ORLY-EP0133B - SCIENCE: HIV Antibodies, Antarctic Sea Ice, Mercury Shrinking, Fracking Quakes
Welcome to ORLYRADIO #133 recorded Friday November 18th, 2016 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen, with my usual suspects, Fred Sims, Daniel Atherton, and Stephen Griffith.
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Science Bitches!
Scientists discover antibodies to neutralize HIV strains http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3942624/HIV-breakthrough-scientists-discover-antibody-neutralizes-98-strains-virus.html
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/nih-scientists-identify-potent-antibody-neutralizes-nearly-all-hiv-strainsRecord lows for Antarctic sea ice http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/world/sea-ice-arctic-antarctic-lows/
-http://www.sciencealert.com/the-north-pole-is-36-degrees-hotter-than-it-should-be-right-now
Side Bar on SCOTUS Nominations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obama-can-appoint-merrick-garland-to-the-supreme-court-if-the-senate-does-nothing/2016/04/08/4a696700-fcf1-11e5-886f-a037dba38301_story.html
NASA says Mercury may be shrinking http://www.chron.com/news/science-environment/article/NASA-says-Mercury-might-be-shrinking-10622866.php
Fracking! It’s kind of fracking bad, and now here’s more proof: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/earthquakes-triggered-by-fracking/