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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

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4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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NASA trained an AI to detect craters on Mars. A possible discovery of giant prehistoric carnivorous worms. A new Swedish practice to adopt. And a mobile site that will match you with your film critic soulmate. Sponsors: NordVPN, Get 68% off a two-year plan plus an additional free month––at nordvpn.com/kottke or use coupon KOTTKE Links: NASA Is Training an AI to Detect Fresh Craters on Mars (Wired) Researchers Say They've Found Ancient Dens of Giant Carnivorous Worms (Gizmodo) Is This a Fossilized Lair of the Dreaded Bobbit Worm? (Wired) This four-letter word is the Swedish key to happiness at work (Quartz) Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break, with Recipes for Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats by Anna Brones and Johanna Kindvall Swedish fika series (Sweden, YouTube) Find Your Film Soulmate with Movie Critic Matchmaker (Nerdist) Movie Critic Matchmaker 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

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0:31.9	Welcome to the Kotky Ride Home for Friday, January 22nd, 2021. I'm Jackson Bird.
0:42.8	NASA trained an AI to detect craters on Mars, a possible discovery of giant prehistoric carnivorous worms,
0:53.0	a new Swedish practice to adopt, and a mobile site that will
0:57.8	match you with your film critic soulmates. Here are some of the cool things from the news today.
1:06.6	NASA has a number of ways to observe and learn about Mars. There's the Mars reconnaissance
1:12.4	orbiter, which sends pictures of the red planet back to Earth every day. There's the rovers
1:17.4	physically on the planet. Currently, Perseverance is on its way over and will touch down in
1:22.2	mid-February. But we've never had any physical matter brought back from Mars. And while it's definitely
1:28.4	something that NASA scientists are working on, we're probably a ways away. Until then, they have to
1:34.0	work with imaging data to discern information about the planet's age, history, safe landing
1:39.6	areas for the rovers, and other planetary characteristics. Of particular use are Mars's craters,
1:47.1	which can occasionally lead to discoveries like the presence of subsurface ice,
1:51.4	and more regularly can tell scientists a lot about the planet's history,
1:56.1	when they can determine the age of the craters themselves.
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