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What’s the Shortest Amount of Time Ever Recorded? Jan 06, 2021

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Learn about how scientists just measured the quickest event ever recorded; how tiny remoras (suckerfish) stay stuck to fast-moving whales; and why being too busy could be killing your creativity.

Scientists have just measured the shortest amount of time, ever. by Cameron Duke

Grundmann, S., Trabert, D., Fehre, K., Strenger, N., Pier, A., Kaiser, L., Kircher, M., Weller, M., Eckart, S., Schmidt, L. P. H., Trinter, F., Jahnke, T., Schöffler, M. S., & Dörner, R. (2020). Zeptosecond birth time delay in molecular photoionization. Science, 370(6514), 339–341. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb9318
Mann, A. (2020, July 13). The universe’s clock might have bigger ticks than we imagine. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/what-are-smallest-ticks-of-time.html
Pappas, S. (2020, October 17). Meet the zeptosecond, the shortest unit of time ever measured. Livescience.com; Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/zeptosecond-shortest-time-unit-measured.html

How do little remoras stay stuck to fast-moving whales? Physics! by Steffie Drucker

Whale-surfing remoras ride cushion of water to stay in touch with their steeds. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/tcob-wrr102220.php
Remora | fish | Britannica. (2020). In Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/animal/remora
Boundary Layer Separation and Pressure Drag – Aerospace Engineering Blog. (2016, October 15). Aerospace Engineering Blog. https://aerospaceengineeringblog.com/boundary-layer-separation-and-pressure-drag/
r/explainlikeimfive - ELI5: How do bugs manage to stay stuck to car windows whilst travelling at high speed? Are the suckers super strong? (2011). Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/579sqf/eli5_how_do_bugs_manage_to_stay_stuck_to_car/
Flammang, B. E., Marras, S., Anderson, E. J., Lehmkuhl, O., Mukherjee, A., Cade, D. E., Beckert, M., Nadler, J. H., Houzeaux, G., Vázquez, M., Amplo, H. E., Calambokidis, J., Friedlaender, A. S., Goldbogen, J. A. (2020). Remoras pick where they stick on blue whales. J, Exp. Biol. 223, jeb226654. https://jeb.biologists.org/content/223/20/jeb226654

Being Too Busy May Be Killing Your Creativity by Anna Todd

A Genius Finds Inspiration in the Music of Another (Published 2006). (2020). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/31/science/a-genius-finds-inspiration-in-the-music-of-another.html
The Science of Mind Wandering: Empirically Navigating the Stream of Consciousness. (2019). Annual Reviews. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-psych-010814-015331
Baird, B., Smallwood, J., Mrazek, M. D., Kam, J. W. Y., Franklin, M. S., & Schooler, J. W. (2012). Inspired by Distraction. Psychological Science, 23(10), 1117–1122. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797612446024
Lee, C. S., Therriault, D. J., & Linderholm, T. (2012). On the Cognitive Benefits of Cultural Experience: Exploring the Relationship between Studying Abroad and Creative Thinking. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26(5), 768–778. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.2857

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Swedish Death Cleaning Can Declutter Your Life Jan 05, 2021

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Learn about how you can de-clutter your life with the Swedish concept of döstädning, or “death cleaning.” Then, learn about how Alfred Russel Wallace, the “other” scientist who discovered natural selection.

Use Swedish Death Cleaning to Declutter Your Life by Ashley Hamer

Gyan Yankovich. (2018, April). A Beginner’s Guide To Swedish Death Cleaning. BuzzFeed. https://www.buzzfeed.com/gyanyankovich/what-is-swedish-death-cleaning
DiGiulio, S. (2017, November 2). What is “Swedish death cleaning” and should you be doing it? NBC News; NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/better/health/what-swedish-death-cleaning-should-you-be-doing-it-ncna816511

Meet Alfred Russel Wallace, the other guy who discovered natural selection by Cameron Duke

Kuhn, A. (2019). He Helped Discover Evolution, And Then Became Extinct. NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/2013/04/30/177781424/he-helped-discover-evolution-and-then-became-extinct
McNish, J. (2018). Who was Alfred Russel Wallace? NHM.ac.uk. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/who-was-alfred-russel-wallace.html
Natural Selection: Charles Darwin & Alfred Russel Wallace. (2020). Berkeley.edu. https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/history_14

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How “Flow” Can Help in Quarantine Jan 04, 2021

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Learn about how experiencing “flow” could help your mental health during quarantine; why airplane windows are round; and whether flies experience time more slowly than we do.

