Podcasts about mollusks

Why does a six-story elephant loom over the Jersey Shore like a Victorian kaiju? And what kind of dystopian mollusk surveillance program is Poland running these days? In this episode of The Box of Oddities, Kat and Jethro investigate the bizarre legacy of Lucy the Elephant. This 138-year-old wooden behemoth once moonlighted as a real estate lure, a tavern, and possibly the most haunted elephant architecture in history. Then it's off to Warsaw, where the city's water purity is guarded not by scientists but by clams—actual clams—with jobs. Learn how these shelled sentinels are hooked up to biometric sensors and become the unsung bivalve heroes of municipal hygiene. A pachyderm with a history. Mollusks with a mission. Just another day in the oddiverse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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THANK YOU to all our loyal listeners that completed our annual podcast survey! If you missed out, no worries, you can give us feedback anytime on our website or try again next year starting in the Fall when we launch our survey again.   In this episode, we explore the world of oysters. What are they? What do they do? What happens when they die? Eastern oysters play a critical role in Florida's estuarine habitats, supporting hundreds of species big and small. Learn all about oysters and how you can support them in this episode. Learn More: • Eastern Oyster - https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/eastern-oyster • Eastern Oyster Biology - ⁠ https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/mollusc/eastern-oysters/biology/ • Oyster Reef Habitat - https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/habitat-conservation/oyster-reef-habitat How You Can Help: • Consider installing a vertical oyster garden off your dock, or paint one to hang as décor in your home as a talking point for family and friends. Reach out to your local Florida Sea Grant Agent to find out if you have VOG efforts in your county.   • Keep eating oysters! By consuming oysters, you are supporting the oyster industry and the restoration efforts throughout Florida utilizing recycling oyster shell for living shoreline projects and more! Sources for this Episode: • TBEP Oyster Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) - https://tampabay.wateratlas.usf.edu/oyster-habitat-suitability/ • Historical ecology with real numbers: past and present extent and biomass of an imperiled estuarine habitat - http://www.oyster-restoration.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/zuErmgassen_etal_historical_ecology_2012.pdf •What is a bivalve mollusk? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bivalve.html • Oyster Shell Recycling Pilot Program - ⁠⁠ https://pinellas.gov/programs/oyster-shell-recycling-pilot-program/ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing it with a friend who might enjoy learning about Florida's natural areas and the wild things that live here! If you're active on iNaturalist, consider joining our iNaturalist project, Naturally Florida's Listener Observations, here: ⁠⁠https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/naturally-florida-s-listener-observations⁠

What do a tiny garden slug and a 50-foot giant squid have in common? They are both mollusks! Discover a fascinating group of creatures and their unique problem-solving strategies.Here's our trail map:What Is A Mollusk?How Are Seashells Made?What Is A Bivalve?How Is A Pearl Made?Why Are Pearls Valuable?How Can God Turn Our Problems Into Something Valuable?Episode Links:Ocean Series Printables: https://erynlynum.com/oceanGet full lesson guides in the Nat Theo Club: https://erynlynum.com/clubExplore Apologia's curriculum and classes: https://www.apologia.com/Apologia's Swimming Creatures Zoology Curriculum: https://www.apologia.com/shop/zoology-2-advantage-set/Find great Christian books and resources at Christianbook.com: https://www.christianbook.com/Order Eryn's book, Rooted in Wonder: Nurturing Your Family's Faith Through God's Creation: https://www.amazon.com/Rooted-Wonder-Nurturing-Familys-Creation/dp/0825447615Scriptures Referenced in This Episode:“I begged the Lord three times to take this problem away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you. When you are weak, my power is made perfect in you.” So I am very happy to brag about my weaknesses. Then Christ's power can live in me. For this reason I am happy when I have weaknesses, insults, hard times, sufferings, and all kinds of troubles for Christ. Because when I am weak, then I am truly strong. 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 (NCV)“Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.” James 1:2-4 (NLT)Terms Learned in This Episode:Organ: An important part inside the body that has a special job to do.Mollusks: Soft-bodied animals that have an important organ called a mantle and a special foot used to get around, grasp things, or dig. Most but not all mollusks have shells.Mantle: A special organ in a mollusk that creates a shell.Bivalve: A type of mollusk creature with two shells held together by a hinge that can open and close.Incurrent Siphon: A part of the mollusk's body, like a hose, used to bring in water and bits of food.Excurrent Siphon: A part of the mollusk's body, like a hose, used to get rid of waste.Irritant: Something that causes discomfort or pain and is difficult to get rid of.Nacre: The material an oyster covers an irritant with. Sometimes it is called Mother-of-pearl.

Can you use sentinel oysters and other mollusks to track water quality near your cities, beaches, or the Great Barrier Reef? Actually ... yes. In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier chats with the CEO of Moloscan, a company focused on bio-monitoring and protection of marine environments using live shellfish. The company uses aquatic bivalves, such as oysters, mussels, or clams to monitor the environment. These mollusks, which are filter feeders, react to changes in water conditions, helping to detect pollution and other disruptions in water quality. The discussion covers the technological developments and rigorous research necessary to map out the normal behaviour of these animals and provide accurate water quality ratings. They also discuss how this method is more efficient and environmentally friendly compared to traditional mechanical probes and lab tests. The CEO shares examples of installations in varied environments, ranging from oil and gas platforms to diverse geographical locations from Quebec to Qatar. 00:00 Introduction to Sentinel Oysters and Water Quality Monitoring 00:55 Understanding the Concept of Biomonitoring 01:48 The Science Behind Mollusk Behavior and Detection 02:43 The Journey of Developing the Monitoring Device 04:24 Understanding the Sensitivity and Precision of Mollusks 05:12 The Role of Mollusks in Detecting Water Pollution 08:06 The Technical Aspects of Monitoring Mollusk Behavior 10:43 The Real-world Application of Mollusk Monitoring 15:34 The Challenges and Benefits of Using Mollusks as Sensors 22:51 The Potential for Expanding the Technique to Other Biomes 06:24 Conclusion: The Future of Biomonitoring

Episode: 1105 Mary Roberts: The frustration of a 19th century woman scientist.  Today, we face the anger of a woman who's been erased.

