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When differing animals meet, they sometimes communicate. Sometimes threats, sometimes lies, sometimes laughter. We take a look at interspecies communication.
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We begin a new subseries this week on language and communication. For starters, let’s have a looksee at how single-celled organisms chat.
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We didn’t notice it was going to be asteroid day until yesterday, but by coincidence, today is all about asteroids.
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Once thought a portent of doom, or a sign of the impending death of kings, nowadays a comet makes a good target to launch a mission at.
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We’ve been putting out episodes on science for five years. There’s no end in sight. You’re welcome, or we’re sorry, depending. In celebration we relax with a freeform episode, even drink a couple of beers. We do drift passed a bit of science, but only by accident.
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If you count it as a planet, it is the furthest away and smallest. Whether or not you think it’s a planet, it might harbor life.
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High winds, a segmented ring and other oddities confound us as we take a trip to Neptune.
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Jokes aside, we take a more complete look at Uranus, the sideways planet.
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Unexpected issues caused a very short episode about the seventh planet. Gave us a chance to go ahead and snicker at its name.
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We finish up with the planet Saturn with a look at her moon, Enceladus. It is spewing forth giant guizers of water and other chemicals, hinting at its subsurface salty ocean and even the possibility of life.
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