Listen to Future News Now 3.3.15
By the time your read this, our NASA ion-propelled craft Dawn will be in orbit around the dwarf water planet Ceres, in our asteroid belt near Mars. A frozen ice cube of water and rock 590 miles in diameter, it isn’t quite a planet, but it’s close. It’s about a quarter as wide as the Moon, with a surface area 38 percent that of the continental US. And recently, Dawn spotted a pair of strange, shiny dots on Ceres’ surface. No one has a clue what they are, and Dawn will help us unravel this deep mystery.
Also exciting this week is Vice Video News Magazine’s exploration of research and clinical trials into reprogramming highly virulent viruses, like HIV and measles, so that they only attack cancer cells. Just wow, you’ve got to see it!
We also discuss the use of body cams in the LA homeless shooting this week, question whether we really want to wage war with Persians, share our favorite Spock quotes, and look the merits of a full body transplant. Quite a far ranging show, based on topicsl stories of the week.