In this episode (S05E58 — March 9, 2026):
• 00:00 — Intro
• 01:30 — Story 1: Why SETI May Be Missing Alien Signals — space weather around other stars could be smearing narrowband radio transmissions beyond our detectors' reach
• 06:00 — Story 2: Spaceflight Deforms the Brain — new MRI study of 26 astronauts reveals the brain physically shifts and warps inside the skull in microgravity
• 11:00 — Story 3: Baikonur's Dramatic Pad Rescue — 150+ workers, 250m of welding, and spare parts from the 1970s. Roscosmos fixes their launch pad in record time
• 15:30 — Story 4: Earth's Distance From the Sun Alters Seasons — an overlooked orbital effect has been shaping El Niño and global weather for millennia
• 20:00 — Story 5: Did Earth Life Start on Mars? — how asteroid impacts could allow microbes to planet-hop, and what that means for the origin of life on Earth
• 24:30 — Outro
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