Strange Realm - Ep. 074 - July 28th, 2024

Tonight, we bring you a mossy, madcap episode as we discuss strange news from around the universe, including how the Starliner astronauts are still stuck on the ISS, a certain kind of moss can very likely grow on Mars, the world's fastest supercomputer is already being relplaced by something much faster, and we check out news that the bottom of the ocean produces "dark oxygen" without photosynthesis, as well as a controversial geoengineering scheme is being fought in Martha's Vinyard. All of this and then after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher reads more from "Our Haunted Planet," by John A. Keel.

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Notes:
- BREAKING NEWS about the stranded astronauts
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/spacex-might-bring-back-nasa-astronauts-stranded-on-iss-by-boeing-starliner-failures/
- This plant could grow on Mars!
https://scitechdaily.com/this-remarkable-desert-plant-could-grow-on-mars/
- World's fastest supercomputer already getting replaced
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/world-s-fastest-supercomputer-to-be-replaced-by-5x-more-powerful-machine/
- Dark Oxygen
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/24/nx-s1-5049587/scientists-dark-oxygen-without-photosynthesis
- Martha's Vineyard doesn't like geoengineering
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/martha-s-vineyard-fumes-at-plot-to-put-sodium-hydroxide-in-the-ocean/
- Our Haunted Planet
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Haunted-Planet-John-Keel/dp/1517343119
https://archive.org/details/Our_Haunted_Planet

Intro music: "night drive" by bbrainz (slowed + reverb)
Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
Background art: "The Time Machine" by Interesni Kazki (AEC)
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