meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Cool Stuff Ride Home

Fri. 03/12 - A Sperm Bank on the Moon

Cool Stuff Ride Home

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Tech News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6732 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The proposal to create a “modern ark” aka scientists want to store sperm and eggs in lava tubes on the moon as a back-up plan in case we accidentally destroy the earth. A new tool that could help us spot deepfakes. And how beer-making used to be women’s work until men figured out how to monetize it and accused women brewers of being witches. Sponsors: Fitbod, Get 25% off a membership at Fitbod.me/kottke Lightstream, Get a special interest rate discount at lightstream.com/kottke Links: Scientists Want to Send a Massive Load of J--- to the Moon (Vice) Will Experts Send Sperm and Egg Samples to the Moon Through This Modern Noah's Ark? (The Science Times) Mon. 10/26 - Water on the Moon & Oreo's Arctic Vault (Kottke Ride Home) Tool spots deepfake photos via light in the eyes (Futurity) How to spot deepfakes? Look at light reflection in the eyes (University at Buffalo)  Robert Downey Jr and Tom Holland in Back to the future - This is heavy! [ deepfake ] (EZRyderX47, YouTube) Biden Delaware back tattoo deepfake (jojobiden46, Tiktok) Women used to dominate the beer industry – until the witch accusations started pouring in (The Conversation) The Ale-Soaked Medieval Origins of the Witch's Hat (Vice) Hops: The beer ingredient (most) drinkers love (Washington Post) The history of the witch's hat: origins of its pointy design. (Slate) How Much Did the History of Beer Have to Do With ... Witches? (The Mary Sue) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Ready to launch your business? Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.

0:04.8

Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business with easy customizable themes that let you build your brand.

0:12.5

Marketing tools that get your products out there. Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time.

0:17.5

From startups to scaleups, online, in person and on the go.

0:22.0

Shopify is made for entrepreneurs like you.

0:24.5

Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup.

0:30.1

No matter what kind of work your team does, Asana can help manage it.

0:34.9

From project intake to campaign management, for strategic planning and more,

0:39.7

Asana works for you. Try for free today at asana.com.

0:49.0

Welcome to the Kotki Ride Home for Friday, March 12th, 2021. I'm Jackson Bird.

0:57.4

The proposal to create a modern arc, aka scientists want to store sperm and eggs in lava tubes on the moon

1:07.0

as a backup plan in case we accidentally destroy the earth.

1:13.3

A new tool that could help us spot deepfakes. And how beer making used to be women's work until men figured out how to monetize

1:21.0

it and accused women brewers of being witches. Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:30.4

So a group of scientists from the University of Arizona presenting at the IEEEE

1:35.6

Aerospace Conference over the weekend shared their proposal to build a modern-day arc on

1:42.0

the moon. Except instead of a giant boat with two of each animal to save them

1:47.2

from flooding, it would be cryogenically preserved sperm, eggs, seeds, and other DNA matter from all

1:54.2

of Earth's species housed inside of lunar lava tubes. As a kind of global insurance policy policy in the case of a nuclear war,

2:03.2

asteroid impacts, a worse global epidemic than we're experiencing now, the acceleration of

2:07.8

climate change, or more. It's a lot, and it sounds ridiculous at the offset, but it's not

2:14.3

actually that bizarre when you think about it. There's even a few precedents for it.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.