Today I'm joined by particle physicist Daniel Whiteson to talk about RADIATION! What does it do to humans? How have animals adapted to radioactive contamination? Also: killer bananas!?!




Footnotes: 
Birds Adapting to Chernobyl
Study on Chernobyl's Birds
Chernobyl Wildlife 30 Years Later
Tardigrades Have Radiation Shields! 
How Tardigrades Might Help Human Cells
Conan the Bacterium

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Today I'm joined by particle physicist Daniel Whiteson to talk about RADIATION! What does it do to humans? How have animals adapted to radioactive contamination? Also: killer bananas!?! Footnotes: <ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/509011a">Birds Adapting to Chernoby</a>l</li>
<li><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140424223057.htm">Study on Chernobyl's Birds</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/04/060418-chernobyl-wildlife-thirty-year-anniversary-science/">Chernobyl Wildlife 30 Years Later</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2106468-worlds-hardiest-animal-has-evolved-radiation-shield-for-its-dna/">Tardigrades Have Radiation Shields! </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nature.com/news/tardigrade-protein-helps-human-dna-withstand-radiation-1.20648">How Tardigrades Might Help Human Cells</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/07_02/deinococcus.shtml">Conan the Bacterium</a></li>
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