Fungus on Mars: A Contamination Story

About this episode

Astrophysics professor Jesse Rogerson discusses various science news stories including the survival of fungus in space and AI health inaccuracies.

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

People in this episode

Host: David Cooper

Guest: Jesse Rogerson

Topics covered

• astrophysics
• space exploration
• fungus
• AI health
• platypus anatomy
• interstellar comets

Keywords

• fungus on Mars
• astrophysics
• platypus anatomy
• interstellar comet
• AI health answers

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Organizations: megaphone.fm

Products: AI

Places: Mars, deep-space

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