The Metal Maniacs Podcast: Unveiling West Michigan's Metal Matriarch - A Conversation with Chantal Roeske Shattering Glass Ceilings - Celebrating Chantal Roeske and the Heart on Your Sleeve Fest Greetings, metal comrades, and welcome back to The Metal Maniacs Podcast, where the spirit of metal knows no boundaries! I'm Jay Ingersoll, joined by the guardian of metal wisdom, Nick Modd, and today marks a historic episode as we welcome our first female guest to the show - the indomitable Chantal Roeske. In this monumental conversation, we explore the significance and rich history of West Michigan's metal scene, sharing anecdotes from our collective journey, including playing in separate bands and joining forces in the mighty Indrid. While we touch on her latest musical venture, Tongue Cutter, our primary focus is on the upcoming "Heart on Your Sleeve Fest," an event she is spearheading to honor the return of the hall shows mentality in true DIY style. Join us as we delve into the depths of West Michigan's metal legacy, celebrating Chantal's contributions and previewing the stellar lineup of bands set to ignite the Heart on Your Sleeve Fest. *Chantal Roeske: Shaping West Michigan's Metal Landscape* Our episode kicks off with an exploration of Chantal's pivotal role in West Michigan's metal scene. We discuss her journey, the challenges she's faced, and the undeniable impact she's had on the local community. As the first female guest on The Metal Maniacs Podcast, Chantal's presence represents a groundbreaking moment for us. We unravel the threads that bind our guests and hosts in a tapestry of West Michigan metal history. *Tongue Cutter: The Newest Musical Endeavor* While our primary focus is on Chantal's broader contributions, we also touch on her latest musical project, Tongue Cutter. We explore the band's sound, influences, and the creative process behind their music, offering listeners a glimpse into the sonic world of Tongue Cutter. *Heart on Your Sleeve Fest: Honoring DIY Mentality* The heartbeat of our conversation is the upcoming "Heart on Your Sleeve Fest," an event curated by Chantal to celebrate the return of the hall shows mentality. We delve into the inspiration behind the festival, its significance in the context of the DIY ethos, and the diverse lineup of bands that will grace the stage. *The Stellar Lineup: A Sneak Peek into Metal Excellence* Prepare to be enthralled as we unveil the impressive roster of bands set to ignite the Heart on Your Sleeve Fest. From the brutal sounds of Them Teeth to the sonic landscapes of Tiny Tree, the festival promises a diverse array of metal, including THV, If He Dies He Dies, Attrition Cult, Snakeout, Phantom, Source of Light and Power, and The Mollusks. We provide a sneak peek into the sonic excellence that awaits attendees. Our conversation concludes with reflections on the importance of events like the Heart on Your Sleeve Fest in fostering a sense of unity within the metal community. We discuss the future of West Michigan's metal scene, the potential for growth, and the lasting impact of DIY initiatives in shaping the landscape. Join Jay Ingersoll, Nick Modd, and the trailblazing Chantal Roeske on this historic episode of The Metal Maniacs Podcast. Whether you're a West Michigan metalhead, a fan of DIY culture, or simply intrigued by the journey of a metal matriarch, this episode promises to be a celebration of unity, diversity, and the enduring spirit of metal. So, tune in, raise your horns in salute to Chantal, and mark your calendars for the Heart on Your Sleeve Fest. The Metal Maniacs Podcast continues to be your portal to the essence of metal, where legends are celebrated, and new horizons are explored. Follow us-https://linktr.ee/metalmaniacsmi Follow heart on your sleeve fest-https://www.facebook.com/HeartOnYourSleeveFest follow tongue cutter- https://tonguecutter.com/

Confidence Hack #15: the confidence gained through seeing the color purple and why Alexander the Great needed A TON of mollusks... According to color psychology, the color purple represents power and CONFIDENCE. But why? Because it took sooo much to extract it! As many as 250,000 mollusks were needed to produce just one useable ounce of dye. So, it was worn by kings and queens because of its incredible rarity, which meant that it was fit only for royalty. Today, throw on that purple shirt and gain confidence, knowing YOU are the king or queen of your destiny. Hey! If you love this show, share it with family and friends! It's the best way to help get this info into the hands of people who want to grow and become the most CONFIDENT LEADERS they can be! And please throw us a 5-star review! To get these hacks and other AMAZING information straight to your inbox, go to davidnurse.com and sign up for the FREE newsletter!

Episode: 1090 In which Edgar Allen Poe writes about conchology.  Today, an act of plagiarism is not quite what it seems to be.

Come on a journey from central America to France, to follow the story of the quirky, feathery-gilled Mexican axolotl with a key role in regulating Mexico City's temperature, to meet climate-conscious clam and oyster fishers in Italy, and to visit the backyards, vineyards and fun parks in France replacing their lawn mowers with sheep. Originally broadcast July 2023.

Lawmakers react to a report critical of the legislative process, another longtime lawmaker is leaving Frankfort, an Ibogaine skeptic talks about his cause for concern, and how a Kentucky group is working to save certain mollusks from extinction.

Cone snails move slow, but catch prey fast with harpoons or clouds of paralyzing toxins. Learn more in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/cone-snail.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why the survival of the Mexican axolotl matters for keeping Mexico City's temperature down. The special carbon-capturing capacities of clams. And a new, all-natural woolly lawnmower taking off in France.

Oysters (and a few other shellfish) create beautiful pearls as a sort of bodily defense mechanism. Learn how it works in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/question630.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A genus of flatworms called banded broodsacs have a lifecycle that seems to involve purposefully getting eaten first by snails and then by birds, using a combination of biomimicry and biohacking. Learn about Leucochloridium worms in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/parasitic-worms-snails.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will Falk's death come at the hands of the villain known as The Cuttlefish? Do you like cliffhanger serials? Will there be actual tentacles in this episode? Listen to find out!In the Clutches of The Cuttlefish, episode 77 of This Gun in My Hand, was massaged by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What will you feel if you plunge your arm into my aquarium? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Trail of the Octopus (1919) and The Spider's Web (1938) are actual movie serials.2. It's true that the publishers of The Spider magazine briefly issued a magazine named after his nemesis, The Octopus. In this episode, The Cuttlefish assumes that the magazine went on hiatus, taking a long time to publish its second issue, but a second issue never came. Only one issue was published in 1939 before changing its name to The Scorpion. 3. “The Sinister Ray,” Chapter Five of Shadow of Chinatown (1936) is available on Youtube, along with the rest of the series. 4. In which episodes did you hear about those animal and insect classifications? Mollusks in episode 76; cephalopods in episode 77; arthropods in episode 74; kinkajous in episode 75; hemiptera and hymenoptera in episode 74.5. It's possible that an ad for the real Johnson Smith Company's mail order catalog appeared in The Octopus magazine. It was really located at 6615 East Jefferson Ave, Detroit 7 Michigan in the 1930s. The idea that they offered a mail order training course on biological taxonomy is fictional. 6. That dissertation and its author are legit, and might have been published on microfilm in 1939. You think I'm playing with you? Not when it comes to microfilm.Credits:The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. The fake commercial music was from the public domain film The Scar (aka Hollow Triumph, 1948). All music used in the episode is modified from the original versions.The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a public domain illustration by Alphonse de Neuville featured in 20000 Lieues Sous les Mers, circa 1871.

