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Harvey explains what has happened to Generic Drift and where you can continue to hear from us. ManEating Podcast Episode 1: Lions Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher YouTube You can also follow us on Twitter (@ManEatingPod).  

Harvey and Adam discuss parasitic plants, lunar lifeforms and holidays on Mars. Subscribe to us on YouTube! Twitter: @GenericDrift // Email: hello@genericdrift.com // Website: genericdrift.com // SHOW NOTES: Introduction: Teemill Marwell Zoo giraffe experience The sloth Animals Taken Away by Seagulls: Gizmo the chihuahua original article (BBC) Fears seagull swallowed dog whole (The Sun) Is this THE psycho seagull? (The Sun) Award/reward (The Sun) Psychic pet detective (Heart Radio) Leg bone discovered (The Mirror) Dodder the gene thief: Tongue-eating louse Corpse flower Dodder News article (Science Daily) Scientific paper Tardigrades on the Moon: Rafael Marine Microfauna Tardigrade under microscope News articles (BBC) Spanish Mars holiday: Astroland website Astroland on TripAdvisor

Harvey and Adam discuss cryptic crocodiles, inexplicable ice worms and the billionaire space race. Featuring a long awaited review of Jurassic Park. Subscribe to us on YouTube! Twitter: @GenericDrift // Email: hello@genericdrift.com // Website: genericdrift.com // SHOW NOTES: Introduction Walk the Wight video Dinosaur of the Month Vespersaurus news article (Phys Org) Pachystruthio news article (Popular Mechanics) Herbivorous crocodiles (National Geographic) Marine iguana teeth image Ice worms News article (Science Daily) Scientific paper Image of the ice worm Image with coin for scale Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos vs. Richard Branson Virgin Galactic’s StarShip Two SpaceX’s Dragon Capsule interior SpaceX’s Starship image Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander Britain’s spaceport news article (The Telegraph) The new space race news article (The Telegraph) Jurassic Park: Dinosaur sound design (Vulture)  

Harvey and Adam discuss befuddling bed bugs, cricket cuisine and worrisome wolves. Subscribe to us on YouTube! Twitter: @GenericDrift // Email: hello@genericdrift.com // Website: genericdrift.com // Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make ThingsMichael Braungart & William McDonough Paperback Thanks for supporting the show. // SHOW NOTES: Introduction Walk the Wight JustGiving Page (£1,000 baby!) Adam playing softball Dinosaur of the Month History of Aotearoa Podcast Moa skeleton Moa paleoart Footprints video News article (The Sydney Morning Herald) Don't let the bed bugs bite Ladybird image Froghopper image Greenfly image Rain bug image Bed bug image Bedbugs evolved more than 100 million years ago (Science Daily) Bedbugs predated T. rex and Triceratops (The Scientist) Scientific paper Gallimimus Eating insects Abokado poke bowl promo image Crickets have hit the high street - can they save the planet? (BBC) 7 reasons to eat insects (IFT) @EatBugsOutreach Wolf hybrids Wolf-dog '

Harvey and Adam discuss mosquito music, dazzling diamonds, cantankerous cats and futuristic floating cities. Twitter: @GenericDrift // Email: hello@genericdrift.com // Website: genericdrift.com // Black Holes: A Very Short Introduction Katherine Blundell Paperback Audiobook Thanks for supporting the show. // SHOW NOTES: Introduction Ctenophore research Jakob Vinther (@macroevolut) First ever image of black hole (BBC) Dinosaur of the Month Arctic dinosaurs (Smithsonian) Lambeosaurine Hadrosaurs paleoart Mosquitos vs. Skrillex Scientific paper paper Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites Natural and synthetic diamonds Largest square emerald cut diamond (Forbes) New theory of Earth's thermal evolution (SciNews) Scientific paper Can cats understand us? Scientific paper Floating cities Fantasy or the future? (BBC News) Oceanix website

Harvey and Adam discuss combustible comb jellies, mind-controlled molluscs, global dimming and the search for a ninth planet in our solar system. Twitter: @GenericDrift Email: hello@genericdrift.com Website: genericdrift.com // Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life Peter Godfrey-Smith Paperback Audiobook Thanks for supporting the show. // SHOW NOTES: Introduction Poly-anus flatworm Walk the Wight JustGiving page Mountbatten Hospice Dinosaur of the Month Bajadasaurus news article (Scientific American) Bajadasaurus reconstructed skeleton Bajadasaurus palaeoart Moros intrepidus news article (Sci-News) The Planet Nine Hypothesis News article (MIT Technology Review) Scientific paper Ultima Thule (Astronomy Now) Competition to name Jupiter's new moons The time on Saturn news article (Astrobio) The Ephemeral Anus News article (Independent) Scientific paper About Ctenophora Mertensia ovum "Tortuga reds" (undescribed species) Bathocyroe fosteri Mollusc mind-control

