Episode 124: Tardigrade Genes & Other Science Stories
b'Guest: Shi En Kim \\n\\nScience journalist Shi En Kim joins Mike to read their StarTrek.com article about how scientists are transplanting tardigrade genes into human cells \\xe0 la Stamets in Star Trek: Discovery. Then, Kim joins Mike to share some science stories from her AAAS Mass Media Fellowship at Smithsonian Magazine and their connections to Star Trek.\\n\\nKim & Mike\'s StarTrek.com article "Discovery\'s Tardigrades Are Making a Name For Themselves in Our World": https://www.startrek.com/news/discoverys-tardigrades-are-making-a-name-for-themselves-in-our-world\\n\\nKim\'s space debris article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-worlds-first-space-sweeper-make-dent-orbiting-debris-180978515/\\n\\nKim\'s spider silk article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/fourteen-ways-spiders-use-their-silk-180978354/\\n\\nKim\'s website: https://shienkim.wordpress.com/\\n\\nFollow us on Twitter!\\nMike: https://twitter.com/Miquai\\nKim: https://twitter.com/goes_by_kim'