Like sea chameleons that are much cooler and much weirder? You'll love this episode with all three of your hearts!______________________Can some octopuses eat sharks? Do octopuses have extra of more of their body parts than their arms? What's the difference between tentacles and arms? Is it “octopuses” or “octopi”? Just how big does the Giant in Giant Pacific Octopus mean? Are octopus like sea chameleons but MUCH better and MUCH weirder? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn everything there is to know about the Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini.The next episode is an April Fools Day special, so no riddle. You can send in your questions and episode suggestions to animals@kingdomanimaliapod.com and our website is at https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/kazpk.Links:Episode format survey | Octopus Camo Test | How much like an octopus are you quiz | Comic | Memory Quiz | Read Transcript | Check Works CitedUntil next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia.***

Brian and "Ed" discuss a TBLS legend, open house toilet etiquette, Rick Astley vs. Yung Gravy, 19-foot great white shark "encounters" and Looney Tunes.*a comedy podcast about sports, pop culture, movies and dicks*Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-baller-lifestyle-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week we stopped by the Cumberland River Aquatic Center(CRAC) in Gallatin, TN to meet up with David Sims. David, TWRA personnel and many partners played a huge role in the transformation of this facility and what it has become today. Don't miss this inside look! Looking for Tennessee WildCast swag? Visit: https://license.gooutdoorstennessee.com/Shop/Inventory/Detail?inventoryId=137&licenseTypeId=2288&groupId=24 #tnwildlife #gooutdoorstennessee #tnwildcast tnwildlife.org

Today's guest, Nikita Michelsen, founder and CEO of Pearlita, is set to positively disrupt the trash cans of the ocean- OYSTERS! Hear how Nikita set out, less than 1 year ago, to launch a cell-based oyster company to solve the problem of the pending collapse of the world's oyster reef's.  As much as 85% of the world's oyster reef's have disappeard in the last 200 years! As a young founder, Nikita tells us how her upbringing in Sweden & Danish roots prompted her to create a product that honored the culture of her childhood while simultaneously protecting this key part of our oceans. She also tells us how they quickly pivoted to create a "plant based" oyster line as a short-term product win as well as to learn more about what customers are looking for.  They have had rave reviews in blind taste tests and also created a "biodegradable" oyster shell to go with their vegan oysters! Did you know? One oyster filters 50 gallons of water! The world consumes 2 billion tons of oysters per year They are harvested between 1-3 years of age, but can live up to 20 years in the wild; filtering out our oceans They sequester carbon & are considered key ecosystem engineers in the ocean Their shells can be used to help plants if broken up and spread around the garden to improve the Ph balance of the soil They are great source of vitamins A and D, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and ascorbic acid. Eating just six of them more than meets the daily recommended intake of iron, copper, iodine, magnesium, calcium, zinc, manganese and phosphorus for adults. Higher ocean temperatures are creating new, intense bacteria that is killing the mollusk ecosystem as well as hosting dangerous diseases for humans In just about an hour, you will be inspired and informed on how important it is to keep our ocean temperatures down and to champion innovators such as Nikita and Pearlita! **New Wealth Alchemist Course Launch Determine the Price of Your Dreams: How to achieve your financially vibrant retirement in 4 weeks; resulting in less vulnerability, uncertainty and anxiety about your future.  Design a plan that reflects your needs and stick to it. Launching November 9th. In 4 short weeks you will determine if you are on track to fund a financially vibrant retirement, design a tangible & tailored funding plan to achieve or surpass your dream future lifestyle, eradicate the anxiety of an unknown future and become a financially empowered woman.  Read more here... **************************************************************** Please rate and leave me feedback.  It is so important that I serve you well in building a wealthy life! You might also impact someone else's wealthy life if you share this podcast with them; especially a mother, daughter, sister, friend, neighbour.... You can also find me on : The Wealth Alchemist_LinkedIn The Wealth Alchemist Website The Wealth PACK private membership  .  .  . 

Mollusks are some of the easiest fossils to find. There are hundreds of different kinds making them one of the most interesting topics for kids. In our craft section we talk about a water bottle squid and clay star fish. During curriculum corner we discuss the holidays, Resurrection Sunday, Passover, St. Patrick's Day and Cinco De Mayo. We conclude the show with our interview of Matthew Sleeth. He also mentions about the great resource RightNowMedia. A library of thousands of Bible Studies ranging on hundreds of topics.

Support Topic Lords on Patreon and get episodes a week early! (https://www.patreon.com/topiclords) Lords: * Kev * Cort * Cort's new album: https://postgoodism.bandcamp.com/album/tourism * The Frog Fractions vinyl: https://www.turtlepalstapes.com/product/frog-fractions-green * Monty Python's three-sided record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheMontyPythonMatchingTieandHandkerchief * Locked grooves: https://www.yoursoundmatters.com/locked-grooves-endless-fun-literally/ * The Most Wanted Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jId-qaEwuvI * The Most Unwanted Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gPuH1yeZ08 Topics: * Before age ~4 you don't really make long-term memories, but you can develop long-term habits. How to best exploit this. * Spark : The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/B08RZD6D4Z * Extreme "kids in trench coat" trope scenarios * Necrophilic landscape http://2dcloud.com/the-necrophilic-landscape * Artist Morgan Vogel https://www.tcj.com/morgan-vogel-1986-2020/ * Krista and Tatiana Hogan are conjoined at the brain. They share thoughts, senses and control of their bodies. * "Autopsy" by Ross Sutherland * I can't find a text transcript online, just a few records of Ross performing the poem. Nor does Ross himself have a "home page" per se. Here's a link to his podcast, it's great: https://www.imaginaryadvice.com/ * Neighbors overplaying the same playlist * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrettyWoman(soundtrack) * https://www.worstideaofalltime.com/ * Is it unambiguously good that technology makes creative expression easier? Microtopics: * Mic on, pants off. * The inherent meaningless of "limited editions" in a finite universe ultimately bound for a slow heat death. * Vinyl record Easter eggs. * A big ol' spiral cut into the vinyl. * Limited characteristics of a physical process. * Mental models of what it means to master an album. * Novelty vinyl colors. * Jim's burgeoning record collection. * The most glorious twenty minute act of art terrorism. * Losing access to your old memories because your brain changed formats. * How to erase medical debt by just not paying it. * Borrowing money from your toddler. * Spark: the revolution of exercise or some other subtitle. * Mollusks eating their own nervous systems. * Eating your own childhood to launch yourself into adulthood. * Upping the emotional stakes with large animals and near-death experiences. * Putting your girlfriend in mortal danger so that she's more likely to want to marry you. * Getting pigeonholed as a really good butt. * Getting surgically separated so you can disguise yourself as two kids in a trench coat. * The hemispheres of the brain as independent entities which happen to share a body. * Lumps of biology. * Every person's unique inability to speak to other people's interiority. * Walkie-talkie telepathy vs. "perfect mutual understanding" telepathy. * One mind with two faces. * Superhuman limb/vocal cord coordination. * Segue Week. * Burroughs cut-ups. * Vigorous grandparenting with a face of terror. * A modern-day television quiz show phoenix. * The impenetrable free-form rhymes of a heart attack in October. * The greets. * Tracker music instrument names as cut-up poetry generators. * Super Obituaries! * The potentially transformative effect of reading your own obituary. * The perverse incentives behind soliciting reviews of unfinished games. * The awesome power of knowing that your feedback will be considered. * The neighbor who only listens to Rod Stewart's Greatest Hits over and over again. * Listening to entire albums until you're so sick of them that you underflow and love them again. * The song you have to listen to to get to Roxette's It Must Have Been Love. * Bad podcast ideas. * Novelty t-shirts whose joke is only funny once, but you still wear it once a week * The shirt with the Fight Club and the cognitive science reference on it. * Shirts/tattoos as pop culture dog whistles. * Getting a tattoo of the Colossus' weak points so that you can meet the people who stab you there. * Naming your game's public alpha something innocent so it doesn't arouse suspicion when your friends see you playing it. * The hazards of wearing a shirt promoting a pop culture reference you know nothing about. * Wearing a shirt that makes people try to talk to you about a video game you've never played. * All the people you disappointed in high school. * NPCs in Thief Deadly Shadows talking about how hard it is to get a job making games. * A bright future where nobody can make a living making video games. * A bright future where AIs curate collections of AI-generated content. * A case for the 1991 film "Super Mario Brothers" as the pinnacle of entertainment. * Charles Martinet doing the Mario voice as he leaps to his death from a roof in "The Game."

