044 - Dinosaurs, Humans, and What’s Next for Us? Part 2 with Dylan O'Donnell

Dr. Brian's Health Show

Click here to download the full transcription as a formatted PDF. Episode Summary Welcome to The No Cap Health Show, a weekly podcast where Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler uses his decades of experience in medicine and ability as an expert researcher to provide a light- hearted approach and share health trends popular on TikTok. In this episode, Dr. Brian continues his discussion with astronomer Dylan O’Donnell on today’s topic: Dinosaurs, Humans, and What’s Next for Us? How does the moon benefit Earth? How fragile is human existence on Earth? What can you do if you’d like to get involved in backyard astronomy? Find out in today’s episode! If you’re enjoying the show, we’d love it if you leave the show a Rating & Review at RateThisPodcast.com/NoCap. Key Takeaways 01:06 – Dr. Brian takes a moment to promote a film that he was a producer on, Holky: The Steven Holcomb Story and encourages listeners to stream it free on Indieflix 02:29 – How the moon benefits Earth 06:45 – Dylan speaks to his affinity for nebula 08:08 – Advice for beginners looking to get involved in backyard astronomy 11:17 – Dr. Brian speaks to the vulnerability and fragility of life on Earth 13:47 – Dr. Brian teases the final part of his conversation with Dylan and encourages listeners to check out the movie Holky: The Steven Holcomb Story Tweetable Quotes “If, just hypothetically speaking, the moon disappeared tomorrow, it would cause our food systems to collapse. It would cause the tides to be completely disrupted. There would be no more gravitational pull on the inside of the Earth which would then affect the movements of the plates of the Earth.” (04:41) (Dylan) “Can we confirm at this point, Dylan, that the moon is, in fact, not made of cheese? The moon is made primarily of basalt. And we know this because we went and got on the moon and picked up some of these rocks and could actually look at them.” (05:05) (Dr. Brian & Dylan) “We’re relatively recent visitors on Earth compared to other life forms, which have been here for hundreds and hundreds of millions of years. We never really think about it but we take it for granted. If it wasn’t for the dinosaurs being extinct, we probably wouldn’t be here.” (09:43) (Dr. Brian) Resources Mentioned NCHS Links Mentioned Link to Byron Bay Observatory Link to Dylan O’Donnell’s Twitter NCHS Footer Powered by FullCast