Blue Streak Science Podcast

We’re well into the 19th year of the 21st century and we still have people who don’t understand the reality of climate change, and the benefit of vaccines. Not to be outdone by the aforementioned, the Flat Earth Society is alive and well. Better yet, they’re planning a cruise to the edge of the Earth. On This Week’s Show Huge fossil discovery made in China Flat Earthers go on a cruise Sun bears mimic one another’s facial expressions Good news for sufferers of postpartum depression Science News with Chris MacAlister and Sophie McManus Huge fossil discovery made in China Chris MacAlister Let me take you back in time. Back some 500 million years ago to a period called the Cambrian. Of all the Earth’s eras, the Cambrian is one of the better know, mainly because it was the setting for something called the Cambrian explosion. It refers to an explosion in the diversity of life. All of the major branches of animal life emerged in this period of history. The fundamental structures for complex life were forged at th