SoT 81: You Asexual Bdelloid!
Hosts:\xa0Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Cobi Smith.
\nTopics covered:
\nOur Total Solar Eclipse experiences.
\nA 'rogue planet' discovered and photographed. The planet is not gravitationally linked to a star.
\nA study of the microbes in belly buttons reveals a surprising diversity.
\nThe bdelloid rotifer, despite being asexual for 80 million years, has incorporated foreign DNA to help it adapt.
\nA newly developed prosthetic hand is a lot like Luke Skywalker's hand.
\nTransplant from nasal cells enables paralysed dogs to walk.
\nDo great apes have mid-life crises? Maybe.
\nA rant about the endless speculation sparked by a Curiosity scientist's gaffe.