Episode 261: Hello There
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Education
Science
Publication Date |
Aug 22, 2019
Episode Duration |
01:31:15

This episode contains: Devon has had a bad week at work and feels like his fight or flight reflex has been left on. Steven is doing fine. His daughter just started “TK.”

Is This Racist?: 'You all look alike to me' is hard-wired in us, research finds. We are hard-wired to process -- or not process -- facial differences based on race. And that process occurs in the earliest filters of our thought process, according to newly published research.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190708112419.htm

This Week in Space: Devon has three short but interesting stories about space!

Black hole flash:

https://www.iflscience.com/space/incredible-timelapse-shows-flare-from-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole/

Jupiter ate another planet:

https://www.iflscience.com/space/jupiter-may-have-cannibalized-a-large-baby-planet-when-it-was-young-/

Impossible white dwarf star:

https://www.iflscience.com/space/astronomers-have-spotted-an-impossible-white-dwarf/

Sci-Fi: We talk about all the recent Star Wars news. This includes cancellation of Resistance, the possible continuation of the end of Rebels, Disney plus shows, and possible Rise of Skywalker spoilers.

Devon has had a bad week at work and feels like his fight or flight reflex has been left on. 'You all look alike to me' is hard-wired in us, research finds. Devon has three short but interesting stories about space: Black hole flash, Jupiter ate another planet, and Impossible white dwarf star. We talk about all the recent Star Wars news. This includes cancellation of Resistance, the possible continuation of the end of Rebels, Disney plus shows, and possible Rise of Skywalker spoilers.

This episode contains: Devon has had a bad week at work and feels like his fight or flight reflex has been left on. Steven is doing fine. His daughter just started “TK.”

Is This Racist?: 'You all look alike to me' is hard-wired in us, research finds. We are hard-wired to process -- or not process -- facial differences based on race. And that process occurs in the earliest filters of our thought process, according to newly published research.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190708112419.htm

This Week in Space: Devon has three short but interesting stories about space!

Black hole flash:

https://www.iflscience.com/space/incredible-timelapse-shows-flare-from-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole/

Jupiter ate another planet:

https://www.iflscience.com/space/jupiter-may-have-cannibalized-a-large-baby-planet-when-it-was-young-/

Impossible white dwarf star:

https://www.iflscience.com/space/astronomers-have-spotted-an-impossible-white-dwarf/

Sci-Fi: We talk about all the recent Star Wars news. This includes cancellation of Resistance, the possible continuation of the end of Rebels, Disney plus shows, and possible Rise of Skywalker spoilers.

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