Here in episode 031 of scienceTASTIC we all get a chance to report on some of our favorite things. Mike - a noted span enthusiast - lays out a new method of building bridges*, Neil deGrasse Tyson fanboy (and future object of a restraining order) Mark shares a video of an NdeGT talk, and chip-lover Joe explains Intel's plans to give its customers brain implants. (Joe actually prefers chips of a nacho variety over those made of silicon, so pardon me for stretching on that one.) We then get down to some serious animal talk with raspberry ants, right-handed turtles, regenerated rabbit penises, and the name of our newly-adopted red fox. Did your suggestion win? You'll have to listen to find out!

What we didn't get to: eroding beaches, cow clones, automated image montages.

*Popular Science, December 2009