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Month: September 2021

  • Episode 368: No Logic, Only Chaos

    Episode 368: No Logic, Only Chaos

    This episode contains: Devon joins us from Texas! Steven and Ben talk about Chess and r/AnarchyChess. Steven reveals that this podcast is, indeed, a tragedy. Snakes, Why Did it Have to be Snakes?: Modern snakes evolved from a few survivors of dino-killing asteroid. ‘Creative Destruction’ allowed snakes to diversify into new niches. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210914111218.htm The arena…

  • Episode 367: Risk Management

    Episode 367: Risk Management

    This episode contains: We start this episode with hanitizer, staying up late, slick ps5 mentions, soda burps, and Brave New World. Doom and Gloom: The warming climate is causing animals to ‘shapeshift’. Several species of Australian parrot have shown a 4%-10% increase in bill size since 1871. Steven attempts to soapbox climate change again, but…

  • Episode 366: Good Riddance

    Episode 366: Good Riddance

    This episode contains: It’s almost Devon’s moving day, Ben has some bad luck, Steven visited Chicago. Not Ponytails or Cottontails no, Ducktales. Woo-hoo: A duck named Ripper learned how to say “You bloody fool!” in 1987. In depth analysis of a recorded musk duck named Ripper reveals a shocking truth, he’s probably lonely. https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/09/confirmed-a-duck-named-ripper-learned-how-to-say-you-bloody-fool/ Math,…

  • Episode 365: Unsolved

    Episode 365: Unsolved

    This episode contains: We talk about King’s Cross Station and it’s significance on September 1st. Steven and Devon hung out recently and played Dungeons and Dragons. Try, try again: Firefly rocket explodes after launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Ben was watching the stream when the Firefly rocket launch went bad. Ben says science is…

  • Episode 364: Smooth as an Android Bottom

    Episode 364: Smooth as an Android Bottom

    This episode contains: We recorded late this week, but we still have covid and cockroaches in our lives. This Week in Space: Will it be safe for humans to fly to Mars? Mission would be viable if it doesn’t exceed 4 years. We don’t have a good way to shield cosmic radiation. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210826111716.htm Objects in…