, N.C., was among those who shared photos on Facebook. She told McClatchy news group she and her husband saw the odd formation around 10 a.m. Saturday, as they drove to Statesville on N.C. 64/90. That's about 65 miles northwest of Charlotte. She watched for 10 minutes, long enough to see the hole begin to develop an even stranger looking funnel cloud appearance at its center, she said. “Can someone please explain to me what exactly this is,” she posted on Facebook. “We rounded a curve ... and it was directly in front of us,” Carlin told McClatchy news group. “We thought it looked like a tornado, but didn't see any rotation.” Experts believe a likely explanation is that it was a fallstreak or hole punch cloud, a weather phenomenon that has resulted in reports of UFOs in other parts of the country, according to Earthsky.org. Hole punches are created when “supercooled” water droplets turn to ice crystals after coming into contact with passing planes, the National Weather Service reports. The frozen droplets start to fall, creating a hole that expands “outward as neighboring droplets start to freeze,”the NWS says. “They look like strange clearings in an altocumulus cloud layer, often circular patches of clear sky, surrounded by clouds,” reports Earthsky.org. “Sometimes people report them as UFOs.” In January, the National Weather Service office based in Seattle tweeted that multiple “fallstreak hole clouds” formed over British Columbia, resulting in an MSN.com report of “scary, strange cloud patterns” that resembled a “UFO invasion.” Astronauts experienced reverse blood flow and blood clots on the space station, study says Link: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/15/health/astronaut-blood-flow-clot-scn-trnd/index.html A study of 11 healthy astronauts onboard the International Space Station for six-month missions has revealed a new risk of long-term spaceflight. Six of the astronauts experienced stagnant or reverse blood flow, one had a blood clot and another was found to have a potential partial blood clot. The study, which involved nine men and two women with an average age of 46, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. The identities of the astronauts were not included in the study. Over time, astronauts staying for six months on the station can experience the weakening and loss of bone and atrophying muscles. Astronauts also experience blood volume loss, weakened immune systems and cardiovascular deconditioning, since floating takes little effort and the heart doesn't have to work as hard to pump blood. Scott Kelly and other astronauts in their late 40s and 50s have also complained about their vision being slightly altered. Some of them have required glasses in flight. The weightless environment of zero gravity causes a fluid shift in the body toward the head, the opposite of what we experience standing on Earth. On Earth, humans spend about two-thirds of the day in an upright position and about a third laying down at night. This causes a daily fluid shift that varies based on our position. But for astronauts, the fluid shift is sustained for long periods of time. It causes puffiness in the face, "bird leg" syndrome where the legs lose volume, and decreases plasma volume while increasing stroke volume -- the volume of blood pumped per beat. Show Stuff The Dark Horde, LLC – http://www.thedarkhorde.com Twitter @DarkHorde TeePublic Store - Get your UBR goodies today! http://tee.pub/lic/2GQuXxn79dg UBR Truth Seekers Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/216706068856746 UFO Buster Radio: https://www.facebook.com/UFOBusterRadio YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggl8-aPBDo7wXJQ43TiluA To contact Manny: manny@ufobusterradio.com, or on Twitter @ufobusterradio Call the show anytime at (972) 290-1329 and leave us a message with your point of view, UFO sighting, and ghostly experiences or join the discussion on www.ufobusterradio.com For Skype Users: bosscrawler

A very big asteroid with its own little moon is going to zip past Earth tonight (May 25) — close enough that, with some preparation and a decent telescope, amateur astronomers may spot it blotting out the stars. This moon-and-asteroid system, called 1999 KW4, is made up of two rocks. The big one is about 0.8 miles (1.3 kilometers) wide, according to NASA, and shaped like a spinning top. The smaller one is more elongated and stretches 0.35 miles (0.57 km) along its longest dimension. It points lengthwise toward its much larger twin. Together, the asteroid and its minimoon will pass Earth at such a strange, steep angle that NASA called them “the least accessible ... for a spacecraft mission of any known binary near-Earth asteroid.” But that doesn’t mean they aren’t interesting to look at. The two asteroids will pass closest to Earth at 7:05 pm EDT (1105 GMT), when they’ll be just 3,219,955 miles (5,182,015 km) from the planet’s surface. That’s more than a dozen times the distance between the Earth and the moon in its orbit around our planet, and much too far for the space rocks to pose any threat. In fact, this is the fourth approach the binary asteroids have made toward Earth since they were discovered in 1999, and not the closest. This is not the first time, according to EarthSky, that astronomers plan to make radar images of these asteroids as they pass. Back on May 25, 2001, according to NASA, the asteroids passed about 6.7% closer to Earth than they will this time, at a distance of 3,005,447 miles (4,836,798 km). Seventeen years from now, on May 25, 2036, the rocks will pass 55.2% closer to Earth, at a distance of just 1,443,511 miles (2,323,106 km) — again, posing no threat worth worrying about. These big rocks have been frequent flyers in our planet’s neighborhood for a long time. “1999 KW4 approaches within 0.05 AU of Earth several times each century,” NASA’s report on the object said. “This trend exists from at least [the year] 1600 [to] 2500.” [Black Marble Images: Earth at Night] “AU” refers to “astronomical units,” a unit equal to the distance between Earth and the sun. So 0.05 AU is equal to one-twentieth the distance between Earth and sun, or about 4,650,000 miles (7,480,000 km). The two asteroids have passed even closer to Earth, without incident, several times a century since William Shakespeare was writing, and they will continue to do so until this article is at least 500 years old. EarthSky reported that during the space rocks’ closest approach, they’ll be most visible in the Southern Hemisphere, appearing as fast-moving shadows against stars in the constellation Puppis. The two asteroids will remain visible for several days, though, according to EarthSky. North American asteroid hunters may spot the objects near the constellation Hydra on the evening of May 27. NASA said that its Planetary Defense Coordination Office will continue to closely monitor the asteroids.