Welcome to Episode 86! Enjoy a brief overview of each major clade, and the evolutionary relationships, within the Mollusk phylum. 

Snails the size of your fist are invading central Florida. Learn how this invasive species works in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/giant-african-land-snails-news.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello Planeteers!This week's episode is hosted by Tito the Treefrog, and he tells us all about the differences between Snails and Slugs.I mean they kinda look the same, except one has a shell, right? Are Slugs just homeless snails?We totally have the answer to that, and, of course, this episode comes with a free PDF you can download that has a Snail vs. Slug graphic and instructions for making a Snail habitat in your yard. You can find it  HERE. If you want to watch the episode and see Talking Tito, you can do that HERE. If you want 10 ways to get your kids outside and off their screens with very little effort on your part, get the free report at https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/10-ways-report If you want to read the Field Journal Blog, you can do that HERE.Until next week, have a slimy adventure in YOUR neighborhood!Website: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/weirdandwackyplanet Instagram: https://instagram.com/weirdandwackyplanet Twitter: https://twitter.com/kbcarrauthor email:  naturejustgotreal@gmail.com  Get the Weird & Wacky Planet series: https://www.amazon.com/K-B-Carr/e/B00XIZ9ASW Get a FREE ebook: https://www.weirdandwackyplanet.com/free-book 

In three successive years this small town produced more than a billion buttons annually. This episode is a remarkable story told by an equally remarkable Guest.  Dustin Joy has the  great responsibility to reveal the circumstances along the Mississippi River which was the  Gold Rush of the Midwest! Muscatine Iowa was the PEARL BUTTON CAPITAL OF THE WOLD.https://muscatinehistory.org/about/CLUSTERS OF CLAM SHELLS LIE on the banks of the Mississippi River in Muscatine, Iowa. Look closely and you'll see each shell is dotted with perfectly neat holes. Many decades ago, these shells were plucked from the bottom of the river by the ton, soaked, steamed, and swept of their meat and pearls. Circular saws cut multiple discs out of each shell. These were called “blanks.” Each blank was sanded down into a perfect pearl button, ready to be sewn onto a dress, jacket, or glove.Muscatine's pearl button industry hit its peak between 1908 and the '20s, when factories in the Iowa town produced 1.5 billion buttons, or one-third of the world's pearl button supply. These buttons were worth $3.3 million, according to the 1910 edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica. But few of us who grew up along the Mississippi, who've held those milkweed-grey shells with holes in them, have actually held pearl buttons or heard a cohesive origin story about the industry. To get the definitive history I went to Terry Eagle, the Director of The National Pearl Button Museum at The History and Industry Center, in Muscatine. “The story of the pearl button is a national growth story, a national treasure story, and an environmental lesson,” Eagle says. “And if you don't believe me now, I'll prove it to you.”https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pearl-buttons-muscatine-iowaSupport the show

This week, we have the triumphant return of those marvelous mollusks, the cone snails! We're talking to Bea Ramiro from the Safavi Lab at the University of Copenhagen, who is looking at a potential medical use for cone snail venom. In the news, we hop aboard the de-hype train, talk about fusion fuel, sing a black hole song, and explore a secret garden. Plus a new line of cone snail merch at our website, scinight.com/merch! Your Hosts] James Reed (https://twitter.com/James_Reed3) Steffi Diem (https://twitter.com/SteffiDiem) Jason Organ (https://twitter.com/OrganJM) Our Guest Bea (https://mobile.twitter.com/irisbeara) is a graduate student at the University of Copenhagen and member of the Safavi Lab (https://mobile.twitter.com/SafaviLab). Her work on the biomolecular properties of cone snail venom has taken her around the world to learn and work on potential hidden uses in its chemical makeup. She's also a great science communicator and teacher, especially when she gets to teach children about her work with these marvelous mollusks. Credits Editing-James Reed Mastering- James Reed Music: - Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License - Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell |https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License - 5,000 Exoplanets: Listen to the Sounds of Discovery (NASA Data Sonification) by NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Russo, A. Santaguida (SYSTEM Sounds) - Data Sonification: Black Hole at the Center of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster (X-ray) by NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida) The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill (https://riverpower.xyz/) family

KGMI's Dianna Hawryluk and Adam Smith chat about celebrating Pi Day, everyone's favorite mollusks, and Tom Brady coming out of retirement.

Anna & Jennifer talk about Ursula K Le Guin, feminist author of many works including the Earthsea Cycle. Anna gives some insight into her own writings while Jennifer, inspired by Le Guin, continues to take her art in a new direction.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Mollusks cultivate underwater gardens, cuttlefish become invisible, and tiny fish run spas for predators. Meanwhile, some ingenious humans work to protect the underwater world that most of us rarely see. Photograph from UNDERWATER WILD by Craig Foster and Ross Frylinck. Copyright © 2018, 2021 by Quivertree Publications. Reprinted by permission of Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers LLC. All rights reserved.

The team can't help but notice that the Island of Dr. Apocalypse is crawling with heat-seeking missiles. The post Episode 37: Of Mollusks and Missiles appeared first on Bad Roll Models Podcast.

We all know the iconic Chesapeake oyster. But studying less well known members of the Bay community is often a good window into understanding it better. Softshell clams, hard clams, brackish-water clams, hooked mussels, ribbed mussels, and the stout razor clam each have their own niche and specialty--and guidance for eating. In this episode, John Page shares the stories of the "other" Chesapeake mollusks--including one that can dig faster than you can! https://www.cbf.org/news-media/multimedia/podcasts/chesapeake-almanac/podcast-december-the-other-mollusks-transcript.html (TRANSCRIPT) Subscribe to Chesapeake Almanac, find us on your favorite podcast platform, or visit our podcast page at https://www.cbf.org/ChesapeakeAlmanac (https://www.cbf.org/ChesapeakeAlmanac). Chesapeake Almanac is provided by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Saving the Bay through Education, Advocacy, Litigation, and Restoration. Find out more about our work to save the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed's rivers and streams, and what you can do to help, at https://www.cbf.org (https://www.cbf.org). These readings are from John Page Williams, Jr.'s book, Chesapeake Almanac: Following the Bay through the Seasons. The publication is available in print at https://www.amazon.com/Chesapeake-Almanac-Following-Through-Seasons/dp/0870334492/ref=sr_1_1 (Amazon.com). Support this podcast

Manatees are large, gentle, and curious marine mammals measuring up to 13 feet long and weighing up to 3,300 lbs.  There are three living species of manatees:  The Amazonian Manatee, the West African Manatee, and the West Indian Manatee, which is commonly found in Florida and the Gulf Coast.  Manatees inhabit the shallow, marshy coastal […]