Harvey and Adam discuss the flat earth. Featuring an interview with Mike Cavanaugh, President and Chairman of FECORE: an organisation dedicated to discovering the true shape of our planet... Twitter: @GenericDrift Email: hello@genericdrift.com Website: genericdrift.com // Universal: A Journey Through the Cosmos Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw Available in paperback, hardcover or as an e-book Thanks for supporting the show! // SHOW NOTES: Interview FECORE website George Biddell Airy Live stream from International Space Station via YouTube ISS tracker Discussion Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact by Ludwik Fleck Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham Why Bill Nye shouldn't debate Ken Ham (RichardDawkins.net) Should scientists bother to debate creationism? (The Guardian) YouTube aids flat earth conspiracy theorists (BBC) Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog Kerbal Space Program

Harvey and Adam discuss crackerjack crows, floating farms, environmental vinyl and self-replicating robots. Twitter: @GenericDrift Email: hello@genericdrift.com Website: www.genericdrift.com   SHOW NOTES: Introduction China grows plant on moon (Independent) Harvey's Favourite Books of the Year* An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield Paperback Audiobook The Odyssey by Homer Paperback Audiobook (narrated by Ian McKellen!) Into Thin Air by Jon Krakeur Paperback Audiobook *Disclosure: these are affiliate links and by purchasing these products you are helping to support the podcast Dinosaur of the Month New species of new predator dinosaur (Telegraph) Dinosaur: Saltriovenator zanellai Clever Caledonian corvids News article (Phys.org) Scientific paper Floating farms Video (BBC) Floating farm in Rotterdam (BBC) Conceptual smart floating farm (Smithsonian) Streaming vs. CDs and vinyl The Dark Side of the Tune (Music Tank) Self-replicators Von Neumann probe (Wikipedia

Harvey and Adam discuss diamond dinosaurs, olfactory oddities, Tasmanian devils and a very unusual way of describing a rearing horse. Twitter: @GenericDrift Website: www.genericdrift.com   SHOW NOTES: Proto-mammal of the Year Lisowicia bojani Harvey's animation Dinosaur of the Month Dinosaur of the Month @TheMindRobber's article Kakuru kujani Macrocollum itaquii Uncontacted peoples - the Sentinelese Neanderthal child devoured by bird (Live Science) Siberian wooly rhino (Live Science) Original news article (BBC) "21st Century Martyr" (The Christian Post) Follow-up article (This Is Insider) Stimulating the olfactory bulb How many senses do we have? (John Hopkins University Press) News article (Science Daily) Scientific paper Daily Mail article 

Harvey and Adam discuss man-eating tigers, prehistoric parasites, space elevators and the best way to fight off a zombie. Email: hello@genericdrift.com Twitter: @GenericDrift Website: www.genericdrift.com   SHOW NOTES: Harvey's Halloween Party Harvey's costume Adam's costume  Dinosaur of the Month News article (Independent)  Eau de Tigre News article (The Telegraph)  The "Birdwash" Conspiracy NHM bird egg and nest collection  News article (NY Times)  Scientific paper  The Space Elevator The moon through Harvey's telescope  In A Nutshell video  News article (South China Morning Post) Scientific paper  Killer Cockroaches Zombie snails video Jewelled wasp video  Adam's video News article (Science News) Scientific paper  Does anybody read the show notes?

Harvey and Adam discuss bewildering berries, sizeable sauropods, intoxicated octopuses and plastic penguins. Available on iTunes, Spotify and all good podcasting apps. Email: hello@genericdrift.com Twitter: @GenericDrift Website: www.genericdrift.com   SHOW NOTES: The Next Big Berry™ The yam The groundcherry (i.e. physalis) Scientific paper News and views Humongous dinosaurs Chicken with fake plastic tail (video in paper)  Baby green heron Sinornithosaurus (dandruff dinosaur scientific paper) Patagotitan paper  The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs  List of dinosaurs mentioned:* Allosaurus Argentinosaurus Brachiosaurus Brontosaurus Dreadnoughtus Diplodocus Patagotitan Tyrannosaurus rex Velociraptor Octopus narcotics Theresa May dancing Spiders on drugs Scientific paper  Telford Exotic Zoo's penguins Macaroni penguin  News article (The Mirror) Telford Exotic Zoo   *Please note - due to character limits we couldn't include links to pictures of all the dinosaurs mentioned, but a quick Google search o

