Bench Talk | Mysterious Bird Deaths; Is Creationism Racist? ....and more | July 19, 2021

Hear an update on what is currently happening with the mysterious bird disease showing up in eastern USA. Then there's a discussion of a recent essay called 'Denial of Evolution is a Form of White Supremacy' by Allison Hopper. Intermingled in the show are news stories about Arctic lightning, face-mask quality, invasive animals, human psychology & genomics, micrometeorites, dinosaur bones, and yawning!

Some of the information is from a July 7, 2021 Louisville Courier Journal article written by Sylvia Goodman: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2021/07/07/what-know-unexplained-bird-deaths-kentucky/7885438002/

Here's a link to more information about the bird disease: https://fw.ky.gov/News/Pages/Kentucky-Fish-and-Wildlife-provides-update-about-bird-illness-investigation.aspx

Here's the link to the essay on Creationism: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/denial-of-evolution-is-a-form-of-white-supremacy/

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