For Science!

For Science! returns to talking about the Science news in what turns out to be the second last episode featuring Maia (not sure what's going on? I blogged about it here) This episode we tackle: Whether it's possible that actual Mammoth blood has been found in Russia: http://phys.org/news/2013-05-russian-scientists-rare-blood-mammoth.html How cockroaches are evolving to deal with the threats posed by common household baits: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6135/972 The ongoing discussion over whether the Archeopteryx is either a dinosaur like bird or bird like dinosaur: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22695914 Crowd funding science, this time it's an orbital telescope: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1458134548/arkyd-a-space-telescope-for-everyone-0 Also, I talk about a TED talk by Jack Horner, I've linked to it below. I would really recommend you go and watch it (after listening to this episode of course) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v