What do the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station, and the Moon have in common? They’re all satellites that orbit the Earth! This week, we’re going extraterrestrial to talk about the dreams, discoveries, and debacles that went into Mir and other weirdly cool human-made satellites. Plus, we dig into burning questions, like whether the Sun can be considered a satellite. And we’re big enough space nerds that we try to explain some celestial mechanics.
Sources:
[Truth or Fail]
https://www.wired.com/2014/07/orange-juice-toothpaste/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4684458/
[Fact Off]
Moon dust:
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/30jan_smellofmoondust
Bees and Pesticides:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180828204911.htm
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1885/20180655
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/187907/the-more-pesticides-bees-more-they/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Developing taste:
https://www.npr.org/2011/08/08/139033757/babys-palate-and-food-memories-shaped-before-birth
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7583013
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/107/6/e88.full
[Butt One More Thing]
Sea cucumber eating:
https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2013/03/14/giant-sea-cucumber-eats-with-its-anus/