65: Side Trail Compilation - Octopus and Tardigrade, Extremophiles Save The World, Ghosts Of The White House

A compilation of Side Trails 61, 62 & 64 SIDE TRAIL 61 In this Side Trail, Jeremy and MOZ discuss the origins and nature of the Octopus and Tardigrade. References: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/octopus-dna-origins/ Wickramasinghe, C. & K. & Tokoro, G. (2019). Our Cosmic Ancestry In The Stars: The Panspermia Revolution And The Origins Of Humanity. Bear & Company. (pg 23). https://earthsky.org/space/water-bears-tardigrades-into-space-iss-experiment/ https://www.science.org/content/article/hardy-water-bears-survive-bullet-impacts-point SIDE TRAIL 62 Join us as we look into the science of how extremophiles could help us save the world.... from ourselves. References: - Bioremediation: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bioremediation+wiki&t=newext&atb=v440-1&ia=web - Treatment Of Toxic Pollutants: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7660605/ - Microbes Eating Plastic: https://bowseat.org/news/from-plastic-eating-bacteria-to-oil-eating-fungi-evolutions-tiny-environmental-heroes/ - Bacteria Eating Radioactive Waste: https://phys.org/news/2015-05-extremophile-bacteria-key-nuclear-problems.html - Fungus Cleaning Oil Spills: https://phys.org/news/2017-10-natural-strain-fungus-oil-life.html SIDE TRAIL 64 For our Election Day episode, the Side Trail is all about the ghosts of the White House. From Abraham Lincoln to Jenna Bush, hear the history of the hauntings of the most storied structure in the USA. References: Lincoln's Ghost: https://www.ranker.com/list/presidential-ghost-stories/amandased https://www.seattletimes.com/life/is-the-white-house Andrew Jackson's Ghost: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/ghost-stories-part-of-the-white-housee28099s-legacy William Wallace Lincoln's death: https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/white-house/10-people-have-died-inside-the-white-house-including-2-presidents-3-first-ladies-and-1-child/slidelist/62907229.cms The Thing: https://www.ranker.com/list/presidential-ghost-stories/amandased https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-forgotten-ghosts-that-haunted-the-white-house Dolly Madison: https://www.ranker.com/list/presidential-ghost-stories/amandased Abigail Adams: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/ghost-stories-part-of-the-white-housee28099s-legacy Anne Surratt: https://www.ranker.com/list/presidential-ghost-stories/amandased British Fire Starter: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/ghost-stories-part-of-the-white-housee28099s-legacy Final Smorgasbord: https://www.ranker.com/list/presidential-ghost-stories/amandased