Harvey and Adam discuss houseplants, lentil-sized Neanderthals, potions from the Dark Ages and interstellar spacecraft. Email us: hello@genericdrift.com <a href="http://www.genericdrift.com">www.genericdrift.com</a> SHOW NOTES: Fake Plastic Orchids <ul> <li><a href= "http://www.marksandspencer.com/orchid-in-mercury-cube/p/p60113226?image=PL_05_T27_9637_Z4_X_EC_0&amp;color=WHITEMIX&amp;prevPage=plp&amp;pdpredirect"> Marks and Spencer's homeware section</a></li> </ul> Lentil-sized brain organoids <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/11/scientists-to-grow-mini-brains-using-neanderthal-dna"> News article (The Guardian)</a></li> </ul> Ancient antibiotics <ul> <li><a href= "http://mbio.asm.org/content/6/4/e01129-15.full">Scientific paper</a></li> </ul> Alpha Centauri <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/building-sails-for-interstellar-probes-will-be-tough-but-not-impossible/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=sa-editorial-social&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=space_partner_text_free&amp;sf189243944=1"> News article (Scientific American)</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-018-0075-8">Scientific paper</a></li> </ul>

GD IX: Celestial Dwarf

A British science podcast where two biologists discuss dinosaurs, astrobiology, neanderthals and more...