Episode Number 241 – July 10, 2025 

This week Hadi is filling in for Bob 

Links to this week’s stories:  

Something fun 

How long would it take Superman to travel from Krypton to Earth?

https://www.space.com/entertainment/how-long-would-it-take-superman-to-travel-from-krypton-to-earth

Robots who can now do surgery

https://today.ucsd.edu/story/the-robot-will-see-you-now⁠ 

July 9th may be the shortest day ever in history

https://www.nola.com/news/earth-rotation-speed-shortest-day/article_c9bb0d61-774b-47ed-8352-f4f84e1c54e2.html 

Rare find: interstellar visitor seen blazing through ourSolar System

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02141-5

Echoes from the Big Bang suggest Earth is trapped inside agiant cosmic void: 

https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/echoes-from-the-big-bang-suggest-earth-is-trapped-inside-a-giant-cosmic-void-scientists-claim

Arizona fossils reveal an ecosystem in flux early in the ageof dinosaurs.

https://www.reuters.com/science/arizona-fossils-reveal-an-ecosystem-flux-early-age-dinosaurs-2025-07-08/