ORLY-EP0133B - SCIENCE: HIV Antibodies, Antarctic Sea Ice, Mercury Shrinking, Fracking Quakes

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #133 recorded Friday November 18th, 2016 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen, with my usual suspects, Fred Sims, Daniel Atherton, and Stephen Griffith.

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Science Bitches!  

1. Scientists discover antibodies to neutralize HIV strains http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3942624/HIV-breakthrough-scientists-discover-antibody-neutralizes-98-strains-virus.html
   https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/nih-scientists-identify-potent-antibody-neutralizes-nearly-all-hiv-strains

2. Record lows for Antarctic sea ice http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/world/sea-ice-arctic-antarctic-lows/

        -http://www.sciencealert.com/the-north-pole-is-36-degrees-hotter-than-it-should-be-right-now

1. Side Bar on SCOTUS Nominations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obama-can-appoint-merrick-garland-to-the-supreme-court-if-the-senate-does-nothing/2016/04/08/4a696700-fcf1-11e5-886f-a037dba38301_story.html

2. NASA says Mercury may be shrinking http://www.chron.com/news/science-environment/article/NASA-says-Mercury-might-be-shrinking-10622866.php

3. Fracking! It’s kind of fracking bad, and now here’s more proof: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/earthquakes-triggered-by-fracking/