The Moon is Tope

Summary: Chris and Rob discuss reality shows on Mars, how to tickle rats, the state of MOND, and the lunar eclipse that is happening right now as Rob types… these… very… words (sorry). [MP3 Link] Episode #75. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott. Links: Tonight’s lunar eclipse? http://earthsky.org/tonight/lunar-eclipse-for-eastern-hemisphere-on-night-of-april-2526 Tickling rats for science: “For the “tickling treatment”, rats were tickled once daily, in two sessions of two minutes each, for two weeks”: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/2013/04/22/to-calm-a-rat-with-tickling/ You can sign up for our online course: http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/F990-1 Vibrating pants (thanks Arfon!): http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2013/apr/19/durex-fundawear-vibrating-pants-foreplay-future Notes from Nature: http://www.notesfromnature.org/ Credits: Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).