Episode 65 of the Mindcast is up!

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Show topics:

Pre-Darwin Day show, quick comment on Astronaut kidnapping incident and Astronaut psychology, Nintendo Wii used to control sword-wielding robot, latest development on the way to the Javamochalattevanillachino bean: Genes responsible for sucrose accumulation in coffee beans characterized and its relationship to shading. Strength of concrete has to do with structure - not composition - can we fight global warming with less polluting concrete? What factors influence deforestation in the Amazon, 45 nations call for new environmental body to deal with global warming and the US is predictably not one of them, new study of 3.75 year-old rocks shows that greenhouse gases were abundant in the atmosphere and influenced the chemistry and living conditions of the young planet.
Interview with Ed Brayton on opposition to evolution, the Dover case, and Michigan weather.

Finally, a short mention of Darwin Day events in the area, as well as the Evolution Sunday concept, set to the ironic tune of The Evolution Chorus, by the secular a capella choral group, The Voices of Reason.

Theme = Darwin Dub by The Genomic Dub Collective.

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