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The Cool Scientist
By Sean Duke, Science JournalistScience
The Cool Scientist episodes
- Cows potty-trained in bid to tackle global warming; Vegan men fart more; Chances of alien life 'much more likely than first thought'
Science news round-up 16/09/2021
Cows potty-trained in bid to tackle global warming
Vegan men fart more
Changes of alien life 'more likely than first thought'
7 min - Dogs can figure out human intentions; Space Station facing irreparable failures; Female octopuses throw shells at males annoying them; Stuttering due to brain wiring
Science News Round-Up 02/09/21
Dogs may be able to figure out human intentions
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/sep/01/german-scientists-find-fresh-evidence-of-canine-intelligence
Space Station facing irreparable failures
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58408911
Female Octopuses through shells at males annoying them
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/female-octopus-shells-target-male-b1910682.html
Stuttering is caused by brain wiring, not personality
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stuttering-stems-from-problems-in-brain-wiring-not-personalities/
12 min - SpaceX Starship lands then explodes; Procrastinating? Blame the pandemic; Obesity Risks for Covid-19; Why Some People Can't Shut Up;
Science News, 4th March
- SpaceX Starship lands then explodes
- Procrastinating? Blame the pandemic
- Obesity risks for Covid-19
- Why some people can't shut up
8 min - Science seek dementia answers in cases of 'terminal lucidity'; Covid-19 Vaccine trials in children set to begin; Irish-built micro-gravity instrument launched to International Space Station
Science news - 25th Feb' '21
- Scientists seek dementia answers in 'terminal lucidity'
- Doctors stress need to vaccinate kids for Covid-19
- Irish-built space instrument launched to the I.S.S.
8 min - Robotic 'noses' to sniff out cancers; Quantum computers to solve 'unsolvable' problems; Mars rover to begin its search for life; Texas snowstorms due to polar warming
Science News - 18th Feb '21
- Robotic 'noses' to sniff out cancers
- Quantum computers to solve 'unsolvable' problems
- Mars rover to begin its search for life
- Texas snowstorms due to polar warming, scientists believe
9 min - Reducing Covid-19 deaths; Anti-Obesity Drug; Women Better at 'Mind Reading'
Science news - 11th Feb' '21
- An anti-arthritis drug reduces deaths from Covid-19 and speeds recovery times.
- Women have been found to be better at 'mind reading'.
- An anti-obesity drug reduces obese people's weight by 15%.
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About The Cool Scientist
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Sean Duke is a science journalist based in Dublin. This podcast features his weekly science news round-up slot on East Coast FM's Morning Show with Declan Meehan.