Harvey and Adam discuss combustible comb jellies, mind-controlled molluscs, global dimming and the search for a ninth planet in our solar system.

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Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life Peter Godfrey-Smith

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SHOW NOTES:

Introduction

• Poly-anus flatworm

Walk the Wight

• JustGiving page
• Mountbatten Hospice

Dinosaur of the Month

• Bajadasaurus news article (Scientific American)
• Bajadasaurus reconstructed skeleton
• Bajadasaurus palaeoart
• Moros intrepidus news article (Sci-News)

The Planet Nine Hypothesis

• News article (MIT Technology Review)
• Scientific paper
• Ultima Thule (Astronomy Now)
• Competition to name Jupiter's new moons
• The time on Saturn news article (Astrobio)

The Ephemeral Anus

• News article (Independent)
• Scientific paper
• About Ctenophora
• Mertensia ovum
• "Tortuga reds" (undescribed species)
• Bathocyroe fosteri

Mollusc mind-control

• Nautilus (image)
• Nudibranches
• Californian sea hare (video)
• News article (The New York Times)

Solar Geoengineering

• News article (Science Alert)
• Scientific paper
• Dropping Like Flies (Adam's blog post)
• White roofs (Independent)