scienceTASTIC Episode 047 - Book of Secrets

What do Calvin Coolidge, Bill Withers and Geraldo Rivera have in common? Besides the fact that none of them have ever been in my kitchen (I wouldn't let Geraldo past the foyer), they share a birthday with America. In this scienceTASTIC we stick a sparkler in a cupcake and salute them all with the greatest gift we know to give - science news. Speaking of birthdays, Mark reveals that there's a genetic indicator in people that live to be 100. Mike (who himself recently celebrated his day of birth) reports that sharks use complex math concepts to hunt. And appropriate to the day, Joe explains how recent analysis has revealed an interesting edit Thomas Jefferson made in writing the Declaration of Independence. The parade of gifts continues as we track the health of Labrador Retrievers, discuss living spaceships, and share the first photo of an planet outside of our solar system. Homemade presents are always the best.

What we didn't get to: nuclear explosions in space, harnessing the power of light to store quantum information, and predicting penalty kicks.

(Links to the stories we cover are always available at sciencetastic.net.)

Direct download: st047.mp3

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