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Month: September 2020

  • Episode 317: Communication

    Episode 317: Communication

    This episode contains: Operating without a safety net, the boys plow on ahead. Devon talks about how he writes and records music. Devon also attempts to do an article we’ve already covered. Oops. This Week in Space: Comet discovered to have its own northern lights. 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was shown to have a far-ultraviolet aurora. We talk…

  • Episode 316: Water Fat

    Episode 316: Water Fat

    This episode contains: Devon join us once again (for part of the episode) and Ben talks about the Eye Contact feature in iOS14. This Week In Space: ‘Black dwarf supernova’: Physicist calculates when the last supernova ever will happen. Somehow, quantum tunneling may be involved. We also talk about how many zeros is in the…

  • Episode 315: Boot Loop

    Episode 315: Boot Loop

    This episode contains: We missed last week because of Computer woes and audio issues, We read a listener email which teaches us all about female writers and directors. Anti-Gravity Love Song: Physicists discover “anti-gravity” in bizarre buoyancy experiment. We talk about buoyancy, vibrating fluids, and upside down floating toy boats. https://www.inverse.com/science/physicists-discover-antigravity Brain Matters: Unconscious learning…

  • Episode 314: Fantabulous

    Episode 314: Fantabulous

    (This episode is late because Steven’s computer broke. Sorry.) This episode contains: We start off this episode talking more about the wildfires in California. Ben has designed and published a book, check it out: https://www.penciledin.com/books/an-undersea-book-of-hours/ We then read a few emails and get an update on the hornet and wasp situation in the UK. Na…