SoT 334: That's My Clickbait!
Channel: Science on Top
Date: 24/06/2019

SoT 334: That's My Clickbait!
https://scienceontop.com/334

After many months away from the show, Shayne discusses his depression and how he's been dealing with it.
Two astronomers published a paper that seemed to suggest our hominid ancestors switch to walking on two feet as a result of a supernova exploding around 8 million years ago. And while that may be plausible, it wasn't really what the paper was about.
Dr. Susan Mackinnon, from Washington University in St. Louis, recently faced an ethical dilemma while in surgery. To save her patient's leg, she needed to rely on controversial Nazi-made illustrations.
In a large fake village in Burkina Faso, entomologists have used a genetically engineered fungus to almost eradicate an entire population of mosquitoes. This could be an exciting project to end malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases.

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This episode contains traces of WCNC-TV's Wake Up Charlotte hosts discussing a fan's Mariah Carey birthday cake.

https://scienceontop.com/334

Chapters:
00:01:20 Depression https://www.lifeline.org.au/
00:11:52 Exploding stars didn’t cause human bipedalism https://www.livescience.com/65579-supernovas-upright-walking.html
00:21:35 The surgeon had a dilemma only a Nazi medical text could resolve. Was it ethical to use it? https://archeothoughts.wordpress.com/2019/05/30/exploding-stars-didnt-cause-human-bipedalism/
00:44:17 Mosquito-killing spider juice offers malaria hope https://www.statnews.com/2019/05/30/surgical-dilemma-only-nazi-medical-text-could-resolve/