Typhoons and Earthquakes; Swine Flu Up North, Stingers Galore
Earthquake trigger?
This week: Swine flu among the Inuit, typhoons trigger earthquakes, elephants afraid of bees, too many jellyfish, and bigger black holes.
Inuit Flu: The World Health Organization has announced that it’s particularly worried about Inuits in northern Canada. That region is experiencing a cluster of cases.
Guest: CBC reporter Patricia Bell, under swine flu quarantine in the town of Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut.
Typhoons and Earthquakes: A new study has found that one kind of catastrophe – typhoons – may actually trigger another, earthquakes. But it’s more complicated, because these earthquakes are the “slow” kind, which means no one notices them.
Guest: Geophysicist Alan Linde of the Carnegie Institution in Washington
Science News:
A new scientific paper reviews why jellyfish are taking over the seas. (The study.) And as long as you’re thinking about jellies, you might want to enter or vote in this jellyfish naming contest.
Elephants are afraid of something else that stings: bees. Researchers have taken advantage of this to develop “beehive fences,” which seem to work well. (The study.)
Black holes turn out to be much bigger than we thought. (The study isn’t published yet, but here’s an article from Science News about the work.)
Music:
Earthquake, by Jackie Mittoo.
Stormy Monday Blues, by T-Bone Walker.
