Generic Drift

GD XVIII: Bottle Guts


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Harvey and Adam discuss combustible comb jellies, mind-controlled molluscs, global dimming and the search for a ninth planet in our solar system.

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SHOW NOTES:

Introduction

  • Poly-anus flatworm

Walk the Wight

  • JustGiving page
  • Mountbatten Hospice

Dinosaur of the Month

  • Bajadasaurus news article (Scientific American)
  • Bajadasaurus reconstructed skeleton
  • Bajadasaurus palaeoart
  • Moros intrepidus news article (Sci-News)

The Planet Nine Hypothesis

  • News article (MIT Technology Review)
  • Scientific paper
  • Ultima Thule (Astronomy Now)
  • Competition to name Jupiter's new moons
  • The time on Saturn news article (Astrobio)

The Ephemeral Anus

  • News article (Independent)
  • Scientific paper
  • About Ctenophora
  • Mertensia ovum
  • "Tortuga reds" (undescribed species)
  • Bathocyroe fosteri

Mollusc mind-control

  • Nautilus (image)
  • Nudibranches
  • Californian sea hare (video)
  • News article (The New York Times)

Solar Geoengineering

  • News article (Science Alert)
  • Scientific paper
  • Dropping Like Flies (Adam's blog post)
  • White roofs (Independent)
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Generic DriftBy Harvey Broadhurst & Adam Bakewell