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<v Speaker 1>It's time for strange science.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh oh, oh, I have that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like weird science, but strange.

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<v Speaker 3>I had that insect story I wanted to tell you

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<v Speaker 3>more about. Remember the insect with the most painful bite?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes? I thought we kind of ran through that whole thing,

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<v Speaker 1>didn't we? Was there more to it?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you're right, we kind of did.

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<v Speaker 3>It feels like three inch nails stuck in your in

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<v Speaker 3>your foot foot while you're walking through fire on coals.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you ever step on a nail? No? I have twice.

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<v Speaker 2>Really do you have tetanus?

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't. I don't. Yeah, but twice I stepped on

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<v Speaker 4>a nail. And once I stepped on an empty broken

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<v Speaker 4>beer bottle at my little league field.

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<v Speaker 3>I was gonna say, your parents don't seem to have

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<v Speaker 3>the house that would be littered with broken beer bottles.

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<v Speaker 4>No rusty nails, yes, but not the broken beer. So

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<v Speaker 4>how big were the nails?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>There's probably what is that three inch nail? Something like?

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<v Speaker 2>How old were you?

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<v Speaker 4>It was five six seven somewhere in that area. Oh

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<v Speaker 4>my god, A little bit older than that when I

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<v Speaker 4>hit that, When I hit the beer bottle.

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<v Speaker 2>A three inch nail into your little foot.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I don't.

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<v Speaker 4>It didn't go all the way in, but it went in.

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<v Speaker 4>A three inch nail would go all the way through

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<v Speaker 4>my foot. Yeah, so but no, it went in.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it hurts. It hurts a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>And your parents did they say, just reb a little

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<v Speaker 3>dirt on it and patch it up.

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<v Speaker 1>Did they care that I was stepping on nails?

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<v Speaker 3>Now?

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<v Speaker 4>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay? I was hoped.

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<v Speaker 4>Not.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, they were like, go out there and get

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<v Speaker 1>a couple more.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, let's build up your immune system.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see how you do with that nous. No, okay.

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<v Speaker 4>So here's the big story today, science wise, there is

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<v Speaker 4>an atmosphere around a distant planet that shows signs of

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<v Speaker 4>molecules that on Earth are only associated with life forms

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<v Speaker 4>with biological activity.

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<v Speaker 1>We do not know much. We don't know if.

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<v Speaker 4>There is life or if there is biological activity on

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<v Speaker 4>this planet, but we know that it is a possibility.

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<v Speaker 4>If you check out get past all the comics and

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<v Speaker 4>the letters to the editor and the Astrophysical Journal letters,

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<v Speaker 4>there is an article there that says the authors have

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<v Speaker 4>found the best evidence to date of a possible biosignature

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<v Speaker 4>on a planet that is far from our solar See

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<v Speaker 4>what kind.

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<v Speaker 3>Of signature are we talking about animals people? No, I

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<v Speaker 3>guess they're the same. No, No, not that. Okay, here's

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<v Speaker 3>the thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Specifically, the molecule that they say they have detected

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<v Speaker 4>is dimethyl sulfide ahha, and that methyl sulfide on Earth

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<v Speaker 4>is produced by the decay of marine phitoplankton and other microbes.

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<v Speaker 1>But it has no other known sorls.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's what I smelled last week in Huntington Beach.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the diaculfi when that whale washed ashore.

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<v Speaker 4>So the astronomers say they want to observe this planet further.

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<v Speaker 4>It's known as K two eighteen B to strengthen evidence

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<v Speaker 4>that that it has water in fact present, So.

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<v Speaker 2>It has water so you can live there.

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<v Speaker 1>They think it does.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, how else would you explain the chemical that comes

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<v Speaker 3>from the decay of marine phidoplankton without there being a

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<v Speaker 3>water source.

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<v Speaker 4>I have no idea there. I also don't know what

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<v Speaker 4>goes on on other planets.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no marine without water.

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<v Speaker 1>On Earth, there's no marine without water.

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<v Speaker 3>You think, what do you think these marine I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you they're swimming in sand?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I think I think you're like in beetlejuice.

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<v Speaker 4>You're a little arrogant about your own knowledge about what

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<v Speaker 4>goes on other planets.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm pretty sure I will die on the hill that

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<v Speaker 3>says the decay of marine phytoplankton is a definite sign of.

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<v Speaker 1>Water on Earth.

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<v Speaker 4>But what if the dimethyl sulfide comes from dirt on

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<v Speaker 4>that planet? Oh?

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<v Speaker 2>I see, I see.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's something else that would result in the same

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<v Speaker 3>chemical that we get from.