Harvey and Adam discuss philosophical fish, noisy neighbours, devious droids and the importance of udders in the art of cheesemaking. Available on iTunes, Spotify and all good podcasting apps. Email: hello@genericdrift.com Twitter: @GenericDrift Website: www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: Harvey's holiday to Crete Crystals photo Saturn Devouring His Son by Goya My Boyfriend Has No Balls (Cosmopolitan) Facial recognition in cleaner wrasse University of Portsmouth Macaque Cognition Project Cleaner wrasse photo Scientific paper Suppressed footsteps Scientific paper Robots and emotional manipulation AIQ by Nick Polson and James Scott Runaway by The Corrs  What Can I Do by The Corrs Black Mirror - Metalhead (trailer) Spot Mini video by Boston Dynamics Atlas video by Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics abusing robots compilation  Article on Boston Dynamics (Wired)  Scientific paper Ancient cheese British Cheese Board website Scientific paper

Harvey and Adam discuss leaf-blowing lizards, lunar lifeforms and the virus that might be making you fat. Email: hello@genericdrift.com Twitter: @GenericDrift Website: www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: Adam's Three Peaks Challenge Photo Anole evolution Anole image The video Scientific paper  Was there life on the Moon? Animation of giant impact hypothesis Scientific paper The obesity virus News article (New Scientist) 

Harvey and Adam discuss fossilised frogs, the salamander sisterhood, robots of Mars and astrobiological algae. Email: hello@genericdrift.com Twitter: @GenericDrift Website: www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: Fossilised frogs Steven Spielberg murders a triceratops Frog image 1  Frog image 2  News article (Nat Geo) Scientific paper  The Lake Pátzcuaro salamander Achoque image Axolotl image  News article (BBC Radio 4)  Chester Zoo conservation programme  Robots of Mars Guide to Mars opposition  Dust storm animation  Jupiter through Harvey's telescope  News article (BBC)  Far-red photosynthesis News article (Eurekalert)  Scientific paper 

Harvey and Adam discuss the formation of Pluto, fossilised dinosaur dandruff and the rise of the machines. Email us: hello@genericdrift.com www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: Pluto False colour image of Pluto Near true-colour image of Pluto Enhanced colour image of Charon News article (Forbes) Scientific paper Fossilised dandruff Microraptor Beipiaosaurus Sinornithosaurus Scientific paper News and Views Artificial intelligence DJ Roomba  Mr. Beauregard (from Rick and Morty S2E4, Total Rickall) Google Duplex demo at Google I/O

Harvey and Adam discuss houseplants, lentil-sized Neanderthals, potions from the Dark Ages and interstellar spacecraft. Email us: hello@genericdrift.com www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: Fake Plastic Orchids Marks and Spencer’s homeware section Lentil-sized brain organoids News article (The Guardian) Ancient antibiotics Scientific paper Alpha Centauri News article (Scientific American) Scientific paper

Harvey and Adam discuss handsome hermit crabs, birds of paradise, 10,000 year old sloth footprints and reptilian humanoids. www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: New hermit crabs Scientific paper Adam's clownfish/anemone costume Birds-of-paradise Pigeon video Wilson's bird-of-paradise Greater bird-of-paradise King of Saxony bird-of-paradise Article (The Atlantic) Scientific paper Vantablack Carbon nanotubes Bird-of-paradise courtship dance Giant ground sloth footprints Scientific paper Footprint images Nothrotheriops Paramylodon The Silurian Hypothesis Article (The Atlantic) Scientific paper Silurians (Doctor Who) Drake Equation 

Harvey and Adam discuss pigeon problems, tactile turtles, "mind-reading" robots, and review the sci-fi horror film Annihilation.   SHOW NOTES: Turtle tactility Scientific research Alter Ego News article (Forbes) Videos Scientific study

Harvey and Adam discuss bird feeders, lunar phone reception, roving on the Red Planet, earwig PR problems, and a five thousand year old tattoo.   SHOW NOTES: Bird feeding The Egyptian goose The domestic goose The Canadian goose RSPB call to feed more birds (The Ecologist) 4G network on the Moon News article (The Telegraph) Curiosity Rover Photograph 1 (Mars landscape) Photograph 2 (Earth from Mars) Photograph 3 (Curiosity selfie) News article (BBC) Microsoft Sam generator Earwigs Earwig wing simulation (Video) Paper folding and the size of the observable universe (Sploid) News article (Science News) Ancient tattoo News article (Science News)

Harvey and Adam discuss cave paintings, pet cloning, bringing animals back from extinction, and how sea turtles are being affected by climate change.   SHOW NOTES: Cave paintings: Photograph Scientific paper Barbra Streisand's cloned dogs: News article St Bernard De-extinction: News article Megatherium Sea turtles: Scientific paper