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This Week: Space, Space, and More Space!, Plastic Plant Problems, Bigger Cells, Democracy & Murder?, East Asian Lineage, Alzheimer’s, It’s All in Your Head, And Much More Science Knowledge!
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As of the airing of this broadcast…
The US government has incarcerated a student for practicing free speech on a university campus.
Mahmoud Khalil was actively involved in protesting the war on GAZA at Columbia University last year.
His green card, which was in good standing, was revoked and Khalil was sent to a detention center in Jena, Louisiana, presumably for being in the country illegally… though it was seemingly only revoked in order to arrest him.
The reason he was sent to a detention center in Jena, Louisiana, not New York where he was arrested… likely a form of federal judge shopping, courts being more conservative there…. But it also takes Khalil far from friends, family, and lawyers… making his defense more difficult.
America… students, citizens, visitors from abroad… we warned
This is a violation of everything we hold sacred.
This is not law enforcement.
This is government opinion enforced by force.
This is exactly what tyranny looks like.
And it does not happen in a free country.
With that, I now bring us back to
This Week in Science!
Sharing our Knowledge of this week’s science news!
SPAAAAAAAAACE…
What’s up in space this week?
More Space!
Another way to look for life in spaaaace
Plastic Plant Problems
What happens when plants eat microplastics?
Bigger Cells Better View
Who needs a powerful microscope when you can just enlarge the subject?
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Some Science stories with Justin!
Is democracy safe?
We can figure that out with murder?
East Asians
Do they originate from a different human lineage?
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Science in your head with Kiki!
New Alheimer’s Targets
Are we making progress in understanding Alzheimer’s disease?
Stop Speaking
It’s all in your head.
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