Episode – 1114 : The Maya Civilization Podcast Transcript Centuries before the arrival of Europeans, one of the greatest civilizations in the Americas rose and fell. They left behind a […]
Episode – 1105 : The Silurian Hypothesis
Episode – 1105 : The Silurian Hypothesis Podcast Transcript The universe is billions of years old. If, in the future, humanity were to explore the galaxy and visit other planets […]
Episode – 1100 : Could There Be Extraterrestrial Life In Our Solar System?
Episode – 1100 : Could There Be Extraterrestrial Life In Our Solar System? Podcast Transcript One of the biggest questions that humanity has asked is, “Are we alone in the […]
Episode – 1021 : Venus
Episode – 1021 : Venus Podcast Transcript As long as humans have looked up in the sky, they noticed something. There was an unusually bright star that would show up […]
Episode – 1006 : Black Holes
Episode – 1006 : Black Holes Podcast Transcript Gravity is the weakest of the fundamental forces of nature, yet, if you have enough of it, it can create the most […]
Episode – 0964 : Nanotechnology
Episode – 0964 : Nanotechnology Podcast Transcript In Greek, the word for dwarf is “nanos.” The International Bureau of Weights and Measures adopted the prefix ‘nano’ to mean one billionth. […]
Episode – 0833 : SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Episode – 0833 : SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, humans have looked up at the night sky and wondered, “are we alone?” For […]
Episode – 0787 : The Zodiac
Episode – 0787 : The Zodiac Podcast Transcript Several thousand years ago, astronomers in the Middle East studying the night sky divided it into 12 equal regions. Each region was […]
Episode – 0753 : The Planet Saturn
Episode – 0753 : The Planet Saturn Podcast Transcript Ancient astronomers from almost every culture knew of seven things in the sky that moved. the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, […]
Episode – 0726 : Exoplanets
Episode – 0726 : Exoplanets Podcast Transcript Ever since astronomers figured out that the stars in the sky are just like our sun, they began wondering if those stars had […]
Episode – 0667 : A Star is Born
Episode – 0667 : A Star is Born Podcast Transcript It is estimated that within the observable universe there might be as many as a septillion stars. While each of […]
Episode – 0589 : The Wonderful World of Stromatolites
Episode – 0589 : The Wonderful World of Stromatolites Podcast Transcript If you measure the success of a lifeform by how long they manage to exist on Earth, then by […]
Episode – 0532 : The James Webb Space Telescope
Episode – 0532 : The James Webb Space Telescope Podcast Transcript Sometime within the next week of my recording this episode, hopefully, a rocket will be launched from the European […]
Episode – 0512 : Planet 9
Episode – 0512 : Planet 9 Podcast Transcript The planet Neptune was discovered in 1846. Ever since then, astronomers have felt there had to be another planet beyond the orbit […]
Episode – 0425 : The Fermi Paradox
Episode – 0425 : The Fermi Paradox Podcast Transcript In a previous episode, I spoke about the Drake equation and the odds of there being intelligent extraterrestrial life. Many people […]
Episode – 0394 : How Do Satellites Work?
Episode – 0394 : How Do Satellites Work? Podcast Transcript Somewhere over your head, right this moment is an artificial satellite. Many of them actually. They beam television and radio […]
Episode – 0379 : The Miller–Urey Experiment
Episode – 0379 : The Miller–Urey Experiment Podcast Transcript One of the fundamental questions of humanity is where did we come from? How did life on Earth come about? While […]
Episode – 0369 : Supernovas: They’re a Blast!
Episode – 0369 : Supernovas: They’re a Blast! Podcast Transcript One of the brightest things in the universe is caused by one of the most powerful explosions in the universe: […]
Episode – 0362 : 10 Ways You Can Know That the Earth is a Sphere
Episode – 0362 : 10 Ways You Can Know That the Earth is a Sphere Podcast Transcript One of the saddest things in the modern world is that with all […]
Episode – 0354 : Absolute Zero
Episode – 0354 : Absolute Zero Transcript One of the interesting things about temperature is that no matter how cold you’ve ever been, or how low of a temperature anyone […]