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 […]
Episode – 0063 : The World’s Oldest Satellite
Episode – 0063 : The World’s Oldest Satellite Transcript Here is a question you’ve probably never bothered to think about before….What is the oldest man made object orbiting the earth? […]
Episode – 0062 : A Brief History of Timekeeping
Episode – 0062 : A Brief History of Timekeeping Transcript Our ability to measure time is one of the fundamental things which makes us human. We’ve gone from very crude […]
Episode – 0060 : Eponymous Laws
Episode – 0060 : Eponymous Laws Transcript Everyone is probably familiar with Murphy’s Law which says that “Anything which can go wrong will go wrong.” However, there are many such […]
Episode – 0051 : Why Doesn’t the US Use the Metric System?
Episode – 0051 : Why Doesn’t the US Use the Metric System? Transcript Of the 193 countries in the United Nations, exactly three haven’t adopted the widespread use of the […]
Episode – 0052 : The Man Who Fed the World
Episode – 0052 : The Man Who Fed the World Transcript Which person can be credited with having saved the most human lives in history? There might not be a […]