Episode Number 230 – April 24th  – New Life? No Rhinos in Wales, New Color? Rebuilding Eyes, Ease of Access is not always a good thing.

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Listener Article:

New Life out there?
https://gizmodo.com/did-scientists-detect-life-on-another-planet-experts-weigh-in-on-bombshell-biosignature-report-2000592296

https://www.reuters.com/science/scientists-find-strongest-evidence-yet-life-an-alien-planet-2025-04-16/

Something Fun:

Lack of Rhinos in Wales:
https://www.cnn.com/world/africa/dog-training-poaching-africa-wales-spc/index.html

A new Color?
https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/scientists-hijacked-the-human-eye-to-get-it-to-see-a-brand-new-color-its-called-olo

The paper:

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu1052

Rebuilding eyes:

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-drug-restores-vision-researchers-successfully-reverse-retinal-damage/

The paper:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58290-8

Not everything needs to be in one spot:
https://theconversation.com/from-help-to-harm-how-the-government-is-quietly-repurposing-everyones-data-for-surveillance-254690

https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/the-dangerous-road-to-a-master-file-why-linking-government-databases-is-a-terrible-idea/

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