Episode – 1896 : The Arctic and the North Pole Podcast Transcript Located above 66°33? Latitude North is the region we call the Arctic. The Arctic is unlike any other […]
Episode – 1492 : The Manhattan Project
Episode – 1492 : The Manhattan Project Podcast Transcript During the Second World War, the United States embarked on one of the greatest science and engineering projects the world had […]
Episode – 1489 : Questions and Answers: Volume 21
Episode – 1489 : Questions and Answers: Volume 21 Podcast Transcript In 8 BC, the Roman senate passed a resolution renaming the month of Sextillis to August to honor the […]
Episode – 1484 : Yellowstone National Park
Episode – 1484 : Yellowstone National Park Podcast Transcript Located in the state of Wyoming and a little bit of Montana and Idaho lies one of the greatest national parks […]
Episode – 1481 : The Hubble Space Telescope
Episode – 1481 : The Hubble Space Telescope Podcast Transcript On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery launched the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit. After some initial […]
Episode – 1477 : A Brief History of Nothing
Episode – 1477 : A Brief History of Nothing Podcast Transcript One of the most difficult concepts for early thinkers to get their heads around was the idea of nothing. […]
Episode – 1475 : The Germ Theory of Disease
Episode – 1475 : The Germ Theory of Disease Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, many theories have been put forward as to the cause of communicable diseases. These theories […]
Episode – 1471 : The Himalayas
Episode – 1471 : The Himalayas Podcast Transcript Located between China and India, Pakistan, Buthan, and Nepal is the world’s highest chain of mountains, The Himalayas. The Himalayas aren’t just […]
Episode – 1469 : The Apollo 1 Disaster
Episode – 1469 : The Apollo 1 Disaster Podcast Transcript In the early 1960s, the United States was always a step behind the Soviet Union in the space race. By […]
Episode – 1468 : The Herculaneum Papyri
Episode – 1468 : The Herculaneum Papyri Podcast Transcript In the mid-18th century, excavations in the ancient town of Herculaneum, just outside the city of Pompeii and destroyed by the […]
Episode – 1461 : How to Lie With Statistics
Episode – 1461 : How to Lie With Statistics Podcast Transcript Mark Twain once said, ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’ The reason why he […]
Episode – 1460 : Questions and Answers: Volume 20
Episode – 1460 : Questions and Answers: Volume 20 Podcast Transcript The month of July is named after Julius Caesar. In 44 BC, after his assassination, the Roman Senate renamed […]
Episode – 1445 : The History of Skyscrapers
Episode – 1445 : The History of Skyscrapers Podcast Transcript If you were to pick a single visible icon to represent the 20th century, it would probably be the skyscraper. […]
Episode – 1444 : The Moon
Episode – 1444 : The Moon Podcast Transcript About 384,000 km or 239,000 miles above the surface of the Earth is our planet’s only natural satellite, The Moon. Every culture […]
Episode – 1430 : The Apollo Lunar Module
Episode – 1430 : The Apollo Lunar Module Podcast Transcript When President John F. Kennedy set the objective of landing on the moon before the end of the 1960s, no […]
Episode – 1426 : Questions and Answers: Volume 19
Episode – 1426 : Questions and Answers: Volume 19 Podcast Transcript The month of June was originally called Iunius by the Romans. Back then it had 29 days and was […]
Episode – 1414 : Viruses
Episode – 1414 : Viruses Podcast Transcript Inside you right now are most probably millions of, possibly even trillions of viruses. Some viruses are extremely deadly, but the vast majority […]
Episode – 1408 : Edward Teller and the Development of the H-Bomb
Episode – 1408 : Edward Teller and the Development of the H-Bomb Podcast Transcript During the Second World War, the United States established the highly secret Manhattan Project to develop […]
Episode – 1395 : Asteroids
Episode – 1395 : Asteroids Podcast Transcript Our solar system is made up of a lot of things. The biggest thing is the sun, of course which makes up the […]
Episode – 1385 : The Largest Known Things in the Universe
Episode – 1385 : The Largest Known Things in the Universe Podcast Transcript The universe is big. Really, really big. So big that it is hard to intuitively grasp its […]