
Have you even wondered the story behind how we got our oxygen rich atmosphere, or how we got the x-ray machine? This podcast tells you the story of how we got to this point, starting from the people that were responsible for the modern marvels we take for granted today.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 42 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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Someone recently won an art competition by submitting an imagine generated by an AI. This caused some mild controversy, but here we look at how this AI works at the most basic level.
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Outro by Eric Pierce
The tides come in and out, but the physics of tidal forces are so much more fascinating that just that. We explore what tidal forces can really do this week going from the earth-moon system to forming planetary rings and finally stars being ripped ap... more
Have you wondered how to make a processor? Or why there are really only two cpu brands when it’s such a lucrative business? That’s what we talk about this week.
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Outro by Eric Pierce
Ice ages are a very common thing on geological timescales, but the behavior of these ice ages changed 1 million years ago. That’s a bit of a mystery and we discuss the background behind this unsolved riddle this week.
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There are many methods to reducing our carbon emissions to mitigate climate change. One of these is using carbon credits to offset emissions from companies, but this week we talk about how the best intentions can go wrong with poor implementation.
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Is it actually possible to control the weather to some degree? That’s what they claimed was possible at the Beijing Olympics and we talk about the science behind how this is possible.
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Outro by Eric Pierce
Terraforming mars has been a topic on science fiction for decades, but it is actually possible. There are still many problems associated with it and one of the biggest issues of transforming the Martian atmosphere is heavily based in physics. I don’t... more
How was it that earliest civilizations suddenly disappeared. During the bronze age, there were complicated interconnected societies most of which collapsed over the course of a few centuries. We talk about some of the leading theories that lead to th... more
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