The Genetics of the Chernobyl Stray Dogs

Today you’ll learn about how dogs in Ukraine have survived nuclear fallout, how Venutian volcanoes can teach us about the planet’s climate, and how mushrooms maintain a colder temperature than their surroundings. 

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Chernobyl Dogs  

• “Why Scientists Are Studying the Stray Dogs Living at Chernobyl” by Will Sullivan
  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-study-the-genetics-of-dogs-living-near-chernobyl-disaster-site-180981748/
• “There’s Something Odd About the Dogs Living at Chernobyl” by Katherine J. Wu
  • https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/03/chernobyl-dog-radiation-exposure-genome-research/673273/
• “The dogs of Chernobyl: Demographic insights into populations inhabiting the nuclear exclusion zone” by GABRIELLA J. SPATOLA et al.
  • https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade2537
• “Can the dogs of Chernobyl teach us new tricks on survival?” By LAURA UNGAR
  • https://apnews.com/article/dogs-chernobyl-nuclear-accident-genetics-f36bfae17b541bd6c3fba2b4abc0b0c6

Venus Volcanoes 

• “Volcanic activity on Venus spotted in radar images, scientists say” by Ari Daniel
  • https://www.npr.org/2023/03/17/1164053464/volcanic-activity-on-venus-spotted-in-radar-images-scientists-say
• “Magellan spacecraft images reveal volcanic activity on Venus” By Ashley Strickland
  • https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/world/venus-volcanic-activity-scn/index.html
• “How are volcanoes and earthquakes interrelated?” by Australian Museum
  • https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/how-are-volcanoes-and-earthquakes-interrelated/
• “Plate Tectonics” by National Geographic
  • https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/plate-tectonics/
• “Earthquakes” by American Museum of Natural History
  • https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/earth/power-of-plate-tectonics/earthquakes

Cold Mushrooms 

• “This Is Why You See Those Colored Balls Hanging on Power Lines” by Chloë Nannestad
  • https://www.rd.com/article/what-are-the-balls-on-power-lines/
• “What Are Those Balls That Hang on Power Lines?” by Shulie Tornel
  • https://energized.edison.com/stories/what-are-those-balls-that-hang-on-power-lines
• “What are the Colored Aerial Marker Balls on Power Lines For?” by Electrical Technology
  • https://www.electricaltechnology.org/2019/05/colored-aerial-marker-balls-on-power-lines.html
• “Marker balls for overhead lines” By RAEL F. AMOS
  • https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/02/09/Marker-balls-for-overhead-lines/2851413614800/
• “The Reason Behind Those Brightly Colored Balls Along Power Lines” By Ellen Gutoskey
  • https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/598043/colored-balls-power-lines-reason

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