5 March, 2025 – Episode 1005 – Time Keeps On Slippin’ - Scholar Square

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This Week: Firefly & Astronauts, Weekends and Surgeries, Narwhal Tooth, Fusion Update, Heart Health Watch, Sound Spring, Sharks, Rat Sommeliers, Processed Foods, Mediterranean Diet, AI, Synthetic Intelligence, Love Types, And Much More Time for Science!

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The value of research is being diminished, ridiculed, and defunded for politically and financially suspect motives…

This is nothing new.

Science has always needed the support of society to succeed, and in some cases, to survive
Without that support, science, and the great power of knowledge that it commands
Can simply go away.

If people with knowledge do not share that knowledge, the knowledge dies.
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to publish new knowledge
Is what makes a modern society possible.

Many seem to have forgotten, or never to have learned
That without a strong scientific culture and community
Societies fail to thrive, struggle to succeed, and in some cases
They may not survive.

Water is not sanitary without science.
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A society without science will be poor, sick, uninformed, undefended, and unable to understand that they are being exploited.
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Without it… the modern world goes dark.
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Some quick science news!

Firefly & Astronauts
Firefly landed, but what’s up with the stranded astronauts on the ISS?

Do weekends affect surgical outcomes?
It’s an old trope, but is the “weekend effect” real?

What are narwhal teeth for?
Thanks to drones, we have an idea!

Fusion Update
What’s the newest challenge for sustainable power from nuclear fusion?

Heart attack sensing watch
It will call emergency services for unresponsive users

Sound Spring
How does sound get turned into hearing?

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Blair’s Animal Corner!

Sharks! They’re important!
But in far more ways than you think…

Rat sommeliers!
It’s a fresh take on Ratatouille, but WHY??

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Some Science stories with Justin!

Processed foods
They’re bad for you, who knew?? Everyone, everyone knew.

Mediterranean diet
It’s good for you… or is it?

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Let’s Wrap up Science Time with Kiki!

More Intelligent Artificial Intelligence
How could AI be better?

Synthetic Intelligence?
What are the researchers behind the Pong-playing Brain-In-A-Dish up to now?

Love Types
Who loves how?

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What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year We discussed RNA, Hydrogen energy, Mammoths, Forever Chemicals, Light Chemistry, Old Humans of Ukraine, Origins of India, Chilling Science, Star Influence, Bee Friends, And Much More Science!

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