Episode Number 231 – May 1st  – Shaking Space, coming back to Earth, Retiring in Space?, Sperm Racing, Child labor in Social Media, turning a Country back on

This week's guest:  Creation Station Business

Links to this week’s stories: 

Broward County Library CreationStation Podcast Feedback Survey (surveymonkey.com)

Something Fun:

Shaking space:

https://gizmodo.com/a-massive-underwater-volcano-literally-shook-the-edge-of-space-2000594092

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024AV001470

Coming back to Earth:

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/a-failed-soviet-venus-lander-will-fall-back-to-earth-after-being-stranded-for-53-years

Retire in space?

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/meet-the-astronaut-who-celebrated-his-70th-birthday-by-thudding-into-the-planet/

Listener Article:

Sperm Racing

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/sperm-race-event-sport-hollywood-la-qxf9l36bt

It is not flipping a switch:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/why-restarting-a-power-grid-is-so-hard/

Battery Backup for a Country:

https://www.wired.com/story/grid-scale-battery-storage-is-quietly-revolutionizing-the-energy-system/

When is it child labor for Social Media?
https://restofworld.org/2025/brazil-child-influencers-legal/

https://www.broward.org/Library/Pages/CreationStation.aspx

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