Fungus on Mars: A Contamination Story

from The Last Show with David Cooper · host David Cooper

Astrophysics professor ⁠⁠Jesse Rogerson⁠⁠ joins us with the following science news stories: Platypus anatomy just got weirder, the egg-laying oddities are more birdlike than previously thought⁠; Scientists traced interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to an extremely cold origin⁠; A fungus can survive deep-space conditions, and could hitch a ride to Mars⁠; and Half of AI health answers are wrong even though they sound convincing⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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