Happy Perseids everybody! It is the week of the peak of the annual Perseid Meteor shower. This coming Aug. 11th. 12th and 13th mark the three mornings that will showcase the peak of the Perseids with as many as 50 meteors an hour often more! So how do you get the most out of this opportunity? Today on the Astro Photog Podcast, Aaron goes over advice for those WITH and WITHOUT plans to photograph the meteor shower then ends with a new segment Geek Time in honor of Brendon's Gear Time. In the Astro Primer I give the news most of you already know, it is New Moon week and with that comes great nights EVERY night. The Northern Hemisphere has a vertical Milky Way from the moment full darkness starts up until the Galactic Core sets on you early in the morning. The core sets LONG before the Astronomical Twilight period begins so plan on going out at the beginning of the night. The Southern Hemisphere night begins with the Core high in the sky and then moves into a better position for photography come early morning before the Galactic Core sets beyond the horizon around 4am Perth, Australia time. The highlight of the Astro Primer is the main subject of today's podcast, the Perseid Meteor Shower! One of the year's BEST Meteor Showers is appearing without the moon again and is set to make 2018 a magical time for Meteor Shower photography! The podcast begins with general Meteor viewing tips as given from the EarthSky.org article linked below. The tips are: 1- Find a dark, open sky with as little obstructions that you can get so you can see all the many meteors across the sky 2- Give yourself at least an hour of observing time to see a lot and most importantly, get your eyes adjusted to the darkness of night 3- Know that all meteors all come from a single point in the sky, the radiant 4- Bring a reclining chair and some warm drink of your choice to fully enjoy in massive comfort 5- Be patient! All good things come to those that wait! In the ad today I once again remind and encourage all of you fence sitters thinking about joining us in the Faroe Islands to know that it isn't too late to join us in September! Register your spot here: https://goo.gl/jYZEZd In the second segment I go over tips for your Meteor Shower Photography. The tips are: 1- Wide Angle lens and obviously the largest aperture you have 2- Take a Timelapse and more importantly PRACTICE taking a timelapse before you go out 3- Shutter 30 seconds with 3 seconds interval between each shot for your timelapse settings 4- Battery Grip/Power bank/Goal Zero/Timer to remind you to check your battery. Anything to make sure you capture for hours 5- LOTS of memory card space so you can constantly be capturing so you don't miss a meteor 6- Capture the Foreground during Blue Hour or Light Paint it. Get that Foreground sharp and clean 7- Combine Foreground and your many meteor frames using Photoshop doing your blend of choice Then lastly in our first episode of GEEK TIME I teach the origin of the Perseid Meteor Shower thanks to the Comet Swift-Tuttle and explain the consistency of meteor showers. Thanks for listening and supporting Photog Adventures! If you aren't a Founder of Photog Adventures already consider joining us here at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/photogadventures Remember! Get out there and have a Photog Adventure of your own! And this weekend on the 11th, 12th and 13th is a GREAT time to start! :D Articles mentioned in the podcast: EarthSky.org: http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-perseid-meteor-shower Space.com: https://www.space.com/33677-comet-swift-tuttle-perseid-meteor-shower-source.html Nick Page's video about fixing Halos: https://youtu.be/ohGqYQ1Oa7U

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What is nanotechnology? An invitation to enter a new field of physics: A lecture on nanotechnology that Richard Feynman gave in 1959 (Zyvex) (http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html) Definition of 'nano' (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano-) Nanotechnology (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology) The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) (http://www.nano.gov) @NNInanonews: Twitter feed of NNI (https://twitter.com/NNInanonews) Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN) (http://crnano.org/whatis.htm) The billion year technology gap (The Daily Galaxy) (http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/11/the-billionyear-technology-gap-could-one-exist-the-weekend-feature.html) The Fermi death sentence (Nanotechnology Now) (http://www.nanotech-now.com/columns/?article=149) Explaining nanotechnology to a 5th grader (YouTube) (https://youtu.be/DAOFpgocfrg) Your fingernail grows a nanometre every second (NNCI) (http://www.nnci.net/what-nano) Bottom-up versus top-down approaches (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology#Bottom-up_approaches) Meet the nanomachines that could drive a medical revolution (Phys.org) (https://phys.org/news/2016-04-nanomachines-medical-revolution.html) Nanoparticles (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoparticle) Scanning electron microscope (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_electron_microscope) How to move an atom (IBM Research) (https://www.ibm.com/blogs/research/2013/05/how-to-move-an-atom/) 20 years of moving atoms one by one: Including how they made the IBM logo out of 35 xenon atoms (Wired) (https://www.wired.com/2009/09/gallery-atomic-science/) Scientists measure how light affects individual atoms for the first time (nanowerk) (http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news/newsid=33617.php) Current applications of nanotechnology (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology#Applications) How nanotechnology is changing the future of medicine (MUO) (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/nanotechnology-changing-future-medicine/) Applications of nanotechnology in medicine (Australian Science) (http://www.australianscience.com.au/biology/applications-of-nanotechnology-in-medicine/) Convergence Science Network (http://www.convergencesciencenetwork.org.au) Stentrode (ABC, Catalyst) (http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4519966.htm) The world's first international race for molecular cars, the Nanocar Race (Phys.org) (https://phys.org/news/2017-03-world-international-molecular-cars-nanocar.html) Nanoparticles & sunscreen (Cancer Council Australia) (http://www.cancer.org.au/preventing-cancer/sun-protection/nanoparticles-and-sunscreen.html) Titanium dioxide (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium_dioxide) Nanoparticles are all around us: Naturally-occurring vs man-made (sustainable nano) (http://sustainable-nano.com/2013/03/25/nanoparticles-are-all-around-us/) Nanoparticles in nature: Toxic or harmless? (EarthSky) (http://earthsky.org/human-world/nanoparticles-in-nature-toxic-or-harmless) Gold nanoparticles can be red or blue/purple (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloidal_gold) "Properties such as melting point, fluorescence, electrical conductivity, magnetic permeability, & chemical reactivity change as a function of the size of the particle" (NNI) (https://www.nano.gov/nanotech-101/special) Buckminsterfullerene, or buckyballs (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene) Have buckminsterfullerenes (buckyballs) been put to any practical uses? (Scientific American) (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/have-buckminsterfullerene/) It doesn't seem that any real use has been found for buckyballs yet (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene#Applications) Carbon fibre (Wikpedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_fibers) Carbon nanofibre (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanofiber) Did Bucky Fuller really design a soccer ball? (treehugger) (https://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/did-bucky-fuller-really-design-soccer-ball.html) How can graphite & diamond be so different if they are both composed of pure carbon? (Scientific American) (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-can-graphite-and-diam/) Spiders sprayed with carbon nanotubes spin superstrong webs (Phys.org) (https://phys.org/news/2015-05-spiders-carbon-nanotubes-superstrong-webs.html) Spiders ingest nanotubes, then weave silk reinforced with carbon (MIT Technology Review) (https://www.technologyreview.com/s/537301/spiders-ingest-nanotubes-then-weave-silk-reinforced-with-carbon/) Space elevator (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator) Sorry Johnny, carbon nanotubes may be too weak to get a space elevator off the ground

