Regina Barber

Yeah, this is that big one I would always hear about growing up.

And that fault, the plates are pushing towards each other and moving closer at a rate of about an inch or more a year.

Think of it like a slowly compressing spring that could eventually snap in a massive earthquake.

That data was gathered over a decade, and it gives us one of the most nuanced pictures yet of the Cascadia Fault.

They found that the northern part of the fault may be more tightly locked and it's storing more stress, while the central section seems to allow more fluid movement along the fault, which means an earthquake along the fault might unfold differently than they originally thought.

Yeah, I'm excited about this one because scientists know a lot about agricultural societies and like the way they used to eat back then, but not much about what hunter-gatherers used to eat.

And a new study in the journal PLOS One takes a look at that.

A group of scientists analyzed ancient pots from roughly 4,000 to 8,000 years ago.

But it's good for science.

Right.

Because the researchers found food crusts left over from a whole bunch of ancient meals.

But one of the ones they found the most interesting was a stew of fish mixed with Gelder roseberries.

These bright red berries are normally bitter, but they taste totally different.

They have a totally different flavor once they're cooked.

Yeah.

Case in point, Scott, people might even find these Gelder roseberries in their neighborhood if they live in the northern United States.

They often are grown as decorative plants, but these berries are edible once you cook them.

Although, like, please, listeners, don't eat random berries unless you know what they are.

Like, for real.

So true.