SoT 274: The Armadillo Transformer
Channel: Science on Top
Date: 2017-08-20

SoT 274: The Armadillo Transformer
http://scienceontop.com/274

The largest dinosaur ever discovered, found in Argentina in 2013, is now officially known as the Patagotitan mayorum.
An amazingly well preserved dinosaur fossil found by Canadian miners is already giving lots of information about skin pigmentation, camouflage and even its last meal. Also it looks like a wingless dragon.
We're all made of star stuff, but not necessarily local star stuff. A new study based on supercomputer simulations shows that up to half of the atoms in our bodies came from galaxies outside our own.
How bees fly has long been considered a mystery to science. But now a mathematical analysis suggests their wings can maintain a higher angle of attack without stalling, thanks to leading edge vortices generated in front of the wings.

This episode contains traces of the Today Show hosts discussing a 9-year old boy's letter to NASA.

http://scienceontop.com/274

Chapters:
00:01:21 Meet Patagotitan, the Biggest Dinosaur Ever Found https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/is-this-really-the-biggest-dinosaur-ever-discovered/536187/
00:11:35 A Dinosaur So Well Preserved, It Looks Like a Statue https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/a-dinosaur-so-well-preserved-it-looks-like-a-statue/535782/
00:17:16 Half the atoms inside your body came from across the universe http://earthsky.org/space/origins-extragalactic-star-galaxy-stuff-galactic-winds
00:23:49 Maths explains how bees can stay airborne with such tiny wings https://www.newscientist.com/article/2141802-maths-explains-how-bees-can-stay-airborne-with-such-tiny-wings/