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Just Chan and Dave this week, as we greet Chan's new baby, Egon, and talk about the future of the show. Please stay tuned for our new show format coming soon!Gravity measuredhttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/neutron-star-collision-gravitational-wavesIQ and Anxietyhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-news-for-the-highly-intelligent/BREATHATARIANS DO EXISThttp://www.newsweek.com/bizarre-antarctic-bacteria-live-air-alone-could-show-exactly-how-alien-life-742631CASTLE IN THE SKYhttp://bigthink.com/robby-berman/the-earths-first-self-declared-space-kingdom-is-orbiting-overheadThe Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Comedian Erik Barnes (@ErikWBarnes) joins us to talk about the new political push to go to the moon, an attempt to pick out psychopaths by music tastes and how duck penises respond to a drake's position in society.Don't Fall on the Moonhttps://www.popsci.com/astronaut-hurt-moon-rescue#page-3MINORITY REPORT IS COMINGhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/26/playlist-of-the-lambs-psychopaths-prefer-rap-over-classical-music-study-showshttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/science/stanford-sexual-orientation-study.htmlDuck Penis Politicshttps://www.popsci.com/duck-penis-social-pressureThe Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Comedian Erik Barnes (@ErikWBarnes) joins us to talk about the impending crash to Earth of a disabled Chinese Space Station, how microdosing psilocybin, AKA magic mushrooms, has had positive results treating depression and anxiety, and a new type of camouflage that incorporates texture, much like the mighty octopus.THIS IS GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TIANGONGhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/13/tiangong-1-chinese-space-station-will-crash-to-earth-within-monthsMagic Mushroom Make you Magically Undepressedhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2150305-magic-mushroom-extract-changes-brains-of-people-with-depression/STEALING CLOAKING TECHNOLOGY FROM THE KLINGO- ER, OCTOPUSEShttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171012143313.htmThe Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Filmmaker Winston Carter returns to talk about the controversial new method for cremating human remains with chemicals instead of fire, how many distinct emotions humans have and the ways in which humans are still evolving.WRING OUT YOUR DEADhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dissolve-the-dead-controversy-swirls-around-liquid-cremation/WE'VE GOT EMOTION DOWN TO A SCIENCEhttp://news.berkeley.edu/2017/09/06/27-emotions/STILL EVOLVING AFTER ALL THESE YEARShttp://www.popsci.com/humans-are-still-evolving#page-2Try Ciaccio's game "Space Captain Pinball" available now in the App Store for iPhone/iPad! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/space-captain-pinball/id1231668629The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Filmmaker Winston Carter joins us to talk about a new technique to extend the lifespan of fruit flies, how amazingly good face detection algorithms have become and a way to turn skin cells into motor neurons.WE'VE MADE FRUIT FLIES IMMORTALhttp://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-biologists-slow-aging-extend-lifespan-of-fruit-fliesBAD NEWS FOR INCOGNITO MOVIESTARS AND ANTIFA PROTESTORShttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2146703-even-a-mask-wont-hide-you-from-the-latest-face-recognition-tech/TURNING SKIN INTO MOTOR NEURONShttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170907132836.htmTry Ciaccio's game "Space Captain Pinball" available now in the App Store for iPhone/iPad! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/space-captain-pinball/id1231668629The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Artist Nate Siggard (SkinMotion.com) returns to chat with us about how the Zika virus is being used to fight Cancer, what the new driverless car legislation means for the future of driving and how postpartum depression in new fathers can lower stress in mothers. Plus we talk about the biological roots of racism.ZIKA CURES CANCER! SORT OF.https://www.newscientist.com/article/2146356-we-may-be-able-to-use-zika-virus-to-attack-brain-cancer-cells/CONGRESS MIGHT DO SOMETHING RIGHThttps://www.wired.com/story/congress-self-driving-car-law-bill/POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION IN DADS CAN BE GOOD FOR MOMShttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170905145535.htmCheck out the Skin Motion Augmented Reality Tattoo App for iPhone and Android in the Apple Store and on Google Play.Try Ciaccio's game "Space Captain Pinball" available now in the App Store for iPhone/iPad! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/space-captain-pinball/id1231668629The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Artist Nate Siggard (SkinMotion.com) joins us to talk about a possible collision of neutron stars found by the LIGO gravitational wave detector, how packs of wild dogs in Africa vote by sneezing, and how the city of Los Angeles is fighting warming by making white streets.LIGO TRACKING BIGGEST EXPLOSION EVER RECORDEDhttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/rumors-swirl-ligo-snagged-gravitational-waves-neutron-star-collision?tgt=nrAFRICA: BIRTHPLACE OF DEMOCRACYhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170905202954.htmL.A. APPLYING SPF 1000000http://www.popsci.com/la-is-painting-its-streets-white-to-keep-city-coolCheck out the Skin Motion Augmented Reality Tattoo App for iPhone and Android in the Apple Store and on Google Play.Try Ciaccio's game "Space Captain Pinball" available now in the App Store for iPhone/iPad! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/space-captain-pinball/id1231668629The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Gerard Dean Peters returns to talk to us about the recent discovery that there's way more Black Holes than we thought, the fact that marathon runners have a special runners' biome and what's the deal with roving jewelry. Plus we look into what Neil Armstrong or Buzz would have done if they had gotten stuck on the moon.THERE'S SO MANY BLACK HOLEShttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/we-share-milky-way-100-million-black-holesCAN BACTERIA TURN YOU INTO AN ULTRAMARATHONER?https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170820075017.htmLIVING JEWELRY IS LIKE BEING COVERED IN BUGShttps://curiosity.com/topics/project-kino-is-living-jewelry-that-moves-around-your-body-like-an-insect-curiosity?utm_source=iosappTry Ciaccio's game "Space Captain Pinball" available now in the App Store for iPhone/iPad! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/space-captain-pinball/id1231668629The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Comedian Gerard Dean Peters stops by to help us take a look at some near-Earth Asteroids headed our way, what we should be doing to fight super-volcanoes and why speaking in your non-native language helps you to be more logical, and less emotional.EARTH GRAZIN'http://www.techtimes.com/articles/212546/20170812/asteroid-expected-to-skim-past-earth-in-october.htmhttp://www.techtimes.com/articles/212740/20170819/large-near-earth-asteroid-to-safely-zoom-past-the-planet-on-sept-1.htmTAPPING SUPER-VOLCANOEShttp://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2017/08/a-greater-threat-than-asteroids-earths-20-known-supervolcanoes-erupt-once-every-100000-years.htmlFOREIGNER LANGUAGES MAKE YOU MORE LOGICAL (or MAKE THE PRESIDENT SPEAK SPANISH!)https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170817141717.htmTry Ciaccio's game "Space Captain Pinball" available now in the App Store for iPhone/iPad! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/space-captain-pinball/id1231668629The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Miles Roberts (@milesboberts) returns to talk about what it means that two artificial intelligence robots learned their own language, why Ebola RNA is still showing up in survivors semen and how the "Third Space" of Augmented Reality is already selling adspace.A.I. APOCALYPSEhttp://www.snopes.com/facebook-ai-developed-own-language/HELP! THERE'S EBOLA IN MY JIZZ!https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170802152532.htmAR ADS ARE EVERYWHERE!https://www.newscientist.com/article/2142857-augmented-reality-graffiti-will-lead-to-advertising-ambush-wars/Try Ciaccio's game "Space Captain Pinball" available now in the App Store for iPhone/iPad! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/space-captain-pinball/id1231668629The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Comedian Miles Roberts (@milesboberts) joins us talk about NASA's job posting for a Planetary Protection Officer, why American runners have been getting slower and cockroaches that farm mushrooms. Plus we take a close look at sexuality in space.PLANETARY PROTECTION OFFICER IS PROBABLY NOT THE JOB YOU THINK IT IShttp://www.npr.org/2017/08/03/541352728/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-nasa-s-next-planetary-protection-officerAMERICANS ARE GETTING SLOWER (AT RUNNING)http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/07/09/536030467/why-are-american-runners-getting-slowerCOCKROACH FARMERShttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170803091907.htmTry Ciaccio's game "Space Captain Pinball" available now in the App Store for iPhone/iPad! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/space-captain-pinball/id1231668629The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Standup Riley Silverman (@ryesilverman) returns to help us figure out if your gut bacteria can make you a good person, if your health choices can affect your offspring and why poor people look like poor, plus we get deep into genetic engineering, CRISPR, the transporter dilemma and debate the existence of a soul!Can your guts make you more altruistic?https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-microbes-encourage-altruism/EPIGENETICS PLAY A ROLE IN EMBRYOGENESIShttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170717100548.htmDo I look poor to you?https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170705133020.htmTry Ciaccio's game "Space Captain Pinball" available now in the App Store for iPhone/iPad! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/space-captain-pinball/id1231668629The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Standup Riley Silverman (@ryesilverman) joins us to talk about some weird signals from deep space, is it aliens? Plus has insomnia evolved in humans for a reason? And can anything kill Tardigrades, a.k.a. Water Bears?ALIENS!? IT'S ALIENS, ISN'T IT?!https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/17/15982656/arecibo-observatory-ross-128-red-dwarf-radio-waves-signalINSOMNIA IS A GOOD THING?http://www.futurity.org/sleep-insomnia-hadza-1486762-2/TARDIGRADES!https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170714071459.htmTry Ciaccio's game "Space Captain Pinball" available now in the App Store for iPhone/iPad! