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By @sciencemug
@sciencemugMar 21, 2021
Comin' semi-soon or so!
Let's see if PiPs and the gang make it this time...
News 2: of mammoths' bones' circles, fluffy exoplanets, cats' music & more!
Hello dear listener!
I read a lot of science stuff in the past months, and now I’m gonna tell you 9 science stories that I’ve already translated into mini-posts and related cartoons for the blog side of my silly self (you can find the links below).
Sooo, dear listener, here we go!
1(of woodpeckers’ super skull)- https://www.sciencemug.com/2020/02/the-true-reason-why-woodpeckers-dont.html
2(of rats’ genome & New York)- https://www.sciencemug.com/2020/03/the-true-reason-why-brown-rats-genome.html
3(of mammoths’ bones’ circles)- https://www.sciencemug.com/2020/03/the-true-reason-why-ice-age-mammoth.html
4(of cats music)- https://www.sciencemug.com/2020/04/the-true-nature-of-cats-specific-music.html
5(of flamingos' social life)- https://www.sciencemug.com/2020/04/the-truth-about-flamingos-social-life.html
6(of American robins' earlier migrations)- https://www.sciencemug.com/2020/04/the-true-reason-why-american-robins.html
7(of dingoes & the Tube Man)- https://www.sciencemug.com/2020/10/the-true-reason-why-dingoes-flee-from.html
8(of the fluffy exoplanet)- https://www.sciencemug.com/2021/01/the-true-reason-why-wasp-107b-newly.html
9(of the orange bats)- https://www.sciencemug.com/2021/02/the-true-reason-why-new-bat-species-is.html
Of plastics & human placenta: meet the plasticenta! Pt 4/4 - Plastic pollution -
Hellooo, dear listener!
In this fourth and last part of the episode, I finish telling you the story of a group of Italian researchers who, for the first time ever, find plastics in human placentas of healthy women.
Listening to this episode, you'll find out how bad is global plastic pollution, and how dangerous plastics are to living things in general, and to humans and human fetuses in particular.
And there's also a brief interview to Dr. Ragusa, the leading investigator of this research!
Aaand there's a also funny+unsettling fake commercial too...
Ciao!
Find the script (plus all the references & credits) here: https://www.sciencemug.com/2021/05/of-plastics-human-placenta-meet.html
Of plastics & human placenta: meet the "plasticenta" (Pt3/4 - The way in)
Hellooo, dear listener!
In the third (of four) part of this episode, I keep telling you the story of a bunch of Italian researchers who are the first to find pieces of plastics smaller than 0.5 cm in human placentas of healthy women.
Here you'll discover how the darn microplastics manage to sneak into the human body.
Aaand there's also a GPS for bugs and antigens story...
Ciao!
Find the script (plus all the references & credits) here: https://www.sciencemug.com/2021/04/of-plastics-human-placenta-meet.html
Of food production in urban areas: meet the urban horticulture! (Pt 1/2)
Hellooo, dear listener!
In this episode I'll tell you a story about urban horticulture, more precisely the story of how a bunch or researchers proved that a city (specifically Sheffield, England, UK) could potentially feed a big chunk of its own people with veggies and fruits grown in the city itself (on green spaces and even roofs)!
And there's a very funny fake commercial about the green thumb too.
Ciao!
Find the script (plus all the references & credits) here: https://www.sciencemug.com/2021/03/of-food-production-in-urban-areas-meet.html
Of plastics & human placenta: meet the "plasticenta" (Pt2/4 - Guess the plastics)
Hellooo, dear listener!
In this second part of this multi-part episode, I go on telling you the story of a group of smarty smart Italian researchers who, for the first time ever, finds man-made stuff, specifically microplastics, in human placentas.
In this episode you'll find how the scientists understand that what they found is actually plastics, what kind of plastics this things are precisely, and, above other things, how much plastic has been made - I mean ever - and how much plastic garbage ended up in the environment so far.
Aaand there's also a conspiracy theory about 1I/2017 U1 aka ʻOumuamua and some nanoprobes...
Ciao!
Find the script (plus all the references & credits) here: https://www.sciencemug.com/2021/02/of-plastics-human-placenta-meet.html
Of plastics & human placenta: meet the "plasticenta" (Pt1/4)
Hellooo, dear listener. In this multi-part episode I tell you the story of a bunch of Italian researchers who, for the first time ever, find pieces of plastic in human placentas (those of four healthy women who had smooth pregnancies and deliveries).
In this very part 1 you'll hear how the resourceful scientists from the boot-shaped country collect the samples they need for their study, and what technique they use to analyze them.
Aaand there's also a joke about a horse, a gamma ray burst and a banana split...
Ciaz!
Find the script (plus all the references & credits) here: https://www.sciencemug.com/2021/01/of-plastics-human-placenta-meet.html
Of Santa Claus, children naughtiness, and virus: a Christmas tale
Ho-ho-hoooo... Hello, dear listener, welcome to this Xmas episode! I'll tell you two stories this time.
