Ira Flatow
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Science Friday · Under proposed rule, science funding must pass political review · 24 Jun 2026
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I know you've been following science policy for years.
So how likely do you think this proposed change is actually going to take effect?
A lot of bumpy roads in this last couple of years.
You're welcome.
Holden Thorpe is editor-in-chief of the Science Family of Journals at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
This episode was produced by Charles Berquist.
And if you have a comment or a question or a story idea we do want to hear from you, give us a call.
877-4-SciFry.
877, the number 4, SciFry.
Thanks for listening.
I'm Ira Flato.
You will need a refreshed attitude towards the MAG7.
Imagine if you were to lose a body part, let's say a toe.
You'd hurry to get medical care right, but that lost toe would eventually shrivel up and decompose.
But researchers have found that in some species of sea cucumbers, that lost body part, maybe a tentacle or a tube foot, that part can keep on living without the rest of the organism.
So far, they've observed what they are calling zombie sea cucumber parts living for at least three years.
Pretty wild stuff.
Joining me now to talk about it are Rachel Sippler, a senior research scientist in the Bigelow Laboratory that's in East Booth Bay, Maine, and Sarah Jobson, a PhD student at the Memorial University of Newfoundland in St.
John's, Canada, two authors on a recently published report on this phenomenon.
Welcome to Science Friday.
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