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What Your Ears and Spider Fuzz Have In Common
Manage episode 288201892 series 2659655
Learn why Cygnus X-1, the first black hole ever discovered, is bigger than we thought. Then, learn about spider hearing with help from Ron Hoy, a professor of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University who studies acoustic communication in insects.
The first black hole ever discovered is bigger than we thought by Grant Currin
- First black hole ever detected is more massive than we thought. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/caos-fbh021821.php
- The mass of Cygnus X-1’s black hole challenges stellar evolution models. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/aaft-tmo021621.php
- Miller-Jones, J. C. A., Bahramian, A., Orosz, J. A., Mandel, I., Gou, L., Maccarone, T. J., Neijssel, C. J., Zhao, X., Ziółkowski, J., Reid, M. J., Uttley, P., Zheng, X., Byun, D.-Y., Dodson, R., Grinberg, V., Jung, T., Kim, J.-S., Marcote, B., Markoff, S., & Rioja, M. J. (2021). Cygnus X-1 contains a 21–solar mass black hole—Implications for massive star winds. Science, eabb3363. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb3363
Additional resources from Ron Hoy:
- Ron Hoy's faculty page at Cornell University: https://nbb.cornell.edu/ronald-r-hoy
- Hoy's 2016 study on hearing in jumping spiders: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/10/jumping-spiders-can-hear-distance-new-study-proves
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Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/what-your-ears-and-spider-fuzz-have-in-common
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Manage episode 288201892 series 2659655
Learn why Cygnus X-1, the first black hole ever discovered, is bigger than we thought. Then, learn about spider hearing with help from Ron Hoy, a professor of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University who studies acoustic communication in insects.
The first black hole ever discovered is bigger than we thought by Grant Currin
- First black hole ever detected is more massive than we thought. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/caos-fbh021821.php
- The mass of Cygnus X-1’s black hole challenges stellar evolution models. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/aaft-tmo021621.php
- Miller-Jones, J. C. A., Bahramian, A., Orosz, J. A., Mandel, I., Gou, L., Maccarone, T. J., Neijssel, C. J., Zhao, X., Ziółkowski, J., Reid, M. J., Uttley, P., Zheng, X., Byun, D.-Y., Dodson, R., Grinberg, V., Jung, T., Kim, J.-S., Marcote, B., Markoff, S., & Rioja, M. J. (2021). Cygnus X-1 contains a 21–solar mass black hole—Implications for massive star winds. Science, eabb3363. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb3363
Additional resources from Ron Hoy:
- Ron Hoy's faculty page at Cornell University: https://nbb.cornell.edu/ronald-r-hoy
- Hoy's 2016 study on hearing in jumping spiders: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/10/jumping-spiders-can-hear-distance-new-study-proves
Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY
Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/what-your-ears-and-spider-fuzz-have-in-common
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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