In the news, Kelly Drew, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Alaska, after decades of studying how Arctic squirrels hibernate, is researching ways humans can “hibernate” during long space missions. Excited by her work, I called NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, but with an even better proposition:
Proclaimed as a scientific breakthrough, scientists announced they filmed Costello, an octopus, having a nightmare, a first for an octopus. I asked University of Vermont scientist Dr. Eric Angel Ramos, why this is important:
500 miles east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean is Mauritius and 15 miles further north is Round Island. There, the last hurricane palm sways in the breeze. Scientists are trying desperately to save this species. To learn more, I spoke with Dr. Yama Bahama.
In shocking news, it is estimated that 80% of the koalas in New South Wales, Australia have the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia. To find out how scientists will combat this disease, I spoke to Australian Professor Norman Nerdly:
