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episode 741: 02 October, 2019 – Episode 741 – Detecting Signals
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Tundra Blair & Polar Bears International, 2019 IgNobel Awards, Eat Meat?, Humans > Volcanoes, Ape Minds, Secrets Of The Tardigrade, Sneaky Bacteria, Color Change Asteroid, Cometary Visitor, Save The Sea Grass!, Baby Muscles, And Much More…
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All over the world…
People worry.
What are they worrying about today?
Well, that all depends on which person is doing the worrying
Where they are in the world
In their life
In their day
Many worries may seem distinct,
as if an individual person’s specific worry
might make them the only human being worrying about such things…
But it is rarely true…
There are enough people in the world worrying about things that despite how it seems,
no one worrier is ever alone in what worries them.
(Though there may only be one person on the planet currently worrying about being impeached.)
The numbers of people worrying about global warming is rising to such numbers
that there is coming next a global recognition that none of us are alone.
There is a strength in numbers that can cast worry aside and replace it with action.
And action is the enemy of worry.
But action alone is not enough.
What the world needs is action and…
This Week in Science,
Coming Up Next…
First up, Blair calls in from the Canadian tundra!
Blair is traveling the sub-Arctic on the search for polar bears and new friends. She called in from a tundra buggy with one of those friends to talk about Polar Bears International and climate change.
Let’s talk about science now!
2019 IgNobel Awards
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