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<v Speaker 4>The marine phytal plankton, right, got it? Okay, so there

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<v Speaker 4>you're saying, But they do. They are running on the

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<v Speaker 4>same assumptions. They're saying. Listen, if what we know of

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<v Speaker 4>on Earth, if all of the scientific properties that we

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<v Speaker 4>rely on here on Earth exists and can be counted

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<v Speaker 4>on in other places, then yes, maybe there is marine life.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I certainly rely on this show to bring me

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<v Speaker 3>all of the analysis when it comes to dimethyl sulfide

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<v Speaker 3>and where the hell it comes from?

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<v Speaker 2>And we are where else you would go for that?

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<v Speaker 4>We are your marine phytoplankton, another microbe show of record,

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<v Speaker 4>right we are. So I don't know why anybody would

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<v Speaker 4>go anywhere else.

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<v Speaker 3>Seven federal workers who abruptly lost their jobs in recent weeks,

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<v Speaker 3>are really stretching to make us care.

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<v Speaker 2>I do care about people who have lost their jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>That sucks.

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<v Speaker 3>That can be true as well as there's a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of bloat in the federal government. Both can be true,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's so transparent sometimes when people try to really

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<v Speaker 3>make you care about them losing their jobs, like, for instance,

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<v Speaker 3>seven federal workers who lost their jobs recently say they're

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<v Speaker 3>worried that thousands of biological samples from human urine to

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<v Speaker 3>frozen rodent organs may be left to rot in a

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<v Speaker 3>government lab in West Virginia that without us restoring their employment,

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<v Speaker 3>these samples of urine and frozen rodents will go to waste.

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<v Speaker 3>Like I am not hearing that and then calling up

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<v Speaker 3>my congress person to say, we've got to do something.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, if you heard the latest about these federal

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<v Speaker 3>workers getting laid off, now we're going to have urine

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<v Speaker 3>go to waste. Now there's just gonna be frozen rodents

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<v Speaker 3>that just they're going to be thrown out.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you believe this?

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<v Speaker 3>We have to do something like this isn't the right

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<v Speaker 3>This isn't the right tree to climb up of on.

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<v Speaker 1>Such a funny it's just the image of the they

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<v Speaker 1>just leave. Who cares?

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<v Speaker 2>Who cares about these things?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I mean there's studies.

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<v Speaker 4>Their argument is that the studies that are involved with

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<v Speaker 4>these samples and animals need to continue, and if you

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<v Speaker 4>don't have the samples and animals, they can't continue the studies.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, what's their study on?

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<v Speaker 3>Because I've read more than I wanted to read through

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<v Speaker 3>this article and wired and if there's a study that

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<v Speaker 3>is on health or can give us some sort of

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<v Speaker 3>leg up when it comes to curing things, cool, put

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<v Speaker 3>that in the beginning, because all I've got is frozen

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<v Speaker 3>urine and rodents that you're worried about with no math

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<v Speaker 3>shown on what they provide when it comes to medical answer.

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<v Speaker 1>What they're doing.

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<v Speaker 4>So, the researchers at this Morgantown facility say they've been

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<v Speaker 4>studying how Gulf War soldiers were affected by mustard gas,

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<v Speaker 4>how pregnant workers have been affected by exposure to pfast chemicals,

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<v Speaker 4>or how manufacturing workers contract lung fibrosis silicosis specifically after

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<v Speaker 4>inhaling nanoparticles from things like making countertops.

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<v Speaker 2>Common sense to me, But.

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<v Speaker 4>A team of researchers has developed a living building material

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<v Speaker 4>composed of of fungal, micellium, and bacterial cells that are

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<v Speaker 4>capable of self repairing. They set Unlike conventional construction materials

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<v Speaker 4>like I don't know, cement or concrete, this bio based

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<v Speaker 4>composite is viable for weeks. That opens new possibilities for

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<v Speaker 4>regenerative architecture, like a concrete a building that would be

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<v Speaker 4>able to repair itself right now. They say, mint is

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<v Speaker 4>responsible for about eight percent of global CO two emissions.

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<v Speaker 4>They believe this innovation could pave the way for sustainable

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<v Speaker 4>and adaptive building symptom systems. By producing this material at

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<v Speaker 4>low temperatures, relying on living cells, they could be a

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<v Speaker 4>groundbreaking solution.

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<v Speaker 1>For them when it comes to the construction industry.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, we've got a meteor shower right in time for

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<v Speaker 3>John's show. Yes, this was a John and Ken special

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<v Speaker 3>meteor showers. They used to get together and watch these,

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<v Speaker 3>but on a cloudy day like today. The Lyrid meteor Shower,

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<v Speaker 3>one of the oldest annual meteor showers known to humankind,

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<v Speaker 3>will grace the earth sky beginning this week. They will

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<v Speaker 3>come into view and last through April twenty fifth. Leary Lyrids,

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<v Speaker 3>like all meteor showers, the flying trails of debris left

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<v Speaker 3>behind by comets.

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<v Speaker 4>That'll be exciting well, and you don't have to sell

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<v Speaker 4>it to me. I'm already going to be out there

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<v Speaker 4>with the telescope looking at the clouds.