Dec 31 2020 59 mins 2
It’s the last show of 2020, a year when finding non-COVID science news was like searching for a needle in a viral haystack. This week we’ve got a bumper edition of our Science of Week quiz, covering news from the whole year, and we’re introducing a brand new feature - Animal Etymologies!
We’re investigating the liquid properties of cats, finding out how fast space junk flies around the Earth, looking at what lasers can tell us about ancient archaeological remains, asking whether we’ve just made contact with aliens in the next solar system over, stretching the boundaries of animal lengths with siphonophores, and pitching a gritty new sequel to Finding Nemo.
If you find some fun science that you think deserves its place on the show, we'd love to hear from you! Get in touch with us at [email protected]!
Fardin (2014): https://www.drgoulu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Rheology-of-cats.pdf
Sampaio et al (2020): https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3266
Music credit: Blippy Trance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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