Why We Call Computer Glitches “Bugs”
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
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🗓️ 7 January 2021
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Learn about why Wolf-Rayet stars are the brightest stars in the sky; why immune cells in your brain may have started out in your gut; and the history of why we can thank Grace Hopper for calling computer glitches “bugs.”
Wolf-Rayet Stars Are Ridiculously Hot, Bright, and Massive by Ashley Hamer
- Howell, E. (2018, October 24). Sirius: Brightest Star in Earth’s Night Sky. Space.com; Space. https://www.space.com/21702-sirius-brightest-star.html
- NASA - Top Story: Wolf-Rayet stars have company. (2020). Nasa.gov. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2004/0105wrstar.html
- Crockett, C. (2012). Wolf-Rayets are the most massive and brightest stars known | EarthSky.org. Earthsky.org. https://earthsky.org/space/wolf-rayets-are-the-most-massive-and-brightest-stars-known
- What Is A Wolf-Rayet Star? - Universe Today. (2015, February 5). Universe Today. https://www.universetoday.com/24736/wolf-rayet-star/
- Massive black hole found devouring star - Futurity. (2010, January 27). Futurity. https://www.futurity.org/massive-black-hole-found-devouring-star/
Immune cells that protect the brain get their training in the gut by Grant Currin
- The gut trains the immune system to protect the brain. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/nion-tgt110220.php
- Fitzpatrick, Zachary, et al. (2020). Gut-educated IgA plasma cells defend the meningeal venous sinuses. Nature: 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2886-4
Why glitches are called "bugs" by Mae Rice
- Original episode: https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/contagious-yawning-conformal-cyclic-cosmology-exer
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| 0:00.0 | The famous five are away on a splendid weekend adventure. |
| 0:03.5 | Do we have to go home today? |
| 0:05.5 | sighed Anne. |
| 0:06.5 | I agree said Dick. |
| 0:08.0 | Even Timmy looks sad. |
| 0:09.5 | Cheer up everyone. |
| 0:11.5 | Beams Julian, I booked long weekend tickets we can return anytime on Monday |
| 0:17.0 | Oh you are clever Julian said Anne save over 50% with the long weekend a ticket from Great Western Railway. |
| 0:24.4 | Adventures start here. Selected routes apply. |
| 0:27.6 | Saving in comparison to an anytime return fare. |
| 0:30.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from |
| 0:37.3 | Curiosity.com. I'm Cody Goff and I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about the |
| 0:41.6 | brightest star ever. Why immune cells in your brain may have |
| 0:45.4 | started out in your gut, and why we call computer glitches bugs. |
| 0:50.3 | Let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:52.3 | What's the brightest star in the sky? |
| 0:55.0 | Trick question. |
| 0:57.0 | To us, it's the sun. |
| 0:59.0 | The brightest star in the night sky, though, is serious, known as the Dog Star. But what about the brightest |
| 1:05.2 | star ever? That honor goes to a really, really massive celestial object called a wolf-ray star. |
| 1:14.2 | Our sun may be bright, but it's got nothing on these things. |
| 1:19.4 | Wolf-Ray-Stars don't start their lives as the universe's brightest, but they are born big. |
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