• Ancient Halloween Arthropod
    Oct 27 2024

    In this episode, K and VK, discuss the joy of reading about centipedes that are 8 feet long! This episode will appeal to those who love Halloween, insects, science, and art.

    • CNN article
    • Science Advances article
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    26 mins
  • When Bent Is Better Than Straight.
    Oct 20 2024

    In this episode K and VK discuss river flooding and the impact it had in Asheville, NC.

    Some of the material discussed in this episode is linked below:

    • https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240918-how-restoring-rivers-natural-curves-can-prevent-flooding
    • https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/metadata/case-studies/a-flood-and-heat-proof-green-emscher-valley-germany
    • https://knepp.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/River-Adur-and-wetland-restoration-project.pdf
    • https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65341994
    • https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1029/2021EF002055
    • https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=416601
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    28 mins
  • Old seed. New hope.
    Oct 13 2024

    In this episode K and VK discuss the joy they found in an article about a 1000 year old seed. In a wide ranging discussion K and VK delve into ideas about the nature of life and science.

    The work was reported on CNN.

    The original article was published in Communications Biology.

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    28 mins
  • Octopus Punch!
    Oct 5 2024

    In this episode K and VK share their delight about an article that discusses octopus punching fish!

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    27 mins