We will discuss these recent discoveries on Episode # 2 

1. A new galaxy that looks like the Milky Way has been discovered that challenges existing theories of the evolution of galaxies.

2. Its not enough to lose weight to stay fit, but when you lose weight matters.

3. Your body keeps track of time without checking a clock.

4. Is voting-by mail safe? Does cryptocurrencies offer any insight for online voting in the future?

References

Rizzo, F., Vegetti, S., Powell, D. et al. A dynamically cold disk galaxy in the early Universe. Nature 584, 201–204 (2020). 

Yongli Shan, John H. Abel, Yan Li, Mariko Izumo, Kimberly H. Cox, Byeongha Jeong, Seung-Hee Yoo, David P. Olson, Francis J. Doyle, Joseph S. Takahashi. Dual-Color Single-Cell Imaging of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Reveals a Circadian Role in Network Synchrony. Neuron, 2020

Xie W, Lundberg DJ, Collins JM, et al. Association of Weight Loss Between Early Adulthood and Midlife With All-Cause Mortality Risk in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(8):e2013448.

Thompson, D. M., Wu, J. A., Yoder, J., & Hall, A. B. (2020). Universal vote-by-mail has no impact on partisan turnout or vote share. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Park, S., Specter, M., Narula, N., & Rivest, R. L. (2020). Going from bad to worse: from internet voting to blockchain voting.