Month: April 2020
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Episode 296: Eat Like A Daft Punk Song
This episode contains: Benjamin Daniel Lawless joins us once again. We’re on babywatch as Devon is anticipating the arrival of his new son. We do some dad talk and praise Cosmic Yoga. If at first you don’t succeed, pick yourself up and try again: When faced with a decision, people may know which choice gives…
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Episode 295: Is it COBOL or Kobol?
This episode contains: Ben is back again. We talk about what we’ve been up to during the quarantine. Devon talks about his new mouse. Life, uh, Finds a Way: Ancient teeth from Peru hint now-extinct monkeys crossed Atlantic from Africa. Four fossilized monkey teeth discovered deep in the Peruvian Amazon provide new evidence that more…
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Episode 294: Bake the Sick Away
This episode contains: We’re recording from our secret bunkers. Devon tells us about Lego Masters. Big Things, Small Package: On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn carbon dioxide into new products, Bacteria on nanowires convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to organic building blocks. Chemists have created a hybrid system of bacteria and nanowires that…
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Episode 293: The New Normal
This episode contains: We’re still stuck in our houses. We discuss how we’re dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 situation. Biological Imperative: Ancestor of all animals identified in Australian fossils. A wormlike creature that lived more than 555 million years ago is the earliest bilaterian. Geologists have discovered the first ancestor on the family tree that…
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Episode 292: Quaran-three-n
This episode contains: We’re joined by frequent guest host, Ben Lawless. We talk about how were all handling the quarantine. In cyberspace, no one can hear you read: Internet Archive offers 1.4 million copyrighted books for free online. Until this week, the Open Library only allowed people to “check out” as many copies as the library…