Producers: Hazel Stark & Joe Horn Host: Hazel Stark In celebration of today's 200th unique episode, let's look into a group of Maine organisms that encompasses 200 species: the mollusks. Photos, a full transcript, references, contact information, and more available at thenatureofphenology.wordpress.com Hazel Stark lives in Gouldsboro, is Co-Founder and Naturalist Educator at Maine Outdoor School, L3C, and is a Registered Maine Guide. She loves taking a closer look at nature through the lens of her camera, napping in beds of moss, and taking hikes to high points to see what being tall is all about. She has an MS in Resource Management and Conservation and is a lifelong Maine outdoorswoman. Hazel can be reached by emailing naturephenology@gmail.com The post The Nature of Phenology 11/6/21: Mollusks first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Producers: Hazel Stark & Joe Horn Host: Hazel Stark In celebration of today's 200th unique episode, let's look into a group of Maine organisms that encompasses 200 species: the mollusks. Photos, a full transcript, references, contact information, and more available at thenatureofphenology.wordpress.com Hazel Stark lives in Gouldsboro, is Co-Founder and Naturalist Educator at Maine Outdoor School, L3C, and is a Registered Maine Guide. She loves taking a closer look at nature through the lens of her camera, napping in beds of moss, and taking hikes to high points to see what being tall is all about. She has an MS in Resource Management and Conservation and is a lifelong Maine outdoorswoman. Hazel can be reached by emailing naturephenology@gmail.com The post The Nature of Phenology 11/6/21: Mollusks first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Producers: Hazel Stark & Joe Horn Host: Hazel Stark In celebration of today's 200th unique episode, let's look into a group of Maine organisms that encompasses 200 species: the mollusks. Photos, a full transcript, references, contact information, and more available at thenatureofphenology.wordpress.com Hazel Stark lives in Gouldsboro, is Co-Founder and Naturalist Educator at Maine Outdoor School, L3C, and is a Registered Maine Guide. She loves taking a closer look at nature through the lens of her camera, napping in beds of moss, and taking hikes to high points to see what being tall is all about. She has an MS in Resource Management and Conservation and is a lifelong Maine outdoorswoman. Hazel can be reached by emailing naturephenology@gmail.com The post The Nature of Phenology 11/6/21: Mollusks first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Oysters, mussels, scallops and more. When we pick up shells on the beach, how often do we consider that they represent a life lived, out in the ocean? The dynamic lives of these creatures are easily forgotten, obfuscated by the shell as a decorative object and the shellfish as a commodity. In this episode, we learn how these animals live, what they are, and what challenges they face. Tom speaks with ocean and climate scientist Priya Shukla, to discover the fascinating lives that hide behind that general label: ´shellfish´. 

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA's monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews! Featured News for August 2021: BMO gifts $350K to MONOVA for Indigenous programs  Vancouver Island man donates 140,000 mollusk specimens to biodiversity museum Sacred Journey exhibits rich history of Indigenous canoe culture  Stories Beneath the Surface: Revelstoke Museum exhibit to go digital in national exhibit  BC to mark Sept. 30 as day of commemoration | BC Gov News B.C.'s Black history showcased in new exhibit at Royal BC Museum  Powell River Historical Museum and Archives to consider name adjustment  Sterling Prize recipient challenges racism and role of museums in era of reconciliation

Amazing Animals Part 7 - Marvelous Mollusks Glorify Their Maker! The Mimic Octopus is the Master of Disguise. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/answerstv/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/answerstv/support

In today's episode we chat with Dr Katie Collins, a malacologist - a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks, curator and pupper parent (a guest appearance is made!). We chat about bivalves, eating the animal group you work on, and curators finding mysterious boxes in the collections! Katie also makes us giggle by introducing the mysterious HAM - the hypothetical ancestor to mollusks that lived over 550 million years ago! Katie can be found on Twitter @spissatella PalaeoParty! is a biweekly interactive podcast about palaeontology. Each week we invite a new palaeontologist guest to join our hosts, Dr Emma Dunne, Dr Chris Dean and Dr Thomas Clements, as we laugh about weird fossils, odd science and whatever else pops into their brains! PalaeoParty! is unlike other podcasts because we live stream each episode on Twitch so you can chat and ask our guests questions in real time! Find our schedule at our website: https://palaeoparty.weebly.com/ or at https://twitch.tv/palaeoparty This season is generously funded by the Paleontological Society Outreach and Education Grant. Our theme music is "Voxel Revolution" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/palaeoparty/message

This week Wayno talks about the Knicks in the playoffs, not washing your feet in the shower, taking accountability for your own health and well-being, checking over "The Off-Season" by J-Cole, being determined at the dinner table, Kwame Brown's social media clapbacks, and much more.00:00 - Introduction01:00 - Krillin Death vs Ricky's Death02:10 - Enjoying Raw Fish07:00 - Digesting Avocado09:50 - Reviews & Comments23:00 - Mollusks vs Crustaceans30:00 - Kwame Brown35:00 - Responsibility Of Your Well-Being45:00 - Men are emotional too55:20 - Knicks In The Playoffs1:00:00 - Swizz vs Timbaland Pt.ii1:05:00 - Who should Lil Baby Collab With?1:11:00 - Revisiting The Off-Season1:15:00 - First step to making an albumWayno finally has his own platform to say everything on his mind. From sports to gaming, to even parenting, all Wayno asks is that you hear him out. Drops every Thursday where ever you listen to podcasts and visually on youtube. Produced by Eddin Martinez (@ThankYouEddin) at WTF Media Studios in New York City. Brought to you by AlexxMedia, Weezy, & Efe. Follow us!Instagram: @HearMeOutWithWayno , @Wayno119, & @ThankYouEddinTwitter: @HearMeOutWayno , @Wayno119, & @ThankYouEddin

Tho and Ford discuss taxes and tithes as a proposed Millage increase looms in the Bay County municipal election. For the Miracle Strip review, Tho presents Idyll Hounds Divide and Conch'r double IPA. Ford can't seem to keep his cigarette lit and talk at the same time. A neighbor mows the lawn. 

Snails, conches, and octopi - oh my! This week Ali gives us an ocean filled with facts about mollusks.

A new study has found that mollusks contain the highest levels of microplastic contamination out of all types of seafood. Microplastics are tiny plastic particles produced when bigger pieces of plastic break down. They are present in a large variety of products, such as cosmetics and cleaning agents. Microplastics enter the environment through wastewater and are often ingested by animals, who mistake them for food. Since plastic cannot be digested, it builds up in the bodies of sea creatures. When humans eat seafood, they also eat the microplastics that were ingested by the animals. To identify the amount of microplastics present in seafood, researchers analyzed 50 studies on the microplastic levels in mollusks, crustaceans, fish, and echinoderms. Results showed that mollusks are the most contaminated sea creature in the study, with a maximum of 10.5 microplastics per gram. In contrast, crustaceans were found to contain 8.6 microplastics per gram at most, while fish were found to contain 2.9 microplastics per gram or less. Findings also revealed that mollusks harvested off the coasts of Asia tended to have the highest level of microplastic contamination. This suggests that these areas are heavily polluted with plastic. The researchers added that there may be a difference in microplastic levels between farmed and wild seafood. Mollusks bought from a supermarket might contain fewer microplastics because they may undergo treatment that removed them compared to ones gathered directly from the sea. According to the researchers, the study can help experts understand the full impact of human plastic consumption. They added that methods of measuring microplastic contamination should be standardized to lessen plastic pollution and to further understand its effects.