What is the atmosphere? Atmosphere of Earth (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth) Evolution of Earth's atmosphere (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth#Evolution_of_Earth.27s_atmosphere) Earth's early atmosphere (Universe Today) (https://www.universetoday.com/26659/earths-early-atmosphere/) A lecture on Earth's atmosphere (The Ohio State University) (http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast141/Unit3/Lect10_Atmos.pdf) Gaseous composition of dry air (Columbia University) (http://eesc.columbia.edu/courses/ees/slides/climate/table_1.html) Not definitive, but a discussion around 'How is the equilibrium of 21% oxygen in Earth's atmosphere established?' (Earth Science Stack Exchange) (https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/4574/how-is-the-equilibrium-of-21-oxygen-in-earths-atmosphere-established) The first cells were anaerobic, i.e. they didn't use oxygen (Windows 2 Universe) (http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Life/first_life.html) The great oxygenation event: The event that transformed Earth (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150701-the-origin-of-the-air-we-breathe) Geological history of oxygen (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geological_history_of_oxygen) Greenhouse gases kept early Earth warm (ABC, Australia) (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/07/22/3805154.htm?site=starhunt&topic=space) Stromatolites (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromatolite) Stromatolites: The oldest fossils (Fossil Museum) (http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Tree_of_Life/Stromatolites.htm) Photosynthesis (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis) What is the atmosphere like on other planets? (Universe Today) (https://www.universetoday.com/35796/atmosphere-of-the-planets/) Planetary atmospheres (Penn State University) (http://www2.astro.psu.edu/users/rbc/a1/lec29n.html) Did Mars' magnetic field die with a whimper or a bang? (Science, AAAS) (http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2009/04/did-marss-magnetic-field-die-whimper-or-bang) Mars' magnetic field (Technical University of Denmark) (http://www.space.dtu.dk/english/Research/Universe_and_Solar_System/magnetic_field) What keeps Earth's atmosphere bound to Earth? (EarthSky) (http://earthsky.org/earth/what-keeps-earths-atmosphere-on-earth) Earth's magnetic field provides vital protection (ESA) (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Cluster/Earth_s_magnetic_field_provides_vital_protection) A magnetic surprise from Venus (Astrobiology Magazine) (http://www.astrobio.net/also-in-news/a-magnetic-surprise-from-venus/) Core of Venus (Universe Today) (https://www.universetoday.com/36161/core-of-venus/) Venera 13: First colour pictures from Venus (Space.com) (http://www.space.com/18551-venera-13.html) Olympus Mons: The largest volcano in the solar system (BBC) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/solar_system_highlights/olympus_mons) Atmosphere of Jupiter (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Jupiter) Atmosphere of Saturn (Universe Today) (https://www.universetoday.com/24029/atmosphere-of-saturn/) Atmospheric pressure: Definition & facts (LiveScience) (http://www.livescience.com/39315-atmospheric-pressure.html) Mean sea level pressure (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_pressure#Mean_sea_level_pressure) How does pressure change with ocean depth? (National Ocean Service) (http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/pressure.html) Total Recall: The scene where he imagines his eyes pop out when his space helmet breaks (not from The Running Man) (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpUVPvsIF5w) How long can a human survive in outer space? (How Stuff Works, Science) (http://science.howstuffworks.com/question540.htm) Why your blood would boil in space (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160617-why-your-blood-would-boil-in-space) What is boiling? (Libretext Chemistry) (https://chem.libretexts.org/Core/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry/Physical_Properties_of_Matter/States_of_Matter/Phase_Transitions/Boiling) Steam (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam) It's hard to get a good cup of tea on Mount Everest as water boils at a lower temperature (Dynamic Science) (http://www.dynamicscience.com.au/tester/solutions1/space%20science/Demonstration%20of%20boiling%20point.htm) How your lungs work (How Stuff Works, Health) (http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/respiratory/lung.htm/printable) Positive airway pressure (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_airway_pressure) Melting & boiling points of water (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celsius#Melting_and_boiling_points_of_water) Earth's atmospheric layers (NASA) (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/science/atmosphere-layers2.html) Kármán line: 100 km above sea level & commonly represents the boundary between our atmosphere & outer space, also where aeronautics becomes astronautics (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kármán_line) The Right Stuff (IMDb) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086197/) The troposphere & tropopause (Encyclopedia.com) (http://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/troposphere-and-tropopause) The heliosphere & heliopause (Encyclopaedia Britannica) (https://www.britannica.com/topic/heliopause) What is an aurora? (NASA) (https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/aurora/en/) The Earth's ionosphere (Stanford University) (http://solar-center.stanford.edu/SID/activities/ionosphere.html) Why do radio signals travel farther at night than in the day? (Gizmodo) (https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/01/why-do-radio-signals-travel-farther-at-night-than-in-the-day/) Ozone basics (NOAA) (http://www.ozonelayer.noaa.gov/science/basics.htm) Ozone depletion (Ozone Hole) (http://www.ozone-hole.org.uk/05.php) Formation of the ozone layer: "Ozone played a significant role in the evolution of life on Earth, & allows life as we presently know it to exist" (NASA, GES DISC) (https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ozone/additional/science-focus/about-ozone/ozone_formation.shtml) "One chlorine atom can destroy over 100,000 ozone molecules before it is removed from the stratosphere" (EPA) (https://www.epa.gov/ozone-layer-protection/basic-ozone-layer-science) How to protect astronauts from space radiation on Mars (NASA) (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/real-martians-how-to-protect-astronauts-from-space-radiation-on-mars) How do we protect the astronauts from space radiation? (NASA) (https://srag.jsc.nasa.gov/spaceradiation/how/how.cfm) 'Seeing' cosmic rays in space (Universe Today) (https://www.universetoday.com/94714/seeing-cosmic-rays-in-space/) Where are you from? Send us a postcard! Strange Attractor, c/ PO Box 9, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia Corrections "The solar storm of August 1972 is legendary at NASA because it occurred in between two Apollo missions: the crew of Apollo 16 had returned to Earth in April & the crew of Apollo 17 was preparing for a moon landing in December" (NASA) (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/news/stereo_astronauts.html) This is what Johnny figured out in a Spanish toilet How to measure the circumference of the Earth (Khan Academy) (https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/nasa/measuringuniverse/measure-the-solarsystem/v/eratosthenes_measures_earth) Check out our new Fireside home Find aaaaall the great episodes & show notes & handy instructions should you feel like leaving us a cheeky iTunes review...go on...we know you want to! (http://strangeattractor.random.productions) Image credit: Garðar Ólafsson photography

