EPISODE · Apr 25, 2026 · 20 MIN
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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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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