WHOA NELLY! Do we have a show for you? Yes. The answer is yes. There's a show to listen to and it's for you. You're welcome. Today the ladies zoom zoom with everyone's favorite comedian Brooks Wheelan to talk Indiana. No, that's not right. Idaho? Illinois? IOWA! Brooks is from Iowa. DING DING DING! Extra points if you know where Iowa is. Nope. Don't worry, Kelly didn't know either.  Then because Kelly loves mollusks, she wrote in a fun little game called "Oh! My Mollusk!" Or was it ""Mollusks and More!" How about "Mostly Mollusks" or maybe "Thoroughly Modern Mollusks". Yeah, let's stick with that.  Want your mind blown? Don't we all! Rimshot! Gross. Anyway, it turns out that Brooks is a literal genius and before he was on SNL, he had a job as a biomedical engineer, doing research on eyes and heart valves so he really made us WERK when writing these games. Lindsey tries to sound smart with a game all about hearts and eyes called "I Heart You" but even her own questions went over her head so, we tried.  And because Brooks love to camp, we end our school day in camping class (SHUT UP. It's a thing.) where Kelly somehow ties in camping, Yeezus and Kim K and it's, well, it works! We promise.  Will Lindsey or Kelly have a chance in hell at winning this game?! Will Brooks take the lead and then take the crown? Two words: Biomedical Engineer.    Brooks' stuff: https://www.instagram.com/brookswheelan/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avigLRUVvAE https://entrylevelwithbrookswheelan.libsyn.com/   Follow the show's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/kellyandlindsey/   Follow Kelly: instagram.com/kelly_wallacebarnowl Follow Lindsey: instagram.com/lindseygentile   Show theme provided by Mike Etten: instagram.com/mike_etten/

Rudist clams were around in the late Cretaceous and are extinct today. Their fossils can tell us a lot of surprising things, such as the length of a day 70 million years ago.

Plastic debris comes in all different shapes and sizes, but pieces that are less than five millimeters in length are called microplastics.  Microplastics are everywhere, including in the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. Much of the oceanic microplastic pollution comes from the breakdown of plastic litter.  Another source […]

On this ID the Future, German paleontologist Günter Bechly explains why the Precambrian fossil Namacalathus fails as a transitional precursor to the Cambrian explosion. Darwinists want to find transitional precursors to the Cambrian animals to minimize how poorly the Cambrian explosion fits with Darwinism’s story of a gradual evolutionary development. Dr. Bechly gives other examples of such efforts as well and shows how each fails. As he says, the more we learn about the Cambrian and Precambrian, the more dramatic the Cambrian explosion appears and the poorer it fits with modern evolutionary theory. As he also notes, the points he makes in this episode have been made by mainstream evolutionary paleontologists. He differs only in stepping back from the larger pattern Read More › Source

In this episode: Octopuses have donut brains, but it turns out those donut brains love MDMA just as much as human brains. For real. It's true! Help make this show my day-job by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ThatThingWithJames Insta & Twit: @jamesjasher Website: https://jamesjasher.com Need advice? Have a story or subject you'd like me to cover on the show? Just want to say hi? Send me an email: ThatThingWithJames@gmail.com

The living world is infinitely more complex than the categories we create to contain and constrain it. This week, we turn to an ancient reservoir of biological wisdom to illuminate life’s wondrous complexity. We are referring, of course, to the humble snail. In this episode, Jocelyn and Bradley are joined by Dr. Maurine Neiman, an evolutionary biologist who was once branded a “snail pornographer” by conservative media outlets. Maurine explains that, far from being a trivial or esoteric topic, the sex lives of snails—or, sometimes, lack thereof—offer crucial insights into one of the biggest open questions in evolutionary biology, namely, why sexual reproduction evolved in the first place. Maurine explains how snail species vary widely in their reproductive strategies, from hermaphroditic garden snails to the freshwater snails she studies in her own research, which have both sexually reproducing and asexually reproducing lineages. By comparing the fates and fortunes of these lineages in various environments, Maurine’s research sheds light on the costs and benefits of different reproductive strategies. The friends also discuss how studying the evolutionary origins of sexual difference can impact how we think about maleness and femaleness, challenging our conventional assumptions about (binary) sex in both science and society. Follow Maurine on Twitter at @mneiman, and learn more about her amazing work at the links below! http://bioweb.biology.uiowa.edu/neiman/index.php https://clas.uiowa.edu/gwss/people/maurine-neiman Iowa City Darwin Day: https://iowacitydarwinday.org/ “Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Snail Sex”: https://www.kqed.org/science/1446777/everything-you-never-wanted-to-know-about-snail-sex Matt Ridley, The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature: https://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0060556579 The Lively Lab @ Indiana: https://lively.lab.indiana.edu/index.html Robert J. Richards, The Romantic Conception of Life: Science and Philosophy in the Age of Goethe: https://www.amazon.com/Romantic-Conception-Life-Philosophy-Foundations/dp/0226712117 Andrew Cunningham & Nicholas Jardine, eds., Romanticism and the Sciences: https://www.amazon.com/Romanticism-Sciences-Andrew-Cunningham/dp/0521356857 Andrea Gambarotto, “Lorenz Oken (1779–1851): Naturphilosophie and the reform of natural history”: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-for-the-history-of-science/article/lorenz-oken-17791851-naturphilosophie-and-the-reform-of-natural-history/AA5EBBBE4ED2FDBBA7E23C4466D854C7

If it lacks a backbone, we're interested. In this podcast, we are exploring the world of invertebrates, discovering the amazing lives they lead, and thinking carefully about our relationhips with these much-maligned creatures. With the help of experts, we are lifting stones, peering into the water and grubbing in the filth. Written and produced by Tom SharpeMusic by Will HattonArtwork by Will Tapply

Delicious! 0:00 Intro 6:17 Music: Intro 10:01 From The Archives: DecapAttack 12:47 Music: Abdomainland 14:32 Review Review: Dear Esther 27:02 Music: Armington 30:15 News Of The Weird 41:29 Music: Eyeland 44:44 Outro LowBiasGaming - http://www.lowbiasgaming.net Patreon - http://www.patreon.com/jasonsgroovemachine Discord Chat! - https://discord.gg/4B4gUXw Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/jasongrvin YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/jasonsgroovemachine --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/electricleftovers/message

Delicious! 0:00 Intro 6:17 Music: Intro 10:01 From The Archives: DecapAttack 12:47 Music: Abdomainland 14:32 Review Review: Dear Esther 27:02 Music: Armington 30:15 News Of The Weird 41:29 Music: Eyeland 44:44 Outro LowBiasGaming - http://www.lowbiasgaming.net Patreon - http://www.patreon.com/jasonsgroovemachine Discord Chat! - https://discord.gg/4B4gUXw Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/jasongrvin YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/jasonsgroovemachine --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/electricleftovers/message

What's the difference between shellfish, crustaceans, and mollusks? In today's Flashcast, Murray and Tamika dive into what separates lobsters from clams, squid, and other creepy crawlies in the ocean. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What's the difference between shellfish, crustaceans, and mollusks? In today's Flashcast, Murray and Tamika dive into what separates lobsters from clams, squid, and other creepy crawlies in the ocean. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We traded snail jokes with TikTok shell-ebrity Dr. Tim Pearce, who is also the head of the Section of Mollusks at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Find him on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@carnegiemnh Find the Carnegie Museum here: https://carnegiemnh.org/ Our Patreon is patreon.com/wildgreenmemes

Mike presents the Monoplacophora and Aplacophora Classes of Mollusks, Meredith presents the New Guinea slender mudskipper. Our 32nd meeting!Follow us on Instagram @AnimalFanClubPod Send your Listener Feedbag Questions to: AnimalFanClubPod@gmail.com .Tell your friends! 

