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Sources:
Protoplanet formation:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad84df
https://www.sci.news/astronomy/planet-formation-harsh-stellar-environments-13437.html

SpaceX:
spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-6
newatlas.com/space/starship-flight-6-no-catch-banana

First pterosaur species found in Japan Nipponopterus mifunensis:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667124002192

New species of transitional pterosaur Skiphosoura bavarica discovered:
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01377-0
archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/skiphosoura-solving-the-transition-to-pterodactyloids

Ice age plankton modelling:
phys.org/news/2024-11-ice-age-plankton-sea-life.html
nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08029-0

0:00 - Intro
0:58 - Protoplanets might be forming faster than we thought
2:05 - SpaceX launch
3:08 - Homotherium cub
3:35 - New pterosaur species discovered in Japan
5:07 - New transitional pterosaur species found in Germany
6:34 - Ice Age plankton
7:58 - Outro