Experiencing flow could buffer the mental-health effects of quarantine by Kelsey Donk

The mental state of flow might protect against harmful effects of quarantine. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/p-tms111020.php
Sweeny, Kate, et al. "Flow in the Time of COVID-19: Findings from China." (2020). https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0242043
What is Flow in Psychology? Definition and 10+ Activities to Induce Flow. (2019, January 8). PositivePsychology.com. https://positivepsychology.com/what-is-flow/

This Is the Important Reason All Airplane Windows Are Round by Joanie Faletto

Lamb, R. (2011, May 26). How Airplanes Work. HowStuffWorks. https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/airplanes.htm
Rizzo, C. (2016, January 20). Why do airplanes have round windows? Mashable. https://mashable.com/2016/01/20/round-airplane-windows/#pgu6eCzQcqq3

Do flies experience time more slowly than we do? by Cameron Duke

Balestra, C., Machado, M.-L., Theunissen, S., Balestra, A., Cialoni, D., Clot, C., Besnard, S., Kammacher, L., Delzenne, J., Germonpré, P., & Lafère, P. (2018). Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency: A Marker of Cerebral Arousal During Modified Gravitational Conditions Related to Parabolic Flights. Frontiers in Physiology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01403
Boström, J. E., Dimitrova, M., Canton, C., Håstad, O., Qvarnström, A., & Ödeen, A. (2016). Ultra-Rapid Vision in Birds. PLOS ONE, 11(3), e0151099. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151099
R Christopher Miall. (2008, March 13). The flicker fusion frequencies of six laboratory insects, and the response of the compound eye to mains... ResearchGate; Wiley. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229600414_The_flicker_fusion_frequencies_of_six_laboratory_insects_and_the_response_of_the_compound_eye_to_mains_fluorescent_%27ripple%27
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The Right Way to Set Goals Jan 01, 2021

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Learn about how the coronavirus pandemic may have changed Americans’ attitudes about the poor; how you can relieve stress by learning something new; and a trick for setting goals to help you achieve what you want.

COVID-19 may have changed Americans’ attitudes about the poor by Steffie Drucker

Dolan, E. W. (2020, November 21). Study suggests the COVID-19 pandemic has altered Americans attitudes toward inequality and the poor. PsyPost; PsyPost. https://www.psypost.org/2020/11/study-suggests-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-altered-americans-attitudes-toward-inequality-and-the-poor-58598
Wiwad, D., Mercier, B., Piff, P. K., Shariff, A., & Aknin, L. B. (2021). Recognizing the Impact of COVID-19 on the Poor Alters Attitudes Towards Poverty and Inequality. Journal of experimental social psychology, 93, 104083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104083
Piff, P. K., Wiwad, D., Robinson, A. R., Aknin, L. B., Mercier, B., & Shariff, A. (2020). Shifting attributions for poverty motivates opposition to inequality and enhances egalitarianism. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(5), 496-505. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-0835-8
COVID-19, Generosity and Gender. (2020). COVID-19, Generosity and Gender. Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. https://philanthropy.iupui.edu/institutes/womens-philanthropy-institute/research/covid.html
Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) 2020 Q2 Fundraising Report | GivingTuesday. (2019). Givingtuesday.org. https://www.givingtuesday.org/lab/2020/10/fundraising-effectiveness-project-fep-2020-q2-fundraising-report