Are we alone in the universe? "Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying" (Arthur C. Clarke, Wikiquote) (https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alien_life) "Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living things in that enormous immensity" (Wernher von Braun, Wikiquote) (https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alien_life) The Fermi Paradox: Where are all the aliens? (Kurzgesagt, YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc) The Fermi Paradox II: Solutions & ideas - Where are all the aliens? (Kurzgesagt, YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fQkVqno-uI) The Fermi Paradox (Wait But Why) (http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html) The difference between UK & US billions & trillions (Oxford Living Dictionaries) (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/how-many-is-a-billion) What does 'life as we know it' mean? (SETI) (https://www.seti.org/faq#csc24) World's oldest fossils found in Canada, say scientists (The Guardian) (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/mar/01/worlds-oldest-fossils-found-canada-say-scientists-quebec-haematite-377bn-428bn-years) We've been wrong about the origins of life for 90 years (The Conversation) (http://theconversation.com/weve-been-wrong-about-the-origins-of-life-for-90-years-63744) Life's working definition: Does it work? (NASA) (https://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/life%27s_working_definition.html) Life (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life) Extraterrestrial life (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life#Extraterrestrial) NASA finds evidence of a vast ancient ocean on Mars (The Guardian) (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/05/nasa-finds-evidence-of-a-vast-ancient-ocean-on-mars) What did Mars looks like when it had water? (IFL Science) (http://www.iflscience.com/space/what-did-mars-look-when-it-had-water/) The secret of how life on Earth began (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161026-the-secret-of-how-life-on-earth-began) How did life arise on Earth? (LiveScience) (http://www.livescience.com/1804-greatest-mysteries-life-arise-earth.html) Where did life originate? There's new thinking that hydrothermal vents were important (University of California) (http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/origsoflife_03) Has life only started once on Earth? (The Naked Scientists) (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/has-life-only-started-once-earth) "The Moon is thought to have formed about 4.51 billion years ago, not long after Earth" (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon) Where did the moon come from? (NASA) (https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question38.html) Origin of the moon (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_Moon) Religion for the non-religious: An article about consciousness, among other things; kinda related to thinking about aliens operating on a much higher level than us (Wait But Why) (http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/10/religion-for-the-nonreligious.html) Plasma aliens could live inside “Black Clouds”: Extraterrestrial life can be stranger than we even dare to imagine (Message To Eagle) (http://www.messagetoeagle.com/plasma-aliens-could-live-inside-black-clouds-extraterrestrial-life-can-be-stranger-than-we-even-dare-to-imagine/) Your lifetime by the numbers (Big Think) (http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/how-many-days-of-your-life-do-you-have-sex-your-lifetime-by-the-numbers) 100 blocks a day: An article that gets you thinking about how many times you have left to do certain things (Wait But Why) (http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/10/100-blocks-day.html) Q (Star Trek) (http://www.startrek.com/database_article/q) NASA confirms evidence that liquid water flows on today's Mars (NASA) (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-confirms-evidence-that-liquid-water-flows-on-today-s-mars) What kind of life would we find on Titan? (Phys.org) (https://phys.org/news/2015-10-kind-life-titan.html) Stephen Hawking on non-carbon-based alien life (The Daily Galaxy) (http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/05/stephen-hawking-on-non-carbon-based-alien-life.html) Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses how the laws of physics hold across the universe (Neil deGrasse Tyson) (http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/read/2000/11/01/on-earth-as-in-the-heavens) Is Stephen Hawking right about aliens? (The Guardian) (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/apr/30/stephen-hawking-right-aliens) Humanity only has around 1,000 years left on Earth, Stephen Hawking predicts (Science Alert) (http://www.sciencealert.com/humanity-only-has-around-1-000-years-left-on-earth-stephen-hawking-predicts) Prof. Stephen Hawking says alien life is real, warns humans not to make contact (Anonymous) (http://anonhq.com/professor-stephen-hawking-says-alien-life-real-warns-humans-not-make-contact/) Elon Musk announces his plan to colonise Mars & save humanity (Wired) (https://www.wired.com/2016/09/elon-musk-colonize-mars/) The billion-year technology gap: Could one exist? (The Daily Galaxy) (http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/11/the-billionyear-technology-gap-could-one-exist-the-weekend-feature.html) Dark energy, dark matter (NASA) (https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy) Dark matter & dark energy (National Geographic) (http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/dark-matter/) Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI Institute) (http://www.seti.org) SETI@home: The project where SETI uses your computer when you're not (SETI) (https://setiathome.berkeley.edu) Folding@home: The project where the protein folding people use your computer when you're not (Stanford University) (https://folding.stanford.edu) SKA telescope to generate more data than entire internet in 2020 (Computer World) (http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/392735/ska_telescope_generate_more_data_than_entire_internet_2020/) Broadcasting messages into space (SETI) (https://www.seti.org/seti-institute/project/details/broadcasting-message) Why do you think an extraterrestrial civilisation will broadcast in the microwave part of the radio spectrum? (SETI) (https://www.seti.org/faq#obs8) SETI has tried to see if any radio signals are coming from TRAPPIST-1 (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST-1#Radio_signal_search) Where is the search for extraterrestrial life up to? (ABC, Australia) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2016-10-10/extraterrestrial-life-where-is-the-search-up-to/7885364) Advanced alien civilisations rare or absent in the local universe (Phys.org) (https://phys.org/news/2015-09-advanced-alien-civilizations-rare-absent.html) How far has the first radio signal/data transmission to space travelled? (Quora) (https://www.quora.com/How-far-has-the-first-radio-signal-data-transmission-to-space-traveled-to-date) This date in science: First intentional radio message to space (EarthSky) (http://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-first-radio-signal-beamed-to-space) What are gravitational waves? (LIGO) (https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/what-are-gw) What is a Dyson sphere? (EarthSky) (http://earthsky.org/space/what-is-a-dyson-sphere) 7 types of advanced cosmic civilisations (Big Think) (http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/this-mind-bending-scale-predicts-the-power-of-advanced-civilizations) Arrival: