Yesterday, I got to have a great conversation on Minnesota Public Radio's The Daily Circuit. Host Tom Webber and I spent a good 45 minutes talking about Hurricane Sandy, climate change, and why it's so hard to talk about the connections between the two in an easily digestible, sound-bite format. In the meantime, he might have gotten some good sound bites out of me.
Deconstructing Sandy
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Your brain tissue is 50% more plastic than in 2016
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Humans can't prick up our ears like dogs but a vestigial muscle tries anyway
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Scratching an itch is both bad and good for you
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