Episode Number 201 – October 3rd 2024 – Quartz, theSahara & Florida, Citizen Science and AI, Gaming as Therapy, & Common Sense

This week's guest: Hayley St. John-Ayre Programmer forNorth Cluster Libraries

Links to this week’s stories:

Broward County Library CreationStation Podcast Feedback Survey (surveymonkey.com)

Quartz is missing:
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/30/nx-s1-5133462/hurricane-helene-quartz-microchips-solar-panels-spruce-pine

Dust to Dust:
https://www.sciencealert.com/our-atmosphere-transforms-dust-from-the-sahara-into-minerals-that-fuel-life

Citizen Science fact checking AI:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03182-y

Gaming as Therapy:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/roll-for-insight-using-dungeons-dragons-as-a-group-therapy-tool/

Common Sense:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/30/i-took-a-common-sense-test-and-my-result-appalled-me

Bonus Comet coverage:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2024/10/02/ancient-oort-cloud-comet-to-make-first-documented-pass-by-earth-in-mid-october/

Broward County Library CreationStation Podcast Feedback Survey (surveymonkey.com)