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Episode – 0165 : The Speech Richard Nixon Never Gave Transcript The Apollo 11 mission to land humans on the moon was one of the most complex things ever undertaken […]
Episode – 0166 : What’s the Deal With Dark Matter?
Episode – 0166 : What’s the Deal With Dark Matter? Transcript Over the last several centuries, there have been many unsolved questions that scientists have put their minds to solving.Most […]
Episode – 0163 : Atomic Bombs and Two-Piece Swimsuits
Episode – 0163 : Atomic Bombs and Two-Piece Swimsuits Transcript On the week of July 1, 1946, there were two explosions that shook the world. One was a physical explosion […]
Episode – 0159 : Aluminum
Episode – 0159 : Aluminum Transcript Hundreds of years ago gold and silver were rare and valuable, and today they are rare and valuable. Iron and tin were cheap and […]
Episode – 0158 : Radiometric Dating
Episode – 0158 : Radiometric Dating Transcript Have you ever heard a science story on the news where they mention how old something is then ask yourself “how do they […]
Episode – 0152 : The Voynich Manuscript
Episode – 0152 : The Voynich Manuscript Transcript In 1912, a Polish rare book dealer purchased an extremely old codex that contained an unknown system of writing. Since then, the […]
Episode – 0151 : How Many Nobel Prizes Should Einstein Have Won?
Episode – 0151 : How Many Nobel Prizes Should Einstein Have Won? Transcript In the 120 year history of the Nobel Prize, there have been four people who have been […]
Episode – 0148 : Radiation 101
Episode – 0148 : Radiation 101 Radiation or radioactivity is one of the scariest words in the English language. While radiation can indeed be very dangerous, most people don’t really […]
Episode – 0143 : Get the Lead Out
Episode – 0143 : Get the Lead Out Transcript Clair Patterson was a geochemist who worked at CalTech from the 1940s through the 1990s. His work involved studying the age […]
Episode – 0127 : Really Big Telescopes
Episode – 0127 : Really Big Telescopes Transcript Since the dawn of time, humans have looked up at the night sky to watch the stars. …and then nothing happened for […]
Episode – 0116 : Last Man on the Moon
Episode – 0116 : Last Man on the Moon Most things in life tend to reach their zenith near their conclusion. The Apollo program reached its zenith right at the […]
Episode – 0113 : The World’s Deepest Hole
Episode – 0113 : The World’s Deepest Hole Transcript In 1970, scientists in the Soviet Union set out to drill the deepest hole in the world. They weren’t drilling for […]
Episode – 0098 : The SR-71 Blackbird
Episode – 0098 : The SR-71 Blackbird Translate The Lockheed SR-71, nicknamed the Blackbird, holds the record for the fastest airplane ever. A record which it set in 1976 and […]
Episode – 0092 : Cold Fusion
Episode – 0092 : Cold Fusion Transcript On March 23, 1989, two electrochemists from the University of Utah, Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons, took part in a press conference where […]
Episode – 0088 : The Tunguska Event
Episode – 0088 : The Tunguska Event Transcript In 1908, in the middle of the Siberian wilderness, near the Tunguska River, an explosion took place which was equivalent in size […]
Episode – 0080 : Potpourri Vol II: The Frozen Four
Episode – 0080 : Potpourri Vol II: The Frozen Four Transcript Once again it is time to investigate the stories which are interesting, but not big enough to justify their […]
Episode – 0079 : The Global Positioning System
Episode – 0079 : The Global Positioning System Transcript Today, GPS devices that can determine where you are in the world have become ubiquitous. In fact, there is a very […]
Episode – 0074 : Potpourri Volume I: Survival
Episode – 0074 : Potpourri Volume I: Survival Transcript In the course of doing research for shows, I often come across interesting facts that wouldn’t really make for an entire […]
Episode – 0072 : Who Discovered Calculus?
Episode – 0072 : Who Discovered Calculus? Transcript For the last 300 years, a debate has raged between mathematicians about who should be credited with the invention of calculus: Sir […]
Episode – 0068 : The Two-Hour Marathon
Episode – 0068 : The Two-Hour Marathon Transcript Eliud Kipchoge is unquestionably the greatest marathon runner in history. He’s won an Olympic Gold Medal, holds the world’s record, and has […]