Interview w/ Dr. Greg Cunningham RE: Olfaction in Penguins, The TRAPPIST-1 System, Left Vs Right, Cute Lemur Faces, Mosquito ID Tech, Guts Need Nerves, Hair Cell Breakthrough!, Ancient Cave Bacteria!, Cat Apologies, And Much More…

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Just this week, in a solar system not so far away

As far far as other solar systems go…

7 planets,

rocky in nature and

all within the zone of habitability

Sparked the imagination of NASA.

Imagine a solar system so tightly wound

that from the surface of any planet

You can see the others with the naked eye…

So close that if it were ours,

we could colonize them all…

As they may all be wet with water…

Yes, an astronomer’s wet dream,

an unconstrained cornucopia of science fiction scenarios.

And what better way to begin the day than with the knowledge that

There are 7 more planets in our galaxy that may hold the potential for life to flourish.

But before you pack your bags and hitch your wagon to this star

There are a few things you ought to be prepared for upon arrival.

All this and more, on This Week in Science…

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Interview w/ Dr. Greg Cunningham about olfaction in penguins.

Dr. Cunningham is an Associate professor at St. Johns Fisher College where he studies behavior, ecology, and physiology of birds. Much of his research has focused on how and what birds smell, specifically Antarctic sea birds who have to l...