Episode #589

Item #1 Science
Astronomers have demonstrated that the putative Planet 9 could explain the 6 degree tilt of the solar system compared to the sun’s equator, which is an enduring mystery astronomers have yet to explain. http://www.caltech.edu/news/curious-tilt-sun-traced-undiscovered-planet-52710
Item #2 Science
Researchers have directly observed capuchin monkeys creating stone flakes, similar to the stone tools created by our hominin ancestors. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161019154851.htm
Item #3 Fiction
Scientists have found that the same species of yeast most commonly used in leavening bread causes many yeast infections in humans. http://phys.org/news/2016-10-yeasts-equal.html

‘Science is competitive, aggressive, demanding. It is also imaginative, inspiring, uplifting.’ – Vera Rubin, astronomer