The Movie (IMDb) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/) If we ever came across aliens, would we be able to understand them? (Phys.org) (https://phys.org/news/2016-07-aliens.html) If aliens contact us, we won't understand (Astronomy) (http://www.astronomy.com/bonus/alien-contact) V: The TV show (IMDb) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086822/) Philosophical concepts in Star Trek: Using Star Trek as a curriculum guide introducing fans to the subject of philosophy (James Gunn's Ad Astra) (http://www.adastrasf.com/philosophical-concepts-in-star-trek/) The economic lessons of Star Trek's money-free society (Wired) (https://www.wired.com/2016/05/geeks-guide-star-trek-economics/) The 'no dickheads' policy (Golden Plains) (http://aunty.goldenplains.com.au/what-goes-on/dickhead-policy/) Where are Voyagers 1 & 2 right now? (NASA, JPL) (http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/where/) Enceladus, moon of Saturn (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus) Tidal friction: How the moon stretches Earth & causes tides (HyperPhysics) (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Astro/tidfrict.html) Where are you from? Send us a postcard! Strange Attractor, c/ PO Box 9, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia Corrections We were kind of vague about how cells might have evolved...here's a little more detail (University of California) (http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/_0/endosymbiosis_03) How life made the leap from single cells to multicellular animals (Wired) (https://www.wired.com/2014/08/where-animals-come-from/) Endosymbiotic theory of evolution of eukaryotic cells (University of Sydney) (http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/learning/resources/CAL/Microconcepts/Evolution/theory.html) Check out our new Fireside home Find aaaaall the great episodes & show notes & handy instructions should you feel like leaving us a cheeky iTunes review...go on...we know you want to! (http://strangeattractor.random.productions) Image credit: NASA

What is relativity? Einstein's theory of special relativity came first, in 1905 (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity) How special relativity works (How Stuff Works, Science) (http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/relativity.htm) Einstein's theory of general relativity came second, in 1915 (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_relativity) Einstein's theory of general relativity (Space.com) (http://www.space.com/17661-theory-general-relativity.html) Einstein's theory of general relativity (TedEd) (http://ed.ted.com/featured/nQSf1gdH) 8 ways you can see Einstein's theory of relativity in real life (LiveScience) (http://www.livescience.com/48922-theory-of-relativity-in-real-life.html) "Do yourself a favour & read Einstein's paper on special relativity" (io9) (http://io9.gizmodo.com/do-yourself-a-favor-and-read-einsteins-paper-on-special-1545377104) Einstein's theory of relativity made easy (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30KfPtHec4s) Theory of relativity explained in 7 minutes (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttZCKAMpcAo) Albert Einstein's theory of relativity (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev9zrt__lec) The 'Annus Mirabilis' or 'Extraordinary Year' papers: Einstein's first 4 papers published in the Annalen der Physik (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annus_Mirabilis_papers) Einstein's original special relativity paper as it was published (Universität Wien) (http://www.zbp.univie.ac.at/dokumente/einstein3.pdf) English translation of Einstein's original special relativity paper (Fourmilab) (http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/www/) Albert Einstein (Time) (http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,993017-1,00.html) Speed of light & the principle of relativity (The Physics of the Universe) (http://www.physicsoftheuniverse.com/topics_relativity_light.html) The real meaning of E=mc^2 (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo232kyTsO0) The luminiferous aether: What they thought light travelled on before relativity (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminiferous_aether) The Michelson-Morely experiment (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson–Morley_experiment) Time dilation (How Stuff Works, Science) (http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/relativity10.htm) Length contraction (How Stuff Works, Science) (http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/relativity9.htm) Time dilation & length contraction (Hyperphysics) (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Relativ/tdil.html) Discover the Ladder Paradox, relativity's greatest thought experiment (io9) (http://io9.gizmodo.com/discover-the-ladder-paradox-relativitys-greatest-thou-1219502372) Here's why astronauts age slower than the rest of us here on Earth (Business Insider) (http://www.businessinsider.com.au/do-astronauts-age-slower-than-people-on-earth-2015-8?r=US&IR=T) Relativity of simultaneity: Mentions the thought experiment where you can't say for sure that a crash in London & New York happens at the same time (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_of_simultaneity#Explanation) The 'light cone' diagram (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_cone) GPS & relativity (Ohio State University, Prof. Richard Pogge) (http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast162/Unit5/gps.html) GPS was launched by the US Government in 1973 & they still own it! (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System) The official US GPS website (gps.gov) (http://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/) Why do objects increase in mass as they get faster? (Futurism) (https://futurism.com/why-do-objects-increase-in-mass-as-they-get-faster-2/) Photons are massless & must move at the speed of light according to relativity (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massless_particle) What if you travelled faster than the speed of light? (How Stuff Works, Science) (http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-faster-than-speed-of-light.htm) Neutrino 'faster than light' scientist resigns (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-17560379) What is gravity? (Qualitative Reasoning Group) (http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/1-what-is-gravity.html) What is gravity really? (NASA) (https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/what-is-gravity/en/) Brian Cox visits the world's biggest vaccuum chamber to drop a bowling ball & a feather in anti-gravity conditions (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E43-CfukEgs) Gravitational time dilation (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_time_dilation) David 'Avocado' Wolfe: The guy who thinks gravity is a toxin (Rational Wiki) (http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/David_Wolfe) The 200-year-old mystery of Mercury's orbit — solved! (io9) (http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-200-year-old-mystery-of-mercurys-orbit-solved-1458642219) Vulcan, the hypothetical planet (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_(hypothetical_planet)) If you feel like a belly laugh, check out this discussion about why Vulcan exists, some people even claim to have seen it! (The Flat Earth Society) (https://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=60949.0) Planet 9 (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Nine) Help astronomers look for planet 9 (EarthSky) (http://earthsky.org/space/help-astronomers-look-for-planet-9) What is gravitational lensing? (Phys.org) (https://phys.org/news/2015-02-gravitational-lensing-video.html) Unification of gravity (Hyperphysics) (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Forces/unigrav.html) Einstein's folly: How the search for a unified theory stumped him to his dying day (The Conversation) (http://theconversation.com/einsteins-folly-how-the-search-for-a-unified-theory-stumped-him-to-his-dying-day-49646) Here's