SoT 305: Dolphins Doing Backflips
Channel: Science on Top
Date: 2018-08-05

SoT 305: Dolphins Doing Backflips
https://scienceontop.com/305

The longest lunar eclipse in 18 years gave viewers in much of the world a stunning spectacle - a blood red moon.
Radar data from the Mars Express probe has revealed a large lake of liquid water beneath the red planet's surface.
CRISPR is a defence mechanism used by bacteria against viruses. And it's pretty good - but it has one major weakness that viruses exploit.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University have now made a significant breakthrough - by using gene editing to treat a genetic condition in utero. In mice.
Dr Jurgen Otto loves peacock spiders - a lot. And his passion has let him on a journey through southern Western Australia in search of a tiny (but cute) spider he saw 23 years ago.

This episode contains traces of Journalist Simone Boyce discussing the lunar eclipse with Dr. Jackie Faherty and Hanneke Weitering on NBC's "Space is Awesome" live stream.

https://scienceontop.com/305

Chapters:
00:01:22 Lunar eclipse: Blood moon appears in longest such event of the 21st century http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-28/centurys-longest-lunar-eclipse-creates-red-moon/10045472
00:03:08 Discovered: a huge liquid water lake beneath the southern pole of Mars https://theconversation.com/discovered-a-huge-liquid-water-lake-beneath-the-southern-pole-of-mars-100523
00:14:49 How Viruses Cooperate to Defeat CRISPR https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/how-viruses-cooperate-to-defeat-crispr/565469/?utm_source=feed
00:22:22 Yale scientists edit genetic diseases out of mice before birth; humans are next https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/genetic-editing-during-fetal-development/
00:30:15 Peacock spider man discovers dazzling new species while searching for the 'Hokey Pokey' http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-07-21/new-peacock-spiders-discovered/10007422
00:35:18 Science on Top https://scienceontop.com/