25 November, 2020 – Episode 801 – Pile of Hot Turkey Feathers!

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Space Travel Stuff, Turkey Feathers, Bendy Dolphins, Saving Birds, Long Lives, Hiding Plants, COVID Update, Alligator Tales, Smart Bees, Smelly Rats, Science Sounds, Memory Maps, Surprise!, And Much More…

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The long way to go is getting shorter

An election has come and gone

And a not against science administration is taking control

The pandemic still finds plenty of exponential hosts

But a vaccine or two or three are on the way

No matter what we think the future may hold

We hope it keeps us all together

The thin raft of friends gathered together here on TWiS

Are as much family to us

as all those aunts and uncles and second cousins we hear from this time of year

No matter what is going on in the world

We are in it together

Like birds of a feather

Speaking of bird feathers…

What do you think they do with all the turkey feathers this time of year?

We’ve got one at least one idea

Here on This Week in Science,

Coming Up Next…

Let’s start with some quick science news stories…

Space Travel Stuff

A big set of papers are available this week in Cell Press journals with some interesting results related to human space flight.

Turkey feathers…

ancient inhabitants of the American Southwest used turkey feathers to make a blanket

How dolphins avoid the bends