Episode 127 - Chlorophyll, Convergence, and a Crisis with Debt

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Mike McHargue

Science, Leisure, Society & Culture, Games

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🗓️ 25 September 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: What is convergent evolution? How does chlorophyll create food from light? Why doesn’t the national debt effect our daily lives? Do violent video games desensitize us? You're in charge of this program. All you have to do is submit a question using #asksciencemike on Twitter, YouTube, or Soundcloud. You can also submit questions anonymously on asksciencemike.com. What is convergent evolution? Improbable Destinies Convergent Evolution 8 uncanny examples of convergent evolution How does chlorophyll create food from light? Photosynthesis: Crash Course Biology #8 Nature's smallest factory: The Calvin cycle - Cathy Symington Plants versus Photovoltaics: Which Are Better to Capture Solar Energy? Why doesn’t the national debt effect our daily lives? Who Owns the U.S. National Debt? The U.S. Debt and How It Got So Big The story behind Obama and the national debt, in 7 charts Do violent video games desensitize us? Digital Poison? Stetson Researcher Finds Violent Video Games Have Minimal Influence on Youth Violent Video Games Can Trigger Emotional Desensitization Preproduction by Andrew Galucki. Ask Science Mike is produced by Gregg Nordin. The Ask Science Mike theme song was written, performed, and recorded by Jeb Bodiford. If you need original podcast music, he's your guy. You've got questions, he's got answers. Even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway. You've got problems, he won't solve them, But he'll talk and talk and talk until he's blue in the face. Science, faith, and life - Ask Science Mike.

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0:00.0	Chlorophyll, convergence, and a crisis with debt.
0:03.5	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike. He's got answers even though he may not understand. He'll talk anyway.
0:17.0	He got problems. He won't solve them.
0:19.0	But I'm talking talking talking talking till it's blue in the face science faith and life.
0:25.0	Ask Science Mike.
0:27.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike, the weekly podcast where I answer your questions about science, faith, and life, and man, there are some doosies this week.
0:40.0	So hopefully I do a decent job answering these. We get to biochemistry. I'm not great at biochemistry, but man so much fun recently.
0:48.0	I saw a lot of you at the Lyrgius Gathering in LA. I hope to see more of you as I hit the road again so let's get it started.
0:54.6	So like a year and a week ago maybe a year and a week ago
1:02.3	maybe a year week and a week ago, maybe a year, week and a half ago, my book Finding God
1:05.8	and the Waves came out, major, major thing in my life. As you know if you follow the
1:11.3	show or listen to the one year anniversary special.
1:14.3	But I do want to let you know that the paperback version of Finding God in the Waves comes out
1:20.6	October the 3rd and it's got a couple of neat features that the
1:24.4	hardback book doesn't have. One is a group discussion guide right in the book
1:30.5	that my publisher hired some genius to read my book and write an incredibly
1:36.3	thoughtful discussion guide with great questions so if you want to go through the book
1:40.7	with others this would be a great format to do that in.
1:44.8	Especially when it's coupled with the second feature, an incredibly low price.
1:49.9	The retail price of the paperback is $14 and I've seen it online for as low as
1:56.3	10 bucks so this is definitely the cheapest way to get your hands on the book and
2:01.8	knowing a lot of you in this audience cash is short
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