Month: September 2021

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30 Animals That Made Us Smarter - Octopus and transplants

S2 Ep11. Can the remarkable dexterity of octopus suckers help improve delicate surgery? The octopus uses its powerful arms to grip onto rocks, capture prey and walk around the sea floor. Suckers are found along the arms which are crucial for manipulating objects. The action of these suckers has inspired a device to transfer fragile sheets of thin tissue in surgical procedures. Thanks for listening. Let us know what you think. #30Animals Get in touch: www.bbcworldservice.com/30animals
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Carrington Event

On September 1 and 2 of 1859, people all over the world were treated to something quite rare. Auroras were seen in the skies as far south as the Caribbean and as far north as Brisbane, Australia. However, some astronomers and telegraph operators experienced something different. If this same event were to happen today, it might bring out society to its knees. Learn more about the Carrington Event and what it means for our modern world, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Fermi Paradox

In a previous episode, I spoke about the Drake equation and the odds of there being intelligent extraterrestrial life. Many people have used the Drake equation to argue that it is almost impossible for there not to be intelligent life in our galaxy. However, in the summer of 1950, physicist Enrico Fermi pushed back against this by asking a very simple question: if there are so many intelligent civilizations, where are they? Learn more about the Fermi Paradox

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Travel in Today’s World with “Scott’s Cheap Flights”

Have you experienced it yet? Delays, cancellations and rescheduled flights when you’re trying to travel. The airline industry took a hit in the early parts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, they’ve struggled at times to handle a travel rebound.

Today, the founder of the famous website, “Scott’s Cheap Flights,” flight expert Scott Keyes, is here to explain what’s going on with air travel now and what to expect in the near future. He's also offering valuable travel advice.

You’ll learn about everything from handling last-minute flight changes to scoring cheap flights in the first place. For today’s episode, Keyes spoke with our guest host Lacey Evans. 

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Byzantium And The Crusades - The Last Crusades Episode 4 “The Triumph of the Ottoman Turks”

The year is 1396. The Ottoman Turks are threatening to conquer Eastern Europe and take Constantinople from the Byzantines. A new Crusade against them is proclaimed, and a great international army from Hungary and Western Europe is raised to meet them in battle.

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the memory palace - Episode 185: The Life and Works of a Monumental Figure

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show and independent media, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate.

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Music

  • Honesty by Thrupence

  • El Noi de la Mare, Eldegard by Lofoten Cello Duo

  • 2400 by Martyn Hyne

  • White Light by Chihei Hatekeyama

  • Valse Efter Valle I Lybe by Lofoten Cello Duo

Notes