Episode Details
Back to EpisodesNuke an Asteroid, Save Earth; Gender Bendy Avocados; Rubies on Mars
Season 3
Episode 1439
Published 1 month ago
Description
Astrophysics professor Jesse Rogerson joins the program to cover these science news items:
- Our survival might one day rely on nuking a city killer asteroid and scientists just tested whether it'll work;
- Sugar-sweetened beverages linked to stomach cancer for the first time;
- Ancient humans may have evolved a remarkable trick to survive the last Ice Age;
- Avocados switch sex on a daily basis, and now we finally know how;
- NASA rover zapped a rock on Mars and found a gemstone surprise; and
- Ghosts of forgotten memories may linger in the brain and study suggests they could even be restored.
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