Need some STEM inspiration? On this episode, our guest Dr. Martha Escobar, an expert in cognitive and behavioral science, shares with us strategies for continuing her work in academia during the pandemic COVID-19, ongoing research in her lab at Oakland University, and promising NSF funded STEM initiatives.   Email me: darwinian.diva.dd@gmail.com with questions, ideas, and feedback or feel free to comment on any of the other Darwinian Diva social media pages Facebook: Darwinian Diva Twitter: @DarwinianDiva Instagram: darwinian.diva.dd. Also follow our podcast on iTunes, Spotify & Youtube: Darwinian Diva   Be Curious! Stay engaged! Join me next time on Darwinian Diva!

Making A True-Crime Podcast (0:34)Guest: Dave Cawley, investigative reporter and host of the COLD podcast for KSL NewsThe creators of the true-crime podcast COLD revealed new information this week. The viral podcast is about the unsolved 2009 disappearance of Susan Powell. (Originally aired March 7, 2019) Have You Heard the Hum? Several Theories Try to Explain This Mysterious Noise (16:37)Guest: Glen MacPherson, Director of the World Hum Map and Database ProjectAll around the world, people claim to hear a persistent low humming noise that's sometimes known as the World Hum. Not everyone can hear it. Just some people. The noise usually follows them wherever they go. Glen Macpherson built a steel box to see if he could block out the humming. But even inside of it, the noise was there. MacPherson is not a conspiracy theorist –though there are plenty of those chasing down the world hum. MacPherson's take is more scientific. He's a high school science and math teacher and director of the World Hum Map and Database Project which is trying to solve the mystery of the Hum. (Originally aired June 4, 2019)  Rock-Eating River Worms (36:02)Guest: Dan Distel, Research Professor of Marine Science and Director Of The Ocean Genome Legacy Center at Northeastern UniversityThere's a worm-like clam that's recently made a come-back to Brooklyn piers and is causing millions of dollars of damage. The shipworm bores into and digests wood, making little tunnels that permanently weaken the structure. (Originally aired July 16, 2019) The Deadliest Flu Pandemic in Living Memory Happened 100 Years Ago. Could it Happen Again? (51:10)Guest: Richard Gunderman, MD, Ph.D., Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies, Indiana UniversitySome physicians are worried this flu season could be particularly bad. Australia just went through one of its worst flu seasons, and that can sometimes inform what our flu season in the US will be like. But nothing comes close to the flu pandemic a century ago that killed 50 million people worldwide. Could a pandemic like that happen again? (Originally aired November 28, 2018) War Games Play Pivotal Role in Military Strategy and International Relations (1:13:06)Guest: David Shlapak, Senior Defense Researcher at the RAND CorporationBefore a country launches an actual military strike, it will often conduct military exercises –war games, they're sometimes called –as a form of sabre rattling to warn an enemy. Iran is doing that right now on its border with Turkey –an apparent response to Turkey's airstrikes inside Syria. At the start of the summer, the US military participated in a military practice exercise in the Arctic Circle –in full view of Russia. (Originally aired June 17, 2019) Driverless Cars to Overtake Planes (1:27:47)Guest: Scott Winter, assistant professor of Graduate Studies at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityIn the near future, you may have the option to hop in a self-driving car or get on a plane. Which would you choose? Being able to skip airport security and having room to lean back and sleep does sound really appealing. So appealing in fact, that airlines might be in trouble. (Originally aired July 30, 2019)

Our special new extended campaign continues with its second session, here on the HAMMERCRAWL! comedic dungeon crawl podcast! While our process is usually 100% generated on the fly through a mix of improv and quick-draw cards, for this campaign we're using the wonderful DUNGEON FULL OF MONSTERS (by Johnstone Metzger) as the underlying dungeon into which our probably-doomed adventurers are delving. Will Spandrel's will bring order to this chaotic cesspit of evil? Will anyone manage to escape with their limbs intact? Tune in and find out! Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram as "Breakfastpuppy" or email NPC directly as NPC at Breakfastpuppies dot com. We have a Discord Channel and a Facebook Page, too! And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our new low-bandwidth alternative feed site. Links of Note: The Dungeon Full of Monsters The Donjon: your one-stop site for all things random Dungeon Cartography Cards from Undercity Games The GameMaster's Apprentice Cards by Larcenous Designs Monster Mod Cards by Fatbelly Press Encounter Building Cards (Traps & Locations) by Eric Bright Credits: HAMMERSMITH: NPC Players: Lady Coquine as "Pepper Graveworm," Scott as "Roland Cockfinger," The Mad Marquis as "Arthictor," Kylee as "Inky Kowalski" Group Name: The Crimson Thorns Dungeon: Skull Mountain (The Dungeon Full of Monsters) Theme Song: "Chain Lightning" by Gygax Additional Music by: Erang - Featured song A Majestic Shadow Game Rules: Available for free on Github! Daily Wisdom: When confronted with a pool of shimmering dungeon LSD, you drink that shit. Episode Length: 02:37:17 (we support Chapter Marks!) Want to throw us a tip? Every little bit helps pay the bills! Check us out on Patreon, or instead just follow this link to our Pinecast Tip Jar! Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/hammercrawl/8301cf76-4182-481f-a9f2-d1a1373f3b98 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University on hurricanes. Paul Dawson of Clemson University on food and germs. Dan Distel of Northeastern University on rock-eating worms. Robin Chazdon of the University of Connecticut on restoring forests. Actor George Takei on his childhood in a internment camp for Japanese Americans. Kirsten Hawkes of Parent Previews on kid adventure movies parents won't hate.

Bacon and Justin talk Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, the new F2P model for the game, Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers, and the glory of 4X game Stellaris as we fall in love with Bacon's mollusks more and more each day. NOTE: The episode was recorded June 7th, 2019. Host: @B4c0nzilla Host: @ljay90 Theme Song: @Willieev

(May 23, 2019) Squids are ten-tentacled cephalopod cousins to the octopus. They are remarkable in many ways, but three features stand out for Dr. Curt Stager, who fills in the details with Martha Foley: the way they propel themselves through the water, and the air, their amazing use of changing color, and their unique methods of self defense.