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/space-captain-pinball/id1231668629The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Kash Abdulmalik(@KashAbdulmalik) returns to look into how dust storms can affect your allergies, biomes and general health, one of the only animals that plays the drums in the wild and the invention of a passively self-powered nanobot that can clean up stagnant water. Plus can we build a highway to the moon?SANDSTORM BIOMEShttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170627105407.htmPUNK ROCK COCKATOOShttps://phys.org/news/2017-06-palm-cockatoos-ringo-starr.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyX8DuBKPZcWATER NANOBOTShttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170628131355.htmTry Ciaccio's game "Space Captain Pinball" available now in the App Store for iPhone/iPad! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/space-captain-pinball/id1231668629The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Kash Abdulmalik (@KashAbdulmalik) joins us to talk about how the superior gripping power of geckos is helping clean up space junk, what would happen if the Yellowstone Caldera exploded and why judging your attraction someone based on their headshots isn't very accurate. Plus we look into claims that B17 cures cancer. Is it true?GECKOS IN SPACEhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2139071-gecko-inspired-robot-has-grippers-that-could-clean-up-space-junk/YELLOWSTONE VOLCANO/EVIDENCE OF VOLCANOS ENDING TRIASSIChttp://www.newsweek.com/yellowstone-supervolcano-earthquake-swarm-update-eruption-risk-629272https://www.seeker.com/earth/animals/massive-volcanic-eruptions-triggered-the-dinosaur-ageYOU CAN'T TELL HOTNESS FROM PICTUREShttp://www.futurity.org/tinder-dates-in-person-1466402-2/The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Comedy writer and actor Elyssa Phillips (@elyssamp) returns to chat with us about chinese entangled particle technology, how brains are wired to store info in up to 11 different mathematical dimensions, and how a waste urine processing plant started making electricity. Plus we figure out if water is wet and what constitutes music!THE CHINESE GO QUANTUMhttps://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/quantum-entanglement-transmitted-through-spaceBRAINS BE MULTI-DIMENSIONALhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170612094100.htmLET'S ALL DRINK ELECTRIC PEE!https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615133153.htmThe Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997

Comedy writer and actor Elyssa Phillips (@elyssamp) joins us to discuss Elon Musk's plan to start a civilization on Mars, a new way to possibly induce long-term sleep, and why some kids in Africa have more willpower than kids in the western world. Plus we take a look into nuclear power and the water in New York. MUSK ME TO MARS https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon-musk-publishes-plans-for-colonizing-mars THE SCIENCE OF CRYOSLEEP https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/tech/cryosleep-may-be-key-deep-space-missions-here-s-how-ncna770961 AFRICAN KIDS BETTER THAN AMERICAN KIDS https://www.sciencenews.org/article/african-farmers-kids-conquer-marshmallow-test?tgt=nr The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997?mt=2

Filmmaker Peter Hyoguchi (peterhyoguchi.com) returns to talk with us about T-Rex's newfound lack of feathers, the results of China testing gene editing on humans and a conspiracy-rich hole on Mars. Plus we figure out if it's possible to talk to squirrels. FIRST THEY HAD LIZARD SKIN, THEN CHICKEN FEATHERS, NOW FISH SCALES? http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/06/world-s-only-fossils-t-rex-skin-suggest-it-was-covered-scales-not-feathers THERE'S DEFINITELY A SARLACC PIT ON MARS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mystery-pit-on-mars_us_59384375e4b0b13f2c664c83?8ie&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009 Donate to Peter's new film at: https://www.patreon.com/peterhyoguchi The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997?mt=2

Filmmaker Peter Hyoguchi (peterhyoguchi.com) joins us to get into the new oldest human bones ever found, a technique for reading human facial representations in the brains of monkeys and how electrical stimulation to the head might increase creativity. Plus we talk about climate science and get deep into some conspiracy theories. HUMANITY GETS OLDER - 100,000 YEARS OLDER https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/06/07/oldest-homo-sapiens-fossils-discovered-in-morocco/?utm_term=.76ae009087ed HOW ARE WE STORED IN MONKEY BRAINS https://www.newscientist.com/article/2133343-photos-of-human-faces-reassembled-from-monkeys-brain-signals/ HAVE WE REACHED PEAK ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY YET? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607085455.htm Donate to Peter's new film at: https://www.patreon.com/peterhyoguchi The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997?mt=2

Comedy Writer Bryan Musil returns to help us figure out microbes that can travel through space as well as survive the landing, the betting odds on which technologies will happen soon and Italy's search for Caligula's missing orgy ship. Microbes are unbreakable https://www.newscientist.com/article/2131136-microbes-might-thrive-after-crash-landing-on-board-a-meteorite/?campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS- ODDS ON BREAKTHROUGHS https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23431250-500-odds-on-10-science-breakthroughs-you-can-bet-on/ The search for Caligula's orgy ships. https://www.seeker.com/culture/archaeology/mystery-of-emperor-caligulas-party-ship-to-be-revealed-after-2000-years The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at heyjerks@sciencejerks.com. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997?mt=2