Out of Context Podcast Quotes"Oh, it's a cough drop." - ROBERT KRULWICH, The Beauty Puzzle, Radiolab #Radiolab #TheBeautyPuzzle #CoughDropDay #RobertKrulwich
"Why are they not drinking water and, yes, drinking pee?" - LATIF NASSER, The Resistance of a Cow, Radiolab #Radiolab #LatifNasser
"His shoulders would go down." - BARRY SANDERS, Laughter, Radiolab #Radiolab #Laughter #BarrySanders
δανσωI am sometimes a harsh critic of Wayne Hsiung, but anybody who enjoys podcasts should give a listen to the current episode of #Radiolab
"It started with NPR." - CRAIG TOVEY, Time is Honey, Radiolab #Radiolab #NationalPublicRadioDay #CraigTovey
"Carlisle scores a touchdown that would have tied the game." - SALLY JENKINS, Ghosts of Football Past, Radiolab #Radiolab #GhostsofFootballPast #SallyJenkins
"Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone." - MATT KIELTY, The Resistance of a Cow, Radiolab #Radiolab #NationalTelephoneDay #MattKielty
Ruth MottramInteresting #Radiolab on #electricity + cattle, a follow up on a #Zetland piece.
I remain a bit sceptical about the idea of stray voltage affecting cows. It seems very implausible and there are surely other factors to consider. But a quick web search gives lots of hits.
It may be a thing and it may also be a case of mass hysteria among farmers (the mobile phone towers and cancer scare also sprang to mind). And it might be a third effect. Or all three?
But I think it's going to be something we hear more of as the #GreenTransition gets going...
Radiolab: The Resistance of a Cow
Episode webpage: https://radiolab.org/podcast/the-resistance-of-a-cow
"Do you remember the Hamster Dance?" - LATIF NASSER, Time is Honey, Radiolab #Radiolab #HamsterDay #LatifNasser