To Relieve Stress, Try Taking a Learning Break by Ashley Hamer

Pietrangelo, A. (2017, June 5). The Effects of Stress on Your Body. Healthline; Healthline Media. https://www.healthline.com/health/stress/effects-on-body
Lebowitz, S. (2015, September). 9 ways too much stress screws up your life - Business Insider. Business Insider; Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-stress-affects-your-behavior-2015-9
To Cope with Stress, Try Learning Something New. (2018, September 4). Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2018/09/to-cope-with-stress-try-learning-something-new
Zhang, C., Mayer, D. M., & Hwang, E. (2018). More is less: Learning but not relaxing buffers deviance under job stressors. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103(2), 123–136. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000264

Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals to Achieve the Things You Want by Joanie Faletto

SMART Goals: How to Make Your Goals Achievable. (2016). Mindtools.com. https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/smart-goals.htm
BJ Fogg Interviews:

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When Smokers Quit, Dormant Lung Cells Wake Up Dec 31, 2020

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Learn about how quitting smoking may reawaken healthy cells; how researchers figured out how to tell the age of crime scene fingerprints to help investigators; and why you sometimes yawn while exercising or singing.

Quitting smoking doesn’t just slow lung damage, but can also reawaken undamaged cells by Grant Currin

Gallagher, J. (2020, January 29). Lungs “magically” heal damage from smoking. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51279355
Pfeifer, G. P. (2020, January 29). Smoke signals in the DNA of normal lung cells. Nature, 578(7794), 224–226. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00165-7
Yoshida, K., Gowers, K. H. C., Lee-Six, H., Chandrasekharan, D. P., Coorens, T., Maughan, E. F., Beal, K., Menzies, A., Millar, F. R., Anderson, E., Clarke, S. E., Pennycuick, A., Thakrar, R. M., Butler, C. R., Kakiuchi, N., Hirano, T., Hynds, R. E., Stratton, M. R., Martincorena, I., … Campbell, P. J. (2020, January 29). Tobacco smoking and somatic mutations in human bronchial epithelium. Nature, 578(7794), 266–272. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-1961-1

It's been impossible to tell the age of crime scene fingerprints — until now by Grant Currin

Determining Fingerprint Age with Mass Spectrometry Imaging via Ozonolysis of Triacylglycerols. (2020, January 3). Analytical Chemistry. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04765
Residues in fingerprints hold clues to their age. (2020, January 22). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/acs-rif012220.php

Why we yawn during exercise by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Kate in Pennsylvania)

Provine, R. R., Tate, B. C., & Geldmacher, L. L. (1987). Yawning: No effect of 3–5% CO2, 100% O2, and exercise. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 48(3), 382–393. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0163-1047(87)90944-7
Massen, J. J. M., Dusch, K., Eldakar, O. T., & Gallup, A. C. (2014). A thermal window for yawning in humans: Yawning as a brain cooling mechanism. Physiology & Behavior, 130, 145–148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.03.032
The science of the exercise yawn. (2017). Furthermore from Equinox. https://furthermore.equinox.com/articles/2017/09/yawning
McKinney, James C. The Diagnosis and Correction of Vocal Faults. (2005). Google Books. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=znaCDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=singing+yawn&ots=DKpXxdwhGJ&sig=IjgkdxkqyENjWLoXJTDaYB94G30#v=onepage&q=yawn&f=false

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Do People Think More in Words or Pictures? Dec 30, 2020

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Learn about whether people think in words or in pictures; why brussels sprouts really are tastier than they used to be; and why buying luxury items might make you feel like an impostor.

Whether People Think in Words or Pictures by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Alicia)

(2020). Twitter. https://twitter.com/KylePlantEmoji/status/1221713792913965061
Heavey, C. L., & Hurlburt, R. T. (2008). The phenomena of inner experience. Consciousness and Cognition, 17(3), 798–810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2007.12.006
Pristine Inner Experience. (2020). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pristine-inner-experience
Amit, E., Hoeflin, C., Hamzah, N., & Fedorenko, E. (2017). An asymmetrical relationship between verbal and visual thinking: Converging evidence from behavior and fMRI. NeuroImage, 152, 619–627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.03.029

