SoT 339: Sauce Is Key
Channel: Science on Top
Date: 2019-09-16

SoT 339: Sauce Is Key
https://scienceontop.com/339

After a British teenager went blind, media reports came thick and fast about the dangers of a junk food diet. But was he just a fussy eater, or was there a lot more to it than the headlines suggested?
Is climate change making spiders more aggressive? Well, yes - but only one species was studied and not aggressive in way that you'd expect.
After a spectacular wall collapse last year, a crater on Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano was left empty. And now it's starting to refill, but not with lava.
Could the search for extra-terrestrial life be easier if the aliens glowed? Under the right circumstances, bioluminescence could help us find life on other worlds.

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This episode contains traces of KHON2 News' Brigette Namata and Justin Cruz discussing the teenager who went blind from junk food.

https://scienceontop.com/339

Chapters:
00:00:26 
00:01:13 A British Teenager is Blind, But Not Because of Junk Food or “Fussy Eating” https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-british-teenager-is-blind-but-not-because-of-junk-food-or-fussy-eating/
00:08:16 Spiders are threatened by climate change – and even the biggest arachnophobes should be worried https://theconversation.com/spiders-are-threatened-by-climate-change-and-even-the-biggest-arachnophobes-should-be-worried-122666
00:21:05 A New Lake Grows in Kilauea Caldera https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/rosetta-stones/a-new-lake-grows-in-kilauea-caldera/
00:27:57 A Glowing Clue in the Search for Alien Life https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/08/alien-corals-exoplanet-stars/596854/?utm_source=feed
00:43:04 Science on Top https://scienceontop.com