Facts About Mollusks! Credits: Executive Producer: Chris Krimitsos Voice, Editor, and Post-Producer: Jimmy Murray "Winner Winner!" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Facts from Wikipedia Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

The end of the Civil War opened a new era of fossil hunting in the American West -- and a bitter feud between two rival paleontologists, who spent 20 years sabotaging one another in a constant struggle for supremacy. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Bone Wars, the greatest scientific feud of the 19th century. We'll also sympathize with Scunthorpe and puzzle over why a driver can't drive. Intro: Nepal's constitution contains instructions for drawing its flag. The tombstone of Constanze Mozart's second husband calls him "the husband of Mozart's widow." Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope. Sources for our feature on the Bone Wars: David Rains Wallace, The Bonehunters' Revenge, 1999. Mark Jaffe, The Gilded Dinosaur, 2000. Elizabeth Noble Shor, The Fossil Feud, 1974. Hal Hellman, Great Feuds in Science, 1998. Tom Huntington, "The Great Feud," American History 33:3 (August 1998), 14. Richard A. Kissel, "The Sauropod Chronicles," Natural History 116:3 (April 2007), 34-38. Keith Stewart Thomson, "Marginalia: Dinosaurs as a Cultural Phenomenon," American Scientist 93:3 (May-June 2005), 212-214. Genevieve Rajewski, "Where Dinosaurs Roamed," Smithsonian 39:2 (May 2008), 20-24. James Penick Jr., "Professor Cope vs. Professor Marsh," American Heritage 22:5 (August 1971). Alfred S. Romer, "Cope versus Marsh," Systematic Zoology 13:4 (December 1964), 201-207. Renee Clary, James Wandersee, and Amy Carpinelli, "The Great Dinosaur Feud: Science Against All Odds," Science Scope 32:2 (October 2008), 34-40. Susan West, "Dinosaur Head Hunt," Science News 116:18 (Nov. 3, 1979), 314-315. P.D. Brinkman, "Edward Drinker Cope's Final Feud," Archives of Natural History 43:2 (October 2016), 305-320. Eric J. Hilton, Joseph C. Mitchell and David G. Smith, "Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897): Naturalist, Namesake, Icon," Copeia 2014:4 (December 2014), 747-761. 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Daniel Oberhaus, "Life on the Internet Is Hard When Your Last Name is 'Butts,'" Motherboard, Aug. 29, 2018. Matthew Moore, "The Clbuttic Mistake: When Obscenity Filters Go Wrong," Telegraph, Sept. 2, 2008. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener David Malki. You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

Crazy dongs! Gardening tips! Snail-based beauty products! Weather the LA heatwave and slug along with Dr. Jann Vendetti of the Natural History Museum of LA County as she gossips with Alie about some sensual slug lovemaking, Gold Rush lore, urban snails, beer bingeing and why you should stop and high five (high one?) a gastropod for evolving into such an interesting critter. Also: should you adopt a rabbit-sized pet snail? Watch Dr. Vendetti on the The Curiosity Show S.L.I.M.E project at the NHM.org More links at www.alieward.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, pins, totes, shirts, etc. Follow Ologies at Instagram or Twitter Follow Alie Ward at Instagram or Twitter.com "The Snail Song" ending lullaby by Maple Leaf Learning Editing by Steven Ray Morris Music by Nick Thorburn Support the show.

This is the second time we have tackled animal songs but this time was with Zachary Morgan and the playlist is truly eclectic. Some well known artists with lesser known songs and then, some truly weird songs about critters! Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com

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Jeff and Rebecca talk YA ebook pricing, That Book getting cancelled, a (sigh) discovered Walt Whitman novella, and much more.    This episode is sponsored by: Third Love Madison Reed (offer code: BOOKRIOT)   Links discussed in this episode: Take a minute to fill out this listener survey? That Book gets cancelled Free 1984 Screenings Mall of America Writer-in-Residence Unknown Walt Whitman novel discovered

Having colonized land and ocean, garden and tidepool, mollusks exemplify how life adapts, evolves, and moves into new niches. Associate Professor Dr. Aileen Tan, a marine biologist with the School of Biological Sciences at Universiti Sains Malaysia, joins us for 101 on Marine Mollusks, and explains why they are vital components of the ecosystem.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"History" she ululated, "is a many-fingered parasite, not unlike the citadel at dusk." She unwrapped a gumball, pocketed the meaty bit and let the casing fall from her forgiving fingers to the loosely-packed earth upon which she trod. Trod. (CKO in perpetuity)

Mandë Holford, a Research Associate at the Museum and Associate Professor of Chemical Biology at Hunter College, discusses her research into relatively unknown predatory marine snails, such as cone snails, the toxins they produce in their venom, and how those toxins are being used in the search for new medicines for pain and cancer. This SciCafe took place at the Museum on May 6, 2015. The SciCafe Series is proudly sponsored by Judy and Josh Weston. This project is supported by the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Yohann Delalande kicks us off with an Ask Ken and Robin question about portraying current real-world horrors in RPGs without lapsing into insensitivity. We fulfill this podcast’s Canadian content requirements in the Tradecraft Hut with a look at iconic hooded defector Igor Gouzenko. Patron hero of surveyors Nain Singh Rawat inspires a duck into the […]

Scientists and engineers find inspiration everywhere, and now they are looking to mollusks for ways to build stronger airplanes as well as lighter, stronger race cars. How can spineless, soft-bodied snails hold the key to strengthening our aircraft? Everyday Einstein explains. Read the transcript here: http://bit.ly/1AxKPwA

Volume: Washington H. Ochsner Galapagos expedition journal of conchologyBy: Ochsner, Washington Henry, 1879-1927Contributed By: California Academy of Sciences

Volume: v.1:T.1-6 (1757-1772)By: Knorr, Georg Wolfgang, 1705-1761 - Houttuyn, M. 1720-1798 - Müller, Philipp Ludwig Statius, 1725-1776Publication Details: [Nuremberg :1757.Contributed By: Smithsonian Libraries

Volume: v.2 (1757) [Atlas]By: Knorr, Georg Wolfgang, 1705-1761 - Houttuyn, M. 1720-1798 - Müller, Philipp Ludwig Statius, 1725-1776Publication Details: [Nuremberg :1757.Contributed By: Smithsonian Libraries

By: Fleming, John, 1785-1857Publication Details: Edinburgh :Black,1837.Contributed By: Smithsonian Libraries

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The Cephalopods are Mollusks, like clams and nudibranchs. The Class Cephalopoda includes Octopuses, Squids, Cuttlefishes and Chambered Nautiluses. These are invertebrate marine animals that are intelligent and carnivorous. Cephalopoda means "head foot" and the group has the most complex brain of any invertebrate. Kathy and Mike Schnetzer's wonderful short film includes footage of numerous species of Cephalopods found off the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, including the deadly Bluering Octopus and the fascinating Wunderpus. Some great behavioral footage, including mating, hatching, and predation. This film was an official selection of the 2005 San Diego UnderSea Film Exhibition, and one of the audience favorites. To learn more about Kathy and Mike Schnetzer's work and their Lionfish Films, LLC, please check out their website: www.lionfishfilms.com