Why Brussels Sprouts Taste Better Now by Steffie Drucker

From Culinary Dud To Stud: How Dutch Plant Breeders Built Our Brussels Sprouts Boom. (2019, October 30). NPR.Org. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/10/30/773457637/from-culinary-dud-to-stud-how-dutch-plant-breeders-built-our-brussels-sprouts-bo
Beck, A. (2019, November 7). It’s Not Your Imagination, Brussels Sprouts Really Do Taste Better Now. Better Homes & Gardens; Better Homes & Gardens. https://www.bhg.com/news/brussels-sprouts-less-bitter/
Pearson, H. (2006, September 18). Distaste for sprouts in the genes. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/news060918-1
Perman, A. (2011, November 1). The “brussels sprouts” gene: TAS2R38 | Anna Perman’s Genetic Spaghetti. The Guardian; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2011/nov/01/brussel-sprout-gene
Neuroscience for Kids - Bitter Taste Gene. (2003, July 15). Washington.edu. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/bitter.html
Masur, L. (2019, December 26). The Top 10 Food Trends of the Entire Decade. Kitchn; Apartment Therapy, LLC. https://www.thekitchn.com/decade-food-trends-2010-2019-22973978

Luxury Buying Makes People Feel Fake by Kelsey Donk

Luxury consumption can fuel “impostor syndrome” among some buyers. (2019). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-12/bc-lcc122019.php
Wong, K. (2020, January 30). Why Your Designer Bag Is Making You Feel Worse. The Financial Diet. https://thefinancialdiet.com/luxury-consumer-imposter-syndrome/
Goor, D., Ordabayeva, N., Keinan, A., & Crener, S. (2019). The Impostor Syndrome from Luxury Consumption. Journal of Consumer Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucz044

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The Stinky Science of the World’s Smelliest Fruit Dec 29, 2020

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Learn about the shocking prevalence of torture scenes in movies; why durian, the world’s smelliest fruit, smells so bad; and where mold comes from.

Torture is prevalent and effective in movies (but not in real life) by Kelsey Donk

Torture Prevalent, Effective in Popular Movies, Study Finds – University of Alabama News | The University of Alabama. (2020). Ua.Edu. https://www.ua.edu/news/2020/01/torture-prevalent-effective-in-popular-movies-study-finds/
Delehanty, C., & Kearns, E. (2019). Wait, There’s Torture in Zootopia?: Examining the Prevalence of Torture in Popular Movies. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3342908

Scientists discovered why durian is the world's smelliest fruit by Kelsey Donk

A Love Letter to a Smelly Fruit. (2013, December 3). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/travel/a-love-letter-to-a-smelly-fruit.html
Discovering what makes durian stink. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/lfla-dwm022820.php
Identification of an Important Odorant Precursor in Durian: First Evidence of Ethionine in Plants. (2019). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07065
Maninang, J. S., Lizada, M. C. C., & Gemma, H. (2009). Inhibition of aldehyde dehydrogenase enzyme by Durian (Durio zibethinus Murray) fruit extract. Food Chemistry, 117(2), 352–355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.03.106
Ethanethiol - American Chemical Society. (2020). American Chemical Society. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/molecule-of-the-week/archive/e/ethanethiol.html

Where does mold come from? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Tim)

USDA FSIS. (2013). Molds on Food: Are They Dangerous? https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/a87cdc2c-6ddd-49f0-bd1f-393086742e68/Molds_on_Food.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
Stradley, L. (2016, April 5). Food Molds – Are Molds Dangerous. What’s Cooking America. https://whatscookingamerica.net/Q-A/Mold.htm
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. (2019). BAM Chapter 18. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. https://www.fda.gov/food/laboratory-methods-food/bam-yeasts-molds-and-mycotoxins

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Why Cuttlefish Wore 3-D Glasses for Science Dec 28, 2020

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Learn about why your next relationship will probably be like your last one; what scientists learned by studying the oldest material on Earth; and what researchers learned when they had cuttlefish wear 3-D glasses.

