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Chernobyl Dogs, Venus Volcanoes, Cold Mushrooms


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Today you’ll learn about how dogs in Ukraine have survived nuclear fallout, how Venutian volcanoes can teach us about the planet’s climate, and how mushrooms maintain a colder temperature than their surroundings. 

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Chernobyl Dogs  

  • “Why Scientists Are Studying the Stray Dogs Living at Chernobyl” by Will Sullivan
    • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-study-the-genetics-of-dogs-living-near-chernobyl-disaster-site-180981748/
  • “There’s Something Odd About the Dogs Living at Chernobyl” by Katherine J. Wu
    • https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/03/chernobyl-dog-radiation-exposure-genome-research/673273/
  • “The dogs of Chernobyl: Demographic insights into populations inhabiting the nuclear exclusion zone” by GABRIELLA J. SPATOLA et al.
    • https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade2537
  • “Can the dogs of Chernobyl teach us new tricks on survival?” By LAURA UNGAR
    • https://apnews.com/article/dogs-chernobyl-nuclear-accident-genetics-f36bfae17b541bd6c3fba2b4abc0b0c6

Venus Volcanoes 

  • “Volcanic activity on Venus spotted in radar images, scientists say” by Ari Daniel
    • https://www.npr.org/2023/03/17/1164053464/volcanic-activity-on-venus-spotted-in-radar-images-scientists-say
  • “Magellan spacecraft images reveal volcanic activity on Venus” By Ashley Strickland
    • https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/world/venus-volcanic-activity-scn/index.html
  • “How are volcanoes and earthquakes interrelated?” by Australian Museum
    • https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/how-are-volcanoes-and-earthquakes-interrelated/
  • “Plate Tectonics” by National Geographic
    • https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/plate-tectonics/
  • “Earthquakes” by American Museum of Natural History
    • https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/earth/power-of-plate-tectonics/earthquakes

Cold Mushrooms 

  • “This Is Why You See Those Colored Balls Hanging on Power Lines” by Chloë Nannestad
    • https://www.rd.com/article/what-are-the-balls-on-power-lines/
  • “What Are Those Balls That Hang on Power Lines?” by Shulie Tornel
    • https://energized.edison.com/stories/what-are-those-balls-that-hang-on-power-lines
  • “What are the Colored Aerial Marker Balls on Power Lines For?” by Electrical Technology
    • https://www.electricaltechnology.org/2019/05/colored-aerial-marker-balls-on-power-lines.html
  • “Marker balls for overhead lines” By RAEL F. AMOS
    • https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/02/09/Marker-balls-for-overhead-lines/2851413614800/
  • “The Reason Behind Those Brightly Colored Balls Along Power Lines” By Ellen Gutoskey
    • https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/598043/colored-balls-power-lines-reason

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