what would happen if the sun disappeared right now (Business Insider) (http://www.businessinsider.com.au/what-would-happen-if-the-sun-disappeared-2015-8) "Men of science more or less agog at results of eclipse observations": How the solar eclipse of 1919 changed our understanding of the universe forever (Starts With a Bang) (https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/throwback-thursday-the-95th-anniversary-of-relativitys-confirmation-f88f731482d3#.e6laazvu0) Astronomers watch a supernova & see re-runs (The New York Times) (https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/science/astronomers-observe-supernova-and-find-theyre-watching-reruns.html) Gravitational lensing, including some cool pics (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lens) Dark energy, dark matter (NASA) (https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy) Cosmological redshift (Cosmos) (http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/C/cosmological+redshift) Gravitational redshift (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_redshift) What are gravitational waves? (LIGO) (https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/what-are-gw) Gravity Probe B (NASA) (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/gpb/) What does mercury being liquid at room temperature have to do with Einstein's theory of relativity? (Scientific American) (https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/what-does-mercury-being-liquid-at-room-temperature-have-to-do-with-einsteins-theory-of-relativity/) Relativity & why gold is golden (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic_quantum_chemistry#Color_of_gold_and_caesium) What gives gold that mellow golden glow? (Fourmilab) (https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/golden_glow/) Where are you from? Send us a postcard! Strange Attractor, c/ PO Box 9, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia Check out our new Fireside home Find aaaaall the great episodes & show notes & handy instructions should you feel like leaving us a cheeky iTunes review...go on...we know you want to! (http://strangeattractor.random.productions)

What is time & why does it move forward? (The Conversation) (http://theconversation.com/what-is-time-and-why-does-it-move-forward-55065) What is time? (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time) A debate over the physics of time (Quanta Magazine) (https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160719-time-and-cosmology/) Check if the time on your devices matches 'atomic time' anywhere on Earth (Time.is) (https://time.is) Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day? (Scientific American) (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-time-division-days-hours-minutes/) A year is the orbital period of the Earth moving in its orbit around the Sun (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year) The period of time during which the Earth completes one rotation with respect to the Sun is called a solar day (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day) Length of a day & a year on Mars (NASA) (http://mars.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/facts/#?c=inspace&s=distance) Timekeeping on Mars (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timekeeping_on_Mars) The 'stardate' system: How they track time on Star Trek (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardate) How do Star Trek stardates work? (Mental Floss) (http://mentalfloss.com/article/68741/how-do-star-trek-stardates-work) A discussion on how the Federation sets its clocks on Star Trek (StackExchange, SciFi) (http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/17575/how-does-the-federation-determine-how-to-set-their-clocks) What is the arrow of time? (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_of_time) Where does our arrow of time come from? (Forbes) (http://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/10/12/where-does-our-arrow-of-time-come-from/#5d5c0c255251) Travelling forwards through time is possible, Einstein said so (Physics.org) (http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=131) The 'twin paradox' involves identical twins - one travels into space in a high-speed rocket (Sven) & returns home to find that the twin who stayed on Earth has aged more (Geoffrey) (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox) Does light experience time? (Phys.org) (http://phys.org/news/2014-05-does-light-experience-time.html) Interstellar (IMDb) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/) Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how gravity affects time (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRw6ox3dGcA) Theory claims that time is not the 4th dimension (The Daily Galaxy) (http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/04/weekend-feature-space-is-4d-theory-claims-that-time-is-not-the-4th-dimension.html) The 'jiffy': The duration light takes to travel one fermi (10^−15 m, about the size of a nucleon) in a vacuum (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time#List_of_units) The origins of calendars (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar) The Gregorian calendar is the international standard, but there are many national calendars in use (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar#Calendars_in_use) Is it time to overhaul the calendar? (Scientific American) (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-it-time-to-overhaul/) Proposals for replacement calendars (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_reform#Proposals) Cool animation - 'A new history for humanity': Proposes adding 10,000 years to the date so it's the year 12,017 (Kurzgesagt, YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgOWmtGVGs) How do we know what year it is? (Redditt) (https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/2qyywj/how_do_we_know_what_year_it_is_when_did_people/) Year zero (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_(year)) 'Precision time protocol' is used to synchronise clocks throughout a computer network (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Time_Protocol) 1 January, 1970: When Unix time/Epoch time began for computers (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) Convert regular time to Epoch time (Epoch Converter) (http://www.epochconverter.com) Set your iPhone's date to January 1, 1970 & you'll kill it (Sydney Morning Herald) (http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/iphone-date-bug-dont-set-your-iphones-date-to-january-1-1970-20160214-gmtzem.html) Remember Y2K? (Time) (http://time.com/3645828/y2k-look-back/) What are the main problems with the Y2K computer crisis & how are people trying to solve them? (Scientific American) (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-the-main-problem/) How quartz clocks & watches work (Explain That Stuff!) (http://www.explainthatstuff.com/quartzclockwatch.html) What is quartz? (Geology.com) (http://geology.com/minerals/quartz.shtml) Caesium atomic clocks & the definition of a second (HyperPhysics) (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/acloc.html) How does one arrive at the exact number of cycles of radiation a caesium-133 atom makes in order to define one second? (Scientific American) (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-does-one-arrive-at-th/) Every now and then we have to insert a leap second because the Earth's rotation is slowing down. Could we speed up Earth's rotation, so that we do not need leap seconds? (xkcd) (https://what-if.xkcd.com/26/) What is a leap second? (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second) What is a leap year? (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year) Neil deGrasse Tyson explains leap years (YouTube) (https://youtu.be/yd1i3vkkh-0) Measure the tilt of the Earth on the solstice with a stick (Starts With a Bang!) (http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2012/06/19/measure-the-tilt-of-the-earth-on-the-solstice-this-wednesday/) All