EPISODE · Nov 1, 2023 · 45 MIN
Dan Riskin - November 1, 2023
from The Last Show with David Cooper · host David Cooper
Science educator Dan Riskin confronts David about being late for today's taping, then finds the time to actually talk about science stories on the show. Stories covered: Orcas once hunted alongside humans, even those lineages are likely extinct; The 64 year-old Taiwanese woman who had a jumping spider living in her ear; and A new study showing how one particularly nasty parasite got its mind-controlling abilities. The two briefly discuss AI, with David pondering whether biological parasites could infect computers in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Science educator Dan Riskin confronts David about being late for today's taping, then finds the time to actually talk about science stories on the show. Stories covered: Orcas once hunted alongside humans, even those lineages are likely extinct; The 64 year-old Taiwanese woman who had a jumping spider living in her ear; and A new study showing how one particularly nasty parasite got its mind-controlling abilities. The two briefly discuss AI, with David pondering whether biological parasites could infect computers in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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