Cool Stuff Ride Home

Wed. 09/21 - What is this? A podcast for ANTS?!


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Scientists have conducted an ant census. Or at least that’s what I’m calling it. And the total number they came up with is out of this world. Plus, the return of the Shortage Report. This time? Craft beer. Its cause? An extinct volcano.

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    Scientists have calculated how many ants are on Earth. The number is so big it's 'unimaginable.' (Washington Post)
  • The ants go marching one by one - 20 quadrillion of them (Reuters)
  • U.S. beer shortage looms with gap in carbon dioxide supply (Axios)
  • US CO2 shortage worsened by contaminated gas from an extinct volcano (New Scientist) 
  • Craft breweries shutting down due to U.S. carbon dioxide shortage (NBC News)
  • What you really need to know about the CO2 shortages (Washington Beer Blog)
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