about the solstice-s (EarthSky) (http://earthsky.org/earth/everything-you-need-to-know-december-solstice) Clock drift: When a clock gradually desynchronises from another clock (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_drift) Why do we have different time zones? (Wonderopolis) (http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/why-do-we-have-different-time-zones) Why do we have time zones? (timeanddate.com) (https://www.timeanddate.com/time/time-zones-history.html) China has only one time zone & that's a problem (The Atlantic) (http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/11/china-only-has-one-time-zone-and-thats-a-problem/281136/) Convert your time to Beijing time (worldtimebuddy) (http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/china-beijing-to-gmt) Australian times zones - Eucla in WA has its own! (timeanddate.com) (https://www.timeanddate.com/time/australia/time-zones-background.html) Integer overflow: When a number is too large for available storage (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_overflow) FAA warning all airlines to reboot Dreamliners regularly (International Business Times) (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/faa-warning-all-airlines-reboot-dreamliners-regularly-risk-pilots-losing-control-mid-flight-1596060) How to convert between date & Unix/Epoch time in Excel (Extend Office) (https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/2473-excel-timestamp-to-date.html) Gene name errors can be introduced inadvertently when using Excel in bioinformatics (BMC Bioinformatics) (http://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2105-5-80) The hidden 'Easter egg' flight simulator in Excel 97 (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gYb5GUs0dM) List of hidden 'Easter eggs' in Microsoft products (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Easter_eggs_in_Microsoft_products) Differences between the 1900 & the 1904 date system in Excel (Microsoft) (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/214330) Where are you from? 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What's outside our solar system? Where does the solar system end? (ABC, Australia) Where in the universe is Voyager? The surprising showdown over where our solar system ends (TIME) What defines the boundary of the solar system? (NASA) Live tracking: Where are the Voyager probes now? (NASA) Voyager 1 is travelling at ~17 km/second (Wikipedia) It's believed that Voyager 1 is either in interstellar space or pretty close to it (the heliopause) - that's the furthest we've sent anything (Wikipedia) In about 30,000 years, Voyager 1 will have passed through the Oort Cloud & in 40,000 years it will pass within 1.6 light-years of the star Gliese 445 (Wikipedia) The infamous 'pale blue dot': Earth as seen by Voyager 1 from 6 billion km (Wikipedia) What is the heliopause? (Encyclopaedia Britannica) What is the heliopause? (Southwest Research Institute) The heliosphere: A proper sciencey paper (Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie) What is the Kuiper Belt? A belt of icy bodies beyond Neptune (Cosmos, Swinburne University) What is the Oort Cloud? A hypothesised belt of icy bodies in the far reaches of the solar system (Cosmos, Swinburne University) Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft flight paths (The Planets Today, Vimeo) Could the Voyager, Pioneer & New Horizons probes eventually be caught by the gravity of another star & start orbiting that star? (Quora) What is a galaxy? (NASA) Galaxies & how they're formed (NASA) The Milky Way galaxy (NASA) Hubble's high-definition panoramic view of the Andromeda galaxy (NASA) All about the Andromeda galaxy (EarthSky) Elliptical galaxy facts & definition (Space.com) Spiral galaxy facts & definition (Space.com) Estimates on how many solar systems & galaxies there might be in the universe (University of Cambridge) How many solar systems are in our galaxy? (NASA) Do all stars have solar systems? (Dept. of Physics, University of Illinois) How did our solar system form? (HubbleSite) Are we really all made of stardust? Yep (Phys.org) How are stars formed? (Science, How Stuff Works) Population I stars (younger) tend to be in the discs of spiral galaxies & made of heavier elements (Hyperphysics, Georgia State University) Population II stars (older) tend to be in globular clusters & the nucleus of galaxies & made of lighter elements (Hyperphysics, Georgia State University) Main sequence stars on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (Hyperphysics, Georgia State University) Interactive Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (Las Cumbres Observatory) Black holes come in 3 varieties: Stellar, supermassive & intermediate (Space.com) Into a black hole: A lecture transcript from Prof. Hawking (Stephen Hawking) Journey into a black hole (HubbleSite) The escape velocity for Earth is ~25,000 miles/hour or 40,000 km/hour (Wolfram Alpha) A list of escape velocities for the planets, moons, sun & solar system (Wikipedia) A list of the gravity values for all the planets compared with Earth (NASA) Definition of massive: "Having relatively high mass" (The Free Dictionary) How do black holes work? (Science, How Stuff Works) Black hole jets can influence star formation in galaxies by dispersing & heating interstellar gas (Phys.org) What happens when 2 black holes collide? You get gravitational waves like the one LIGO detected in 2015 (LIGO) Exoplanets are planets outside our solar system (Space.com) How long does it take for a star to ignite at birth? Not long, but the first photons of light may not escape for thousands of years (Reddit) First sun, then planets: The formation & evolution of the solar system (Wikipedia) Solar system formation (Windows 2 the Universe) What's the difference between comets & asteroids? (EarthSky) What is an orbit? (NASA) A list of solar system objects by orbit (Wikipedia) There are >8,000 artifical objects orbiting Earth (National Geographic) How can one say that gravity is a very weak force, when all the planets & stars are rotating around due to gravity only? (Quora) How can galaxies collide if the universe is expanding? (ABC, Australia) What is a galaxy cluster? A group of hundreds to thousands of galaxies, believed to be the largest gravitationally-bound structures in the universe (Wikipedia) What fuel does Voyager 1 use? (Slate) Live tracking: Where is Halley's comet now? (The Sky Live) What is Halley's comet (& its tail) made of? (Wikipedia) Halley's comet completes an elliptical orbit around the sun every ~76 years (Wikipedia) The difference between meteoroids, meteors & meteorites (Meteorites Australia) What causes a shooting star? (Wonderopolis) How do you shield astronauts & satellites from deadly micrometeorites? (Smithsonian) How does the space station avoid meteors? (Reddit) Where are you from? Send us a postcard! Strange Attractor, c/ PO Box 9, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia Corrections Johnny meant 'elliptical' galaxies, not globular (Cosmos, Swinburne University) A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite (Wikipedia) To go into orbit, a body must still reach escape velocity, but it must be directed away from a planet & then it follows a curved path (Wikipedia) Cheeky review? (If we may be so bold) It'd be amazing if you gave us a short review...it'll make us easier to find in iTunes: Click here for instructions. You're the best! We owe you a free hug and/or a glass of wine from our cellar Click to subscribe in iTunes

