Tuesday Nov 12, 2024

65: Side Trail Compilation - Octopus and Tardigrade, Extremophiles Save The World, Ghosts Of The White House

A compilation of Side Trails 61, 62 & 64

SIDE TRAIL 61

In this Side Trail, Jeremy and MOZ discuss the origins and nature of the Octopus and Tardigrade.

References:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/octopus-dna-origins/

Wickramasinghe, C. & K. & Tokoro, G. (2019). Our Cosmic Ancestry In The Stars: The Panspermia Revolution And The Origins Of Humanity. Bear & Company. (pg 23).

https://earthsky.org/space/water-bears-tardigrades-into-space-iss-experiment/

https://www.science.org/content/article/hardy-water-bears-survive-bullet-impacts-point

SIDE TRAIL 62

Join us as we look into the science of how extremophiles could help us save the world.... from ourselves.

References:

- Bioremediation: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bioremediation+wiki&t=newext&atb=v440-1&ia=web

- Treatment Of Toxic Pollutants: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7660605/

- Microbes Eating Plastic: https://bowseat.org/news/from-plastic-eating-bacteria-to-oil-eating-fungi-evolutions-tiny-environmental-heroes/

- Bacteria Eating Radioactive Waste: https://phys.org/news/2015-05-extremophile-bacteria-key-nuclear-problems.html

- Fungus Cleaning Oil Spills: https://phys.org/news/2017-10-natural-strain-fungus-oil-life.html

SIDE TRAIL 64

For our Election Day episode, the Side Trail is all about the ghosts of the White House. From Abraham Lincoln to Jenna Bush, hear the history of the hauntings of the most storied structure in the USA.

References:

Lincoln's Ghost:

https://www.ranker.com/list/presidential-ghost-stories/amandased

https://www.seattletimes.com/life/is-the-white-house

Andrew Jackson's Ghost:

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/ghost-stories-part-of-the-white-housee28099s-legacy

William Wallace Lincoln's death:

https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/white-house/10-people-have-died-inside-the-white-house-including-2-presidents-3-first-ladies-and-1-child/slidelist/62907229.cms

The Thing:

https://www.ranker.com/list/presidential-ghost-stories/amandased

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-forgotten-ghosts-that-haunted-the-white-house

Dolly Madison: