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Do Look UP
Jana and Jordan are back for another year of B-Scientists! In the first episode of 2022, they talk about developments at Deep Mind AI and the Tonga Explosion. Then, they discuss Netflix's film Don't Look Up.
2:05, Biden administration to give out 400 million free N95 masks
Treisman, R. 2022. The Biden administration will give out 400 million free N95 masks. NPR. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/2022/01/19/1074037421/the-biden-administration-will-give-out-400-million-free-n95-masks
2:17, Home test via USPS
Naylor, B. 2022. The Postal Service is now taking orders for free Covid-19 test kits. NPR. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073817562/order-covid-tests-free-biden-white-house
4: 35, Callaway. E. 2020. ‘It will change everything’: DeepMind’s AI makes gigantic leap in solving protein structures. Nature. Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03348-4
10:15, Tonga Explosion
Cronin, S. 2022. Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what to expect next. PBS. Retrieved from https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/why-the-volcanic-eruption-in-tonga-was-so-violent-and-what-to-expect-next
11:50 destroyed homes and preventing more deaths from the Tonga Volcano
Praveen, M. and Needham, K. 2022. All homes on one Tonga’s islands destroyed, three dead. Reuters. Retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/world/significant-damage-reported-tongas-main-island-after-volcanic-eruption-2022-01-17/
Wright, S. 2022. Tonga’s Disaster Preparedness Likely Limited Tsunami Death Toll. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from https://www.wsj.com/articles/tongas-disaster-preparedness-likely-limited-tsunami-death-toll-11642662466
12:50, McKay, A. (Director). 2021. Don’t Look Up [Film]. Hyperobject Industries.
1`7:18, Hunt, K. 2022. A kilometer-wide asteroid will make its closest pass by Earth next week. CNN. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/11/world/asteroid-earth-flyby-scn/index.html
19:32 NASA watches asteroids and meteors
NASA. n.p. Asteroid Watch: Keeping an Eye on Near-Earth Objects. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved from https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroid-watch
20:49 SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is non-profit organization that began at NASA
SETI. n.p. About SETI. SETI. Retrieved from https://www.seti.org/about
29:15, At least on big oil company knew about the effects of fossil fuels years ago
Hall, S. 2015. Exxon Knew about Climate Change almost 40 years ago. Scientific American. Retrieved from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/
33:22 Bill Nye snaps on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver