SoT 248: Through The Melon
Channel: Science on Top
Date: 2016-12-05

SoT 248: Through The Melon
http://scienceontop.com/248

Narwhals are whales with two teeth, and on the males one of those teeth is a really long tusk. A new study looks at how they use high-resolution echolocation to navigate under sea ice in the Arctic. 
A new paper points out a potential new reservoir for finding antibiotics - the human gut. 
Using data from the New Horizons probe, scientists have determined there is likely to be a large ocean deep below the heart shape on Pluto. 

This episode contains traces of Stephen Hawking cautioning against being sedentary.

http://scienceontop.com/248

Chapters:
00:01:03 Narwhals, Tusked Whales of the Arctic, See With Sound. Really Well. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/science/narwhals-echolocation.html
00:05:25 New antibiotic mined from human gut reverses drug resistance in superbugs http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/10/new-antibiotic-mined-from-human-gut-reverses-drug-resistance-in-superbugs/
00:11:59 Pluto 'has slushy ocean' below surface http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38005104