Thu. 03/31 - We Don't Talk About Pluto

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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New findings indicate that Pluto’s ice volcanoes are even weirder than we previously thought. Plus, a killer parasite is wiping out an entire species of ant in Texas… but actually it’s kind of a net positive. And US citizens will soon be able to select an X gender marker on their passport. Sponsors: The Jordan Harbinger Show, jordanharbinger.com/start DeVry University, Learn more at DeVry.edu/Engineering Links: There's Something Truly Unique About Pluto's Landscape, New Study Says (Science Alert) Pluto's Huge Ice Volcanoes Are Stranger Than We Realized (Gizmodo) Ice Volcanoes Reshape Pluto and Hint at a Hidden Ocean (NY Times) A Killer Parasite Is Wiping Out Hordes of Ants—in a Good Way (Wired) Biden to mark Transgender Day of Visibility with new actions (AP) Finally, Some Good News On Trans Rights (Charlotte’s Web Thoughts) US will now offer gender-neutral X option on passports (The Verge) Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: A Plot Against Equality (TransLash Media) Trans Week of Visibility & Action Watch Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launch its first New Shepard space crew of 2022 (CNBC) 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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0:33.8	It's Thursday, March 31st, 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today. New findings indicate that Pluto's ice volcanoes are even weirder than we previously thought.
0:38.2	Plus, a killer parasite is wiping out an entire species of ant in Texas,
0:44.1	but it's actually kind of a net positive.
0:47.2	And U.S. citizens will soon be able to select an X gender marker on their passports.
0:53.9	Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.
0:59.5	Pluto may have lost its status as a full-fledged planet, but it is still very cool.
1:06.3	And I mean that both figuratively and literally.
1:09.4	New research has emphasized how awesome the tiny blue
1:12.5	dwarf planet is and underscored how very cold it is, with new insights into Pluto's
1:19.3	ice volcanoes. Now, ice volcanoes may sound like a vaguely emo, paradoxical turn of phrase,
1:26.5	but they are indeed a real thing.
1:29.3	As the New York Times describes them, quote,
1:31.8	An icy lava eruption has never been witnessed, but seeing one on a world like Pluto would be
1:37.6	nothing short of surreal. The icy lava may slowly extrude from a dome's vent or fissure as a gelid, musilaginous mass, something
1:47.2	comparable to silly putty, but made of one or multiple frozen chemical compounds, and
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