Host: Jorge Salazar
Lead Producer: Mike Brennan
ES 22 Producers: Deborah Byrd, Ryan Britton, Emily Howard
Science news of the week:
Worldwide shark attack fatalities reached a 20-year high during 2011
A link between neuropsychiatric disorders and intellectual pursuits
Phytoplankton. Image Credit: NOAA
Sunlight causes particles to kill ocean phytoplankton
Reported increase in jellyfish in the world’s oceans is not supported by hard evidence or scientific analyses
Strong evidence for an ocean on ancient Mars
Song of the week:
Melogrand’s “Around Again” from their first full-length album, the upcoming Waves for the Ages
Lake Vostok from space via NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. After 20 years of drilling, a team of Russian researchers has penetrated this prehistoric Antarctic lake, which has been trapped beneath ice for 15 million years.
This week’s featured stories:
Penetrating Lake Vostok Jorge speaks with polar scientist Dr. Chuck Kennicutt about drilling into a 15-million-year-old lake in Antarctica.
ALMA Jorge talks with astronomer Al Wooten about a new network of radio telescopes in Chile that will help us understand the birth of stars.
Thanks for listening in. We’ll catch ya next week!
Image Credit: ESO
This week’s musical contributors:
Not much to say but THANKS SO MUCH. It is always amazing to me to be sitting here in my little dark apartment, expanding my vision out toward the Universe, down into the oceans lost for millions of years, thinking about times to come without moving a voluntary muscle once I’ve clicked cownload. Astounding. See/hear y’all next week.
Thank you Michelle!