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The Skeptics Guide #976 - Mar 23 2024

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Battling Lions and Sampling Asteroids

This chapter covers diverse topics from human encounters with felines to NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. It discusses the possibility of defeating a lion unarmed, details a man allegedly fighting a mountain lion, and transitions to an interview with the principal investigator of the asteroid sample return mission. The conversation delves into the challenges of the mission, Bennu's significance, the process of collecting samples, and the exciting discoveries, including clay minerals, phosphorus chemistry, and amino acids.

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