238: Gerard Dean Peters on Millions of Black Holes, Marathon Microbes and Mobile Jewelry

The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real Funny

Gerard Dean Peters returns to talk to us about the recent discovery that there's way more Black Holes than we thought, the fact that marathon runners have a special runners' biome and what's the deal with roving jewelry. Plus we look into what Neil Armstrong or Buzz would have done if they had gotten stuck on the moon.

THERE'S SO MANY BLACK HOLES

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/we-share-milky-way-100-million-black-holes

CAN BACTERIA TURN YOU INTO AN ULTRAMARATHONER?

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170820075017.htm

LIVING JEWELRY IS LIKE BEING COVERED IN BUGS

https://curiosity.com/topics/project-kino-is-living-jewelry-that-moves-around-your-body-like-an-insect-curiosity?utm_source=iosapp

Try Ciaccio's game "Space Captain Pinball" available now in the App Store for iPhone/iPad! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/space-captain-pinball/id1231668629

The Science Jerks (@thesciencejerks) is hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan (@999rpms) and produced by Stephen Perlstein (@perlstein) for the Boardwalk Audio Network (@boardwalkaudio). Find us at http://sciencejerks.com and http://boardwalkaudio.com/sciencejerks. Email us at [e-mail]. Subscribe for free on Stitcher or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-jerks-real-science/id578684997