SoT 318: A Wacky Eukaryote Is Always Fun
Channel: Science on Top
Date: 07/12/2018

SoT 318: A Wacky Eukaryote Is Always Fun
https://scienceontop.com/318

Wombats - the cute, pudgy marsupials in Australia, have cubic poops. Square, angular blocks of poop. But how and why? We may now have a better understanding.
HD186302 is a star 184 light-years from Earth. And it's so similar to our sun, it could be long lost twin.
A team of researchers have studied the genomes of a group of microbes called Hemimastigotes and found that they are so bizarre, they deserve their very own kingdom in the tree of life.
Using the Keck observatory telescopes in Hawaii, astronomers have detected water in the atmosphere of a planet 179 light years away.

https://scienceontop.com/318

Chapters:
00:00:26 
00:01:10 Wombat poop: Scientists reveal mystery behind cube-shaped droppings https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-46258616
00:08:25 Astronomers Find A 'Solar Twin' - A Star That Looks Almost Exactly Like Our Sun http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/11/astronomers-find-a-solar-twin--a-star-that-looks-almost-exactly-like-our-sun
00:16:49 Rare microbes lead scientists to discover new branch on the tree of life https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/hemimastigotes-supra-kingdom-1.4715823
00:26:02 Astronomers Detect Water in the Atmosphere of a Planet 179 Light-Years Away https://www.universetoday.com/140610/astronomers-detect-water-in-the-atmosphere-of-a-planet-179-light-years-away/
00:37:00 Science on Top https://scienceontop.com/