SCI054: The Vesuvius Challenge is a scientific competition to unravel the text on burned papyri from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle discuss the first milestone in which AI was used to read a word on a scroll which can never be unrolled and what comes next.
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* AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time
* How the dinosaurs went extinct: asteroid collision triggered potentially deadly volcanic eruptions


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The Vesuvius Challenge

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SCI066: Consider the lowly ant. Caroline Knight tells Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle about the desert ant and how they use the Earth’s magnetic field to navigate. A recent study found their surprisingly adaptable brains changed due to altered magnetic fields. What does this mean for other animals?
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* Here’s how magnetic fields shape desert ants’ brains


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Amazing Magnetic Ants!

SCI065: Japan plans to launch a satellite to test space-based solar power in 2025. Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle discuss the technical aspects, scalability, and environmental concerns, balancing enthusiasm for its potential with realism about challenges and costs.
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* Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025 | Space


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Beam Solar Power from Space

SCI064: A coalition of countries are creating a standardized Lunar time zone, and Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle discuss why this is important to the future of space travel; how mass and gravity affect timekeeping; and the challenges to keeping time beyond Earth.
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* The Moon Will Get Its Own Time Zone Called Coordinated Lunar Time Under NASA’s Lead
* Celestial Time Standardization Policy


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Living on Moon Time

SCI063: With a large part of the US getting a chance to see a total solar eclipse this week, Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle discuss eclipse science and viewing tips for those lucky enough to be in the path.
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* The Ambitious Plans to Study the Sun During April’s Solar Eclipse
* How to Make an Eclipse Viewer
* Solar Eclipse Mass Wedding Will See Hundreds of Couples Marry


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2024 Total Solar Eclipse

SCI062: Baboons in ancient Egypt held special significance, even providing the form of one of their gods. Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle discuss how recent DNA finds trace their origins to the land of Punt and reveal insights into ancient trade routes and more.
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* Mummified baboons point to the direction of the fabled land of Punt
* Baboon mummy DNA from ancient Egypt reveals location of mysterious port city not on any maps
* Baboons in Ancient Egypt


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The Vesuvius Challenge

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