Season 1 · Episode 84
Dan Riskin - November 1, 2023
Brain Fungus, Funguses, Fungi
The Last Show with David Cooper
November 1, 202345m 1sExplicit
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Show Notes
Science educator Dan Riskin confronts David about being late for today's taping, then finds the time to actually talk about science stories on the show. Stories covered:
- Orcas once hunted alongside humans, even those lineages are likely extinct;
- The 64 year-old Taiwanese woman who had a jumping spider living in her ear; and
- A new study showing how one particularly nasty parasite got its mind-controlling abilities.
The two briefly discuss AI, with David pondering whether biological parasites could infect computers in the future.
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