Why Your Next Relationship Will Probably Be Like Your Last by Kelsey Donk

Changing partners doesn’t change relationship dynamics, study shows. (2019). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-08/uoa-cpd082719.php
Johnson, M. D., & Neyer, F. J. (2019). (Eventual) stability and change across partnerships. Journal of Family Psychology, 33(6), 711–721. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000523

Scientist Discovered the Oldest Material on Earth by Grant Currin

WMAP- Life and Death of Stars. (2010). Nasa.Gov. https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/rel_stars.html
Meteorite contains the oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/fm-mct010820.php
This ancient stardust is the oldest ever to be examined in a lab. (2020, January 13). Science News. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-meteorite-stardust-oldest-ever-examined-lab
7 billion-year-old stardust is the oldest stuff on Earth. (2020, January 13). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/01/13/seven-billion-year-old-stardust-is-oldest-stuff-earth/
Heck, P. R., Greer, J., Kööp, L., Trappitsch, R., Gyngard, F., Busemann, H., Maden, C., Ávila, J. N., Davis, A. M., & Wieler, R. (2020). Lifetimes of interstellar dust from cosmic ray exposure ages of presolar silicon carbide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(4), 1884–1889. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1904573117

Why Scientists Put Cuttlefish in 3-D Glasses by Grant Currin

Yes, This Cuttlefish Is Wearing 3-D Glasses. (2020, January 8). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/science/3d-glasses-cuttlefish.html
Cuttlefish use depth perception similar to vertebrate vision when hunting prey. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/aaft-cud010620.php

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Do Opposites Really Attract? Dec 25, 2020

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Learn about why opposites don’t really attract; the “propinquity effect” and how physical distance affects the way we feel about other people; and the history of when and why we started using last names.

Opposites Don’t Attract by Kelsey Donk

Johnson, M. D. (2018, February 12). No, opposites do not attract. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/no-opposites-do-not-attract-88839
Montoya, R. M., & Horton, R. S. (2012). A meta-analytic investigation of the processes underlying the similarity-attraction effect. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 30(1), 64–94. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407512452989

We Like What’s Physically Close to Us by Mae Rice

New evidence for the “propinquity effect” – mere physical closeness increases our liking of desirable people and things. (2018, August). Research Digest; Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/08/01/new-evidence-for-the-propinquity-effect-mere-physical-closeness-increases-our-liking-of-desirable-people-and-things/
Shin, J., Suh, E. M., Li, N. P., Eo, K., Chong, S. C., & Tsai, M.-H. (2018). Darling, Get Closer to Me: Spatial Proximity Amplifies Interpersonal Liking. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(2), 300–309. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218784903

The History of Last Names by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Gregory)

Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps. (2012). Forebears.Io. https://forebears.io/surnames
Surnames & The Norman Conquest | Heritage Family History. (2016, September 3). Heritagefamilyhistory.co.uk. https://www.heritagefamilyhistory.co.uk/blog/2016/09/surnames-the-norman-conquest/
SCMP. (2016, November 17). South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2046955/complex-origins-chinese-names-demystified
The Memi De-Shalit Database of Jewish Family Names at Beit Hatfutsot. (2020). Beit Hatfutsot. https://www.bh.org.il/databases/family-names/jewish-family-names-introduction/
Muraskin, B. (2014, January 8). Jewish Surnames Explained. Slate Magazine; Slate. https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/01/ashkenazi-names-the-etymology-of-the-most-common-jewish-surnames.html

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Why Toilet Paper Is White Dec 24, 2020

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Learn about Starlink’s unintended consequences for astronomy from astrophysicist Vivienne Baldassare, NASA Einstein Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University. Then, learn why toilet paper is white.

More information on NEPA Implementing Regulations:

CEQ’s Proposal to Update its NEPA Implementing Regulations | Council on Environmental Quality NEPA Modernization https://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/nepa-modernization/
NASA: In 2018, there were ~20,000 objects in orbit, ~4,500 of which are spacecraft https://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/quarterly-news/pdfs/odqnv22i1.pdf
Website of Vivienne Baldassare, NASA Einstein Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University: http://viviennebaldassare.com/
Vivienne Baldassare | Department of Astronomy. (2017). Yale.edu. https://astronomy.yale.edu/people/vivienne-baldassare
Follow @vbaldassare on Twitter https://twitter.com/vbaldassare

Why toilet paper is white by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Gerald)