Month: August 2024

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CrowdScience - How do fish survive in the deep ocean?

When listener Watum heard about the Titan submersible implosion in the news in 2023, a question popped up in his mind: if a machine that we specifically built for this purpose cannot sustain the water pressure of the deep ocean, how do fish survive down there?

In this episode, we travel with marine biologist Alan Jamieson to the second deepest place in our oceans: the Tonga trench. Meanwhile, presenter Caroline Steel speaks to Edie Widder about the creatures that illuminate our oceans, and travels to Copenhagen to take a closer look one of the strangest deep sea creatures and its deep sea adaptations.

But even fish have their limits! Scientist Paul Yancey correctly predicted the deepest point that fish can live, and it all comes down to one particular molecule.

So is there anything living beyond these depths? Well, there is only one way to find out…

Contributors: Prof Alan Jamieson, University of Western Australia Luke Siebermaier, Submersible Team Leader, Inkfish Dr Edie Widder, Ocean Research & Conservation Association Peter Rask Møller, Natural History Museum of Denmark Prof Paul Yancey, Whitman College

Presenter: Caroline Steel Producer: Florian Bohr Editor: Martin Smith & Cathy Edwards Production Co-ordinator: Ishmael Soriano Studio Manager: Steve Greenwood

(Image: Deep-sea fish - stock photo, Credit: superjoseph via Getty Images)

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1A - The News Roundup For August 9, 2024

The candidates in the 2024 election are finally clear. Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will be the Democratic candidates.

The stock market tumbled on Monday. The S&P fell over 3 percent in a single day. There has been, however, a slight rebound as the week has continued.

Meanwhile, overseas, Israel is bracing for expected retaliation from Iran and its proxies following the assassinations of a senior Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran and a senior Hezbollah leader, Fuad Shukur, in Lebanon late last month.

This week, an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation was held in the Saudi port city of Jeddah. More than 50 members of Muslim-majority nations met to discuss the killings.

The global economy has been unstable this week. But nowhere more so than Japan, where the stock market plummeted by 12 percent on Monday. It was the worst single day since 1987.

We cover all this and more during our News Roundup.

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The Bulwark Podcast - Nate Silver: Underdog Story

Kamala is now the star of a story involving a woman called into duty at a moment of crisis with a sitcom dad as a running mate—and Trump can see the danger. Nate Silver joins Tim Miller to explain what his polling model is showing. Plus, the survivorship bias of Elon-world risk takers, and good, old gambling tips. Your weekend pod.
show notes:

Nate's new book, "On the Edge The Art of Risking Everything," out Tuesday
Tim making the "conservative case" for Kamala
Tim's playlist 

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - UNCHAINED: How Crypto Markets Are Reacting Post-Selloff, With Election/Fed Uncertainty Ahead

Jason Pagoulatos, head of markets at Delphi Digital, explains why crypto markets rebounded quickly from the rout this week, why ETH has underperformed BTC and SOL in 2024, and how Fed and election uncertainty might affect crypto.


After the unwinding of the Japan carry trade, the weak jobs report, and Jump’s dumping of ETH slammed crypto prices earlier this week, Jason Pagoulatos, head of markets at Delphi Digital, gives his insights on where prices are headed. He explains why he thinks Ethereum has underperformed so far in 2024, how the ETH ETFs might impact the price as outflows from Grayscale’s ETHE dwindle, and how the election, moves by the Fed, and the adoption of Bitcoin ETFs by Morgan Stanley advisors will affect BTC. 

Show highlights:

  • Why the markets have rebounded since the weekend selloff
  • The role of Jump in the ETH selloff and why ETH has been underperforming so much this year
  • Whether Grayscale’s ETHE slowing down the outflows will reverse the trend for ETH
  • Why Jason believes that investment advisors will continue to push bitcoin to their clients
  • How the macroeconomic environment is affecting crypto prices now and the impact in the near future


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Guest

  • Jason Pagoulatos, head of markets at Delphi Digital


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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: Do Kwon’s Extradition Postponed Yet Again; Coinbase Argues Against CFTC Rules

Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the news in the crypto industry from delay of Do Kwon’s extradition from Montenegro to Coinbase's response to the CFTC's proposed rules regarding prediction markets.

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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, including the delay of Do Kwon’s extradition from Montenegro at the request of the country’s top prosecutor. Plus, Coinbase argues against the CFTC's proposed rules regarding prediction markets, and JPMorgan says positive catalysts have been priced in.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: Hashprice, Iris Energy’s Failed Hedge and Paraguay Mining

Miners are feeling the burn only a few months after the halving…have we officially bottomed?


Welcome back to The Mining Pod! This week we’re in studio talking about Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news! Colin Harper, our new Editor-in-Chief, walks us through important updates including mining revenue bottoming to historic lows, Iris Energy (IRENE) struggling after a failed hedging strategy this summer in Texas, a flopped narrative violation on China banning (or not banning, depending on the quality of your research) Bitcoin mining and Paraguay trying to bring more Bitcoin mining down south!


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:44 Difficulty report

06:13 Miner Mag: $150M into new ASIC design

09:43 Core Scientific Signs AI Contract

20:49 Iris Energy Power Usage Spike

24:43 Miners Holding BTC

30:27 Paraguay Mining

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CBS News Roundup - 08/09/2024 | World News Roundup

A new arrest -- and new details emerge about the alleged terror plot against Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna. Former President Trump and Vice President Harris agree to debate on September 10. Ferguson, Missouri - 10 years later. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Friday, August 9, 2024:

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What Could Go Right? - The Progress Report: Pro-Democracy Protests

In this episode of The Progress Report, Emma discusses three news stories: the pro-democracy protests in Bangladesh, the projected peak of world population, and state-level initiatives in the United States. The main themes include political unrest and democratic movements, population growth and sustainability, and state-level experimentation and regulation. The takeaways include the power of grassroots movements, the potential positive impact of declining population growth, and the importance of state-level action in shaping policy.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Off The Beaten Path: Museum of Post-Punk and Industrial Music

Chicago is at the center of industrial music – and a museum in the Bridgeport neighborhood tells that history. Outside, the brick building is nondescript. But inside, posters, T-shirts and cassette tapes overlap on the walls and cascade down to the floor. Today, Reset heads to the Museum of Post-Punk & Industrial Music as part of our series featuring museums off the beaten path. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.