One is about how the popular belief according to which Santa doesn't visit naughty children may be or may be not (listen and find out) actually true.
The other story, given the year is 2020, is about what would be the consequences of Santa Claus doing his worldwide tour on Christmas Eve while infected by a highly contagious virus.
Here's the script (with the bibliography): https://tinyurl.com/y784b9e3.
Enjoy&Merry Xmas&peaceful holidays!
É arrivato il nuovo podcast in italiano: @sciencemug ITALIA!
Ooooooh, caro auscultatore e cara auscultatrice, sono lieto di dirti che è arrivato @sciencemug ITALIA, il podcast dove potrai ascoltare tuuuti i nuovi episodi (e un po’ alla volta anche quelli vecchi) in italiano!
@sciencemug ITALIA è già su iTunes, Spotify, Anchor, Castbox, e presto sarà disponibile anche su altre piattaforme.
Benone, oh voi del quelli che il podcast sì ma solo in italiano, la notizia ve l’ho data, adesso vi saluto, che devo tornare a inseguire il bianconiglio...
Ciaz!
News 1: climate change & bumblebees extinction, wolves & blueberries, and dimming super stars!
Oooh hallo dear listener, in this sort-of episode I tell you three science news (about climate change & biology, wildlife & ethology, and astronomy) and related infos that I've told in these weeks in my blog-self side via mini-micro post and cartoons.
Next regular episode is on its way, it'll be 'bout food and cities...
Enjoy!
Links to the news:
1) Climate change & bumblebees extinction: https://tinyurl.com/yalgtyvh
2) Wolves & blueberries: https://tinyurl.com/y9woy6ot
3) Dimming super stars: https://tinyurl.com/y7ytj9gc
Of why people are less generous on Xmas than the rest of the year! (Pt2/2)
Of why people are less generous on Xmas than the rest of the year! (Pt1/2)
Weird patent series (N°1): "The Bird Diaper"!
The yum-yum bugs
The explosive story of dynamite & the Nobel Prize!
The Rogue Planet: a science "crime" story
Pollution on high
Clue one: it is not a piece of rainbow.
Clue two: it is not the answer to your prayers.
For clue three press #.
The script is here: www.sciencemug.com/2019/09/pollution-on-high.html
Ciao!
BACTERIA vs HUMAN CELLS (PT3 of 3)
Happy b-day Aspirin!
The post is here: tinyurl.com/y3lk3prm
BACTERIA vs HUMAN CELLS (PT2 of 3)
Thank you brave soul!
Luckily for them, the banner's wife (a lovely .gif of a cat doing a cat thing) was moved by the ridiculously scared expression of PiPs, and convinced her husband not to press chargess... Based on a true story! Ciaz!
BACTERIA vs HUMAN CELLS (PT1 of 3)
It's a tale of perseverance, poop (kinda) and, of course, solid science.
Find the post here: tinyurl.com/y46awupu
Enjoy!
Roses chocolates & Valentine's Day
The roads the researchers & the map (Pt 4/4)
The roads the researchers & the map (Pt 3/4)
The post is here: www.sciencemug.com/2018/04/the-roads-researchers-map-pt-34.html
Ciaz!
The roads the researchers & the map (Pt 2/4)
The roads the researchers & the map (Pt 1/4)
I'm coming back, folks, I'm coming baaack!
Soon!
With brand-new episodes (aaand unfortunately the same lack of a brain...).
Ciaz
@sciencemug
Valentine's Day & the birth timing
Kepler, Santa Bernard and the Xmas tale (part2)
A tale told by an alien Santa. To alien jellies. On an alien world. In an alien language [meaning that the language spoken by the narrator -and used in this summary- is not exactly one of this planet, although similar enough to be (hopefully) understandable...]
Here you can find the corresponding text: goo.gl/x739LK
Kepler, Santa Bernard and the Xmas tale (part1)
A tale told by an alien Santa. To alien jellies. On an alien world. In an alien language [meaning that the language spoken by the narrator -and used in this summary- is not exactly one of this planet, although similar enough to be (hopefully) understandable...]
You can find the corresponding text here: goo.gl/KkFDUj
Beijing's ring and the scientists
Read the text and see the comics here: goo.gl/8r0lFG
Ciaz
SM
Episode 5: the (audio) promo!
The pig’s “scent” and the barking dogs
Read the text here: goo.gl/5vyLA3
Ciaz!
SM
size does matter (when it comes to brain and you are a female little fish)
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le dimensioni (del cervello) contano, se sei una pescolina tropicale
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The Earth, the Dark Matter and the galactic trip toward mass extinction
Read the text here: goo.gl/wqItu8
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SM
La Terra, la materia oscura e il viaggio galattico verso l’estinzione di massa
Leggi il post in inglese qui: goo.gl/wqItu8
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SM
the strange case of ants and toilets
Read the text here: goo.gl/PnMOlu
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SM
anche le formiche nel loro piccolo hanno le toilette
Leggi il post in inglese qui: goo.gl/PnMOlu
ciaz
SM