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Month: March 2021

  • Episode 342: Water Here, Water There

    Episode 342: Water Here, Water There

      This episode contains: Do you kill bugs in your house and other interesting ways to start a podcast. This Week in Space: What happened to Mars’s water? It is still trapped there. We talk about a recent chemical analysis regarding water trapped on Mars and the results are astounding. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210316132106.htm Here Comes The Sun…

  • Episode 341: Pound Workers

    Episode 341: Pound Workers

    This episode contains: We have a new recording night, and this episode christens it. Happy Pi Day everyone, let’s talk about pie. Ben has now been quarantined over a year. For All Mankind, But For Real. Yo.: China and Russia unveil joint plan for lunar space station. We talk about these two super powers and…

  • Episode 340: Delayed Gratification

    Episode 340: Delayed Gratification

    This episode contains: Ben survives choking on water, then attempts to survive one full year of quarantine. Listen in to see if he makes it. ……under pressure: Researchers build a swimming robot that works in the Mariana Trench. To deal with the immense pressures, researchers split their circuit boards, similar to the skull of the…

  • Episode 339: A Smokey Aftertaste

    Episode 339: A Smokey Aftertaste

    This episode contains: Who loves Girl Scout Cookies? We do. Technology Can Go To The Hot Place: Stanford study into “Zoom Fatigue” explains why video chats are so tiring. We talk about the various ways that video conferencing can take a toll. Except for Devon, who is superhuman. https://newatlas.com/telecommunications