SoT 328: Thralala, Thralala, Thralala!
Channel: Science on Top
Date: 02/04/2019

SoT 328: Thralala, Thralala, Thralala!
https://scienceontop.com/328

Some fish can survive the freezing cold waters of Antarctica thanks to a gene that makes anti-freeze. But how do fish in the Artic, in the Northern hemisphere, also have the same gene?
Some people can smell when people are sick. Could these 'super-smellers' help diagnose Parkinson's Disease early on?
DNA is made of four nucleotides: G, A, T, and C. Now an interdisciplinary team of researchers has doubled that genetic code by creating synthetic DNA that uses eight letters.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is currently orbiting the asteroid 101955 Bennu. But it turns out Bennu is no ordinary asteroid... it spits!

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This episode contains traces of 6abc Action News hosts Brian Taff and Jeannette Reyes discussing a cheesy Swiss experiment.

https://scienceontop.com/328

Chapters:
00:00:26 
00:00:58 After Two Decades, a Fishy Genetic Mystery Has Been Solved https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/how-fish-evolved-antifreeze-junk/585226/
00:08:59 This Woman Can Smell Parkinson’s. It Might Help Lead To Earlier Treatment http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/03/21/parkinsons-disease-super-smeller-joy-milne/
00:21:52 Four new DNA letters double life’s alphabet https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00650-8
00:28:21 Holy Spitting Space Rocks: Asteroid Bennu Is Active! https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/holy-spitting-space-rocks-asteroid-bennu-is-active
00:38:15 Science on Top https://scienceontop.com/