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Dan Riskin - December 15, 2023
Science educator Dr. Daniel K. Riskin, Ph.D. joins David to discuss various famous Hughs. The two decide who or what they would kick out of bed for eating crackers. Dan introduces necrobotics. Then, it's science time with the following headlines covered:
ChatGPT may be getting lazier during the holidays;
The world's first known case of someone tearing their windpipe from holding a sneeze;
A new study showing that hypochondriacs really do die earlier than other people;
The bizarre medical mystery of an intact housefly found inside a man's colon during a colonoscopy; and
NASA's Voyager 1 probe has stopped communicating, and engineers might not be able to fix it.
David wishes Dan a happy holidays and closes on a quote from Carl Sagan based on an iconic photo taken by the Voyager 1 probe.
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Science educator Dr. Daniel K. Riskin, Ph.D. joins David to discuss various famous Hughs. The two decide who or what they would kick out of bed for eating crackers. Dan introduces necrobotics. Then, it's science time with the following headlines covered:
ChatGPT may be getting lazier during the holidays;
The world's first known case of someone tearing their windpipe from holding a sneeze;
A new study showing that hypochondriacs really do die earlier than other people;
The bizarre medical mystery of an intact housefly found inside a man's colon during a colonoscopy; and
NASA's Voyager 1 probe has stopped communicating, and engineers might not be able to fix it.
David wishes Dan a happy holidays and closes on a quote from Carl Sagan based on an iconic photo taken by the Voyager 1 probe.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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