How was the universe made? Briefly. “Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust”, Prof. Laurence Krauss (The School of Life, Vimeo) Pic: BANG! Protons formed after the first millionth of a second; fusion ended after 3 minutes (Wikipedia) Chronology of the universe (Wikipedia) The Big Bang theory (ESA Kids) The Big Bang theory (GCSE, BBC) Everything in the universe came out of the Big Bang (Why-Sci) The initial singularity is proposed to have contained all the mass & spacetime of the universe...then bang! (Wikipedia) So what was there before the Big Bang?...There's no such thing as nothing (Jon Kaufman) What is nothing? Physics debate (livescience) Why is there something rather than nothing? (BBC) The beginning of time (Prof. Stephen Hawking) A mathematical proof that the universe could have formed spontaneously from nothing (The Physics arXiv Blog) Infographic: What is the cosmic microwave background? (Space.com) Protons are made of quarks (Wikipedia) Quark soup: Heavy ions & quark-gluon plasma (CERN) Matter/antimatter asymmetry: The dregs of the universe from whence we came (CERN) Antiprotons & protons (Encyclopaedia Britannica) After ~380,000 years, the universe starts to cool after expanding & also becomes transparent as photons of light can now travel around (Wikipedia) Lego (Lego Australia) Nothing much happened for a while, then stars & quasars started to form about ~150 million to 1 billion years after the Big Bang (Wikipedia) Star formation (University of Oregon) What are stars made of? (Qualitative Reasoning Group, Northwestern University) How are planets formed? (Phys.org) What makes a planet? (Jean-Luc Margot, UCLA) The James Webb space telescope will help us understand the birth of stars & protoplanetary systems (JWST, NASA) How do scientists measure the temperature of the universe? (Science Alert) Astronomers measure the temperature of the universe 7.2 billion years ago (Sci Tech Daily) "The CMB (cosmic microwave background) is a snapshot of the oldest light in our universe, imprinted on the sky when the universe was just 380,000 years old. It shows tiny temperature fluctuations that correspond to regions of slightly different densities, representing the seeds of all future structure: the stars & galaxies of today" (Wikipedia) Big Bang nucleosynthesis: Cooking up the first light elements (Einstein Online) Why did the universe start off with hydrogen, helium & not much else? (Starts with a bang!) The first stars in the universe: A comprehensive article by two guys who actually figured this stuff out (Scientific American) Hydrogen becomes a solid below 14.01 Kelvin (Wikipedia) "The first generation of stars lit up 560 million years after the Big Bang" (Wikipedia) What is E = mc^2 in simple terms (American Museum of Natural History) When was dust invented? 12.5 billion years ago! Along with gas, it helped form the early galaxies (ABC Australia) Stars are element-making factories that use a process called 'stellar nucleosynthesis' (Wikipedia) "We are all star dust": When a star dies all the stuff in it drifts across the universe & kicks things off elsewhere (About, Education) When did the first stars form? (Starchild, NASA) The horse head nebula: One of the beautiful dust clouds that are stellar nurseries (NASA) Once you've got the right ingredients, star formation can be triggered in various ways (Wikipedia) Types of stars (Enchanted Learning) Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams show certain properties of stars (Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO) Interactive Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (Las Cumbres Observatory) What are 'main sequence' stars? Most stars in our galaxy are like this, including the Sun (Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO) What is a red giant? Our Sun will become one eventually (Space.com) What is a brown dwarf? Hint: It's not Thorin Oakenshield at the beach, it's a transition between a star & a giant gas planet (Space.com) Accretion: The gas & dust left over from the Sun's formation clumped together over millions of years to form planets (Wikipedia) Our Sun's lifecycle began ~4.5 billion years ago & has ~4.5 to 5.5 billion to go (Universe Today) What makes a planet different from a star? (UCSB ScienceLine) Nuclear fission confirmed as source of more than half of Earth's heat (Scientific American) Ancient cosmic smack-up may have made Earth's molten core (National Geographic) Gravitational tides: Planets stretch & squash moons & vice versa (Department of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University) Tidal friction: The moon pushes & pulls Earth in different directions, deforming & warming the planet (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University) Formation & evolution of the solar system (Wikpedia) The Oort cloud: A theoretical shell of icy objects in the outermost reaches of the solar system (Space Facts) The Kuiper belt: Contains remnants of the solar system's formation (Space Facts) There used to be many 'planetary embryos', which then gravitationally interacted & collided to form the four terrestrial planets we know today (Wikipedia) Osmos: "Enter the Darwinian world of a galactic mote", Apple design award & iPad game of the year (iTunes) What is the solar system? Including a description of the differences between rocky & gassy planets (HubbleSite) Facts about our solar system's planets, in order (Space.com) Why are planets closer to the Sun more dense? (Space Answers) Pic: The planets in order, Mars is the last rocky planet (Pics About Space) Here's what the Sun looks like from every planet in our solar system (IFL Science) Debating the name of our solar system (Quora) NASA scientist, Jen Heldmann, describes how Earth's moon was formed (SERVI, NASA) How the moon formed: Violent cosmic crash theory gets double boost (Space.com) Bogotá is 2,640 metres above sea level (Wikipedia) Venus has a runaway greenhouse effect (Wikipedia) Mercury is hot & hard (Space.com) New evidence suggests Mars had tectonic activity long ago (IFL Science) Mars has water ice at its poles, the highest mountain in the solar system & two tiny moons, Phobos & Deimos (Space.com) As our Sun dies, what will happen to the planets, especially our own? (The New York Times) What will happen to our solar system after the Sun dies? (Quora) Will the Sun have enough gravity to keep the planets in orbit after it becomes a white dwarf? (Quora) Book: Diaspora by Greg Egan (Wikipedia) Our Sun will eventually become a white dwarf, not a black hole (Black Hole Encyclopaedia) What is a galaxy? (Space Place, NASA) What is a galaxy? (HubbleSite) How is a galaxy formed? (Wikipedia) What are fractals? (Fractal Foundation) A supercluster is a group of galaxies (Wikipedia) The nearest superclusters (NASA) Our galaxy, the Milky Way, will probably collide & merge with Andromeda, forming 'Milkdromeda' (Futurism) Why are bubbles round? (UCSB ScienceLine) Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why galaxies & solar systems form disks - apparently our galaxy is as flat as a crepe! (Star Talk Radio, YouTube) Spiral galaxy formation (Cosmos, Swinburne University) What is a supermassive black hole? (Wikipedia) Talking mattresses in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker Wikia) Our night sky as the Milky Way & Andromeda galaxies merge (EarthSky) The 'heat death' of the universe (Wikipedia) Deliveroo Want more? The Infinite Monkey Cage podcast: The recipe to build a universe (Overcast) Super cool animation to finish: Warning, this will make you feel VERY SMALL (Kurzgesagt, Devour) Corrections Timeline of the Big Bang: Good summary if you want to know the specifics of what happened when, vs Johnny's rather loose estimates (The Physics of the Universe) Clarifying the definition of plasma: "A plasma can be created by heating a gas or subjecting it to a strong electromagnetic field, this decreases or increases the number of electrons, creating positive or negative ions, & is accompanied by the dissociation of molecular bonds, if present" (Wikipedia) When matter meets antimatter pure energy is released (CERN) It took ~380,000 years for electrons to be trapped in orbits around nuclei, forming the first atoms, not 1 million years (CERN) The core of a star like our Sun consists of gas in the 'plasmic state', no solid hydrogen (Wikipedia) The Sun is 865,000 miles across, not 5,000 miles (Space.com) New evidence may suggest Mars had tectonic activity (IFL Science) There appears to be conjecture about whether superclusters are bound by gravity (Wikipedia) Cheeky review? 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