Two Bit Geeks

Ped and Tom followup on some recent developments in the world of science including the mysterious ʻOumuamua, a super-powerful blazar, and a neutrino detector buried deep in the ice. Then, Ped extolls the benefits of three recent self-improvement books while Tom prefers self-deprecation. Support the podcast on Patreon or by purchasing a T-shirt. Discuss the podcast on Reddit. Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Interstellar Interloper Revisited [01:32] Episode 22: Nostalgia Kilonova ʻOumuamua Non-gravitational acceleration in the trajectory of 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua) (Nature) Occam’s razor Ice Cubes and Star Blazers [08:56] Multimessenger observations of a flaring blazar coincident with high-energy neutrino IceCube–170922A (Science) Neutrinos Cosmic rays Blazars It Came From a Black Hole, and Landed in Antarctica (New York Times) TXS 0506+056 aka “Blazar McBlazeface” Multi-messenger astronomy IceCube Neutrino Observatory There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom by Richard Feynman 30-Second Quantum Theory