MH370 Barnacles, Polar Bear Town, Dino Discovery

Curiosity Weekly

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🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Today, you’ll learn about how barnacles could lead researchers to the site of a lost plane crash, a record breaking polar bear party up north, and a new dinosaur discovery that could shed light on the era of their demise.

MH370 Barnacles

“Barnacles may help reveal location of lost Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.” ScienceDaily. 2023.
“Flight 370 ‘will be found’ near ‘7th arc’.” by Jeff Pegues & Tucker Reals. 2014.
“What are barnacles?” NOAA. 2023.

Polar Bear Town

“‘Polar bear capital of the world’ soon to be overrun with record number of bears due to shifting sea ice.” by Harry Baker. 2023.
“Inside Canada’s Polar Bear Jail.” by Lina Zeldovich. 2023.
“Town of Churchill.” Town Website. N.d.

Dino Discovery

“Newly discovered ‘primitive cousins of T rex’ shed light on the end of the age of dinosaurs in Africa.” ScienceDaily. 2023.
“69-Million-Year-Old T. Rex Cousins Found Among Africa’s Last Dinosaurs.” by Rachael Funnell. 2023.
“Abelisauridae.” Dinopedia. N.d.

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:09.0	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff.
0:11.0	I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:13.8	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:17.2	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about how Barnacles
0:21.2	could lead researchers to the site of a lost plane crash, a record-breaking
0:26.1	Polar Bear Party up north, and a new dinosaur discovery that could shed light on the era of
0:31.7	their demise.
0:33.0	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:36.0	A University of South Florida geoscientist thinks he might be able to locate the long lost wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight
0:42.0	MH-370, which went missing somewhere
0:44.6	over the Indian Ocean back in 2014. Sorry, did you say geoscientists? Like they
0:49.9	studied geology? Actually, Associate Professor Gregory Herbert is an
0:54.4	evolutionary and conservation biologist whose specialty is marine invertebrates.
0:58.6	Like oysters? Yep, and conchs and barnacles. In fact, it's the barnacles that he thinks will lead them to the crash site.
1:05.2	Okay, I've heard of rescue dogs, but not homing barnacles.
1:10.0	Okay, let's back up a little. About a year after the plane tragically went missing, along with
1:15.9	239 passengers and crew, some debris washed up on Reunion Island off the coast of Africa.
1:21.7	Professor Herbert happened to see the news when that happened and he noticed that
1:24.5	barnacles had attached to the debris.
1:26.8	So far this is like a Sherlock Holmes mystery.
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