Sea squirts and 'skeeters in our science news roundup

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🗓️ 14 July 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Science in the headlines: An amazingly preserved sea squirt fossil that could tell us something about human evolution, a new effort to fight malaria by genetically modifying mosquitos and why archeologists are rethinking a discovery about a Copper-age leader. All Things Considered host Adrian Florido nerds-out on those stories with Short Wave host Regina G. Barber and science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:05.3	Hey Shortwave is Regina Barber here.
0:07.2	With Jeff Brumfield and Adrian Floddida.
0:10.2	Adrian is hosting all things considered this week, which means he gets to sneak away from
0:14.1	that job to join us for something way more fun, our regular roundup of science headlines.
0:20.8	Thanks for playing Hockey with us, Adrian.
0:22.6	Yeah, happy to do it.
0:23.6	Thanks for having me.
0:24.6	We're talking about three stories this week that have been in the news lately, right?
0:28.5	That's right.
0:29.5	It's about a really old C-squirt fossil.
0:32.7	Do you know what C-squirt is, Adrian?
0:34.4	I can kind of imagine what it might look like, but I'm just going to let you tell me.
0:38.2	We'll fill you.
0:39.2	Yeah, and we got a story about fighting malaria in mosquitoes.
0:42.5	Good topic for summer.
0:44.0	And finally, we got a discovery from the world of archaeology, and it's too good to spoil
0:48.8	even with a tease.
0:49.8	I mean, that itself is a pretty good tease.
0:52.5	Stick with us and we'll tell you all about it.
0:54.4	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
1:00.5	All right, Adrian.
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