Month: December 2020
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Episode 330: Star Peace
This episode contains: We start out ready for 2021. Ben and kid have been reading Legend of Korra comics. Steven bought a 3D Printer. Art is in the Eye of the Microbiological Organism: Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings have unique microbiomes, study finds. Hairs can be a marker for where you are. We have a nice…
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Episode 329: Shut Up Nerd
This episode contains: Devon finally tells us what makes him happy, and it turns out it’s a Mel Gibson movie. Merry Christmas. Time Keeps on Ticking: New type of atomic clock keeps time even more precisely. A new atomic clock uses entangled atoms to keep time more precisely than its state-of-the-art counterparts. We try, and…
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Episode 328: Superfast
This episode contains: Devon had a spaghetti incident, so he’ll be joining us in the second half. Ben has been sizzling, and Steven finally has a kitchen again. Gotta Go Fast: Researchers have discovered a new superhighway network to travel through the Solar System. The difference of speed is orders of magnitude: decades versus millions…
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Episode 327: Fight Crying
This episode contains: This is a very special birthday episode. It’s Steven’s birthday and he asked his co-hosts Ben and Devon to do an oops all sci-fi episode. They obliged. Before the sci-fi Ben talks about the monoliths that have appeared, one in his vicinity. https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article247628785.html Science Fiction: Lots was covered: The Mandalorian, Chapters 13…
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Episode 326: M-Triggered
This episode contains: Steven didn’t do the math and he and Ben had to record on Thanksgiving. The two talk turkey about their respective dinners. R-R-R-R-Random: A biochemical random number has been generated. DNA synthesis was used to generate a random number. We talk about the process, and what random numbers are used for. Don’t…