SoT 292: The Little Telescope That Could
Channel: Science on Top
Date: 15/04/2018

SoT 292: The Little Telescope That Could
http://scienceontop.com/292

New York researchers have detailled the "structure and distribution of an unrecognized interstitium in human tissues". Or as some are calling it, a brand new organ.
New evidence lends credibility to an old theory of how Vikings navigated the seas. They could have used 'sunstones' and polarised light to find the sun in cloudy conditions.
Thanks to gravitational lensing, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the most distant star ever seen - 9 billion light years away.
Non-profit news service Kaiser Health News has launched a large database tracking pharmaceutical companies and where they spend their money. In one year drug companies spent $63 million on political lobbying activities but almost double that on Patient Advocacy Groups.
You probably didn't realise it, but the puffins have flourescent beaks. So why is this researcher making them wear sunglasses?

This episode contains traces of Breakfast Television Toronto hosts Kevin Frankish and Frank Ferragine discussing the interstitium.

http://scienceontop.com/292

Chapters:
00:01:00 Meet Your Interstitium, A Newfound 'Organ' https://www.livescience.com/62128-interstitium-organ.html
00:16:37 The Crystals That May Have Helped Vikings Navigate Northern Seas https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/science/vikings-navigation-sunstones.html
00:24:39 Hubble space telescope captures image of most distant star ever seen https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/02/hubble-space-telescope-captures-image-of-most-distant-star-ever-seen
00:29:28 Patient Advocacy Groups Take In Millions From Drugmakers. Is There A Payback? https://khn.org/news/patient-advocacy-groups-take-in-millions-from-drugmakers-is-there-a-payback/
00:41:39 Puffin beaks are fluorescent and we had no idea http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/puffin-beaks-flouresce-1.4607386