Curiosity Daily Podcast: Sex! And COVID, The Biggest Comet Ever, Wave of the Future

Episode show notes:

Even with more people staying home, the number of folks with STDs increased. Why?

Covid chaos fueled another public health crisis: STDs by Alice Miranda Ollstein

• https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/12/covid-std-crisis-00015717

Why sexual identities shifted during the pandemic by Jessica Klein

• https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220224-why-sexual-identities-shifted-during-the-pandemic

The pandemic offered a unique chance for many people to come out as queer by Anna Iovine

• https://mashable.com/article/covid-coming-out-queer-lgbtq-pandemic

We’ve just discovered the biggest comet ever…. will it end the world?

Largest comet ever observed bumps Hale-Bopp from pedestal by Stephanie Pappas

• https://www.livescience.com/bernardinelli-bernstein-comet-largest

The Most Monstrous Comet Ever Known Is Headed Straight for Us by David Axe

• https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-biggest-comet-ever-discovered-bernardinelli-bernstein-is-headed-our-way

The 'megacomet' Bernardinelli-Bernstein is the find of a decade. Here's the discovery explained. by Meghan Bartels

• https://www.space.com/giant-comet-bernardinelli-bernstein-discovery-size-activity

Mega Comet Arriving From the Oort Cloud Is 85 Miles Wide by George Dvorsky

• https://gizmodo.com/bernardinelli-bernstein-biggest-comet-ever-1848502226

Comets by NASA

• https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/overview

Oort Cloud by NASA

• https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud/overview/

Giant New Zealand potato is not in face a potato, Guinness World Records rules by The Guardian

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/16/giant-new-zealand-potato-is-not-in-fact-a-potato-guinness-world-records-rules

The ocean is very powerful, and could one day power things on land!

The US Is Finally Trying to Unlock the Power of Wave Energy by ​​Ysabelle Kempe

• https://grist.org/technology/the-u-s-is-finally-looking-to-unlock-the-potential-of-wave-energy/
• https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-is-finally-trying-to-unlock-the-power-of-wave-energy/

Federal spending bill expected to aid Oregon State wave energy, wildfire and mass timber projects by Sean Nealon

• https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/federal-spending-bill-expected-aid-oregon-state-wave-energy-wildfire-and-mass-timber-projects

European Marine Energy Centre - About Us

• https://www.emec.org.uk/about-us/

Can shore-based wave power unlock clean, affordable ocean energy? by Julian Spector

• https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/ocean-energy/is-shore-based-wave-power-the-key-to-unlocking-affordable-clean-energy-from-the-sea

NREL continues to explore marine wave energy by Ryan Kennedy

• https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/02/16/nrel-continues-to-explore-marine-wave-energy/

Wave Energy Market to See Booming Growth | Eco Wave Power, Carnegie Clean Energy, Mocean Energy by Newsmantraa

• https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/wave-energy-market-to-see-booming-growth-eco-wave-power-carnegie-clean-energy-mocean-energy

It’s settled: Where The Wave first started by Doug Williams

• https://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/18888/its-settled-where-the-wave-first-started

Scientists Figured Out How And When Our Sun Will Die, And It’s Going To Be Epic by Michelle Starr

• https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-figured-out-how-and-when-our-sun-will-die-and-it-s-going-to-be-epic

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