Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope has produced amazing images, and amazing science, in its first five months. Roland Pease hears from one of the leading astronomers on the JWST programme, Dr Heidi Hammel, as well as other experts on what they are already learning about the first galaxies in the Universe, the birthplaces of stars, the strange behaviour of some other stars, and the first view of Neptune's rings in over 30 years.
Producer: Roland Pease
Assistant producer: Sophie Ormiston
Image: An image from the James Webb Space Telescope (Credit: Nasa via PA)
As we’re in the period between Christmas and New Year, the gap between episodes is going to be longer than normal, and the podcast proper is going to be back on January the ninth. So nobody has to wait around for another fortnight for a new episode, I thought I’d upload some old Patreon bonus episodes to fill the gap. Every year around Christmas the bonus episodes I do tend to be on Christmas songs and so this week I’m uploading three of those. These are older episodes, so don’t have the same production values as more recent episodes, and are also shorter than more recent bonuses, but I hope they’re still worth listening to.
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Common Sense Society Executive Editor Christopher Bedford joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to air his 2022 grievances which include a burned Christmas sweater, urban crime, and people who make kids wear masks.
The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.
Solana (SOL) has dropped as much as 10% in the past 24 hours, adding to a 20% slide over the past week. Selling pressure on the tokens came from their close links to disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces charges of fraud and misappropriation of client funds. Separately, an anonymous Twitter user has obtained around 100,000 API keys belonging to users of the crypto trading service 3Commas.
This episode has been edited by Nia Freeman. Our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:20) – History of life on Earth
(16:25) – Origin of life
(39:11) – Genetic language of life
(52:08) – Life and energy
(1:02:50) – Ancient DNA
(1:21:48) – Evolution
(1:33:19) – Alien life
(2:01:19) – Panspermia
(2:07:41) – Restarting life on Earth
(2:20:23) – Where ideas come from
(2:27:54) – Science and language
(2:36:31) – Love
(2:37:55) – Advice to young people
(2:42:29) – Meaning of life
On this episode, Akhil Reed Amar joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, "The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840."
For centuries, cultures around the world have told tales of "wild men" lurking in the woods, and reports of these creatures continue in the modern day. So what exactly is Bigfoot? Join the guys as they interview David Bakara, the creator of Expedition: Bigfoot, to learn more about his search for the creature and the inspiration behind his museum. They don’t want you to read our book.
It turns out 2022 wasn’t entirely irredeemable. We reflect on some of the year’s silver linings and positive developments. Noah: The revitalization of NATO. Abe: A bad year for autocrats. Christine: Candidates who deserve to lose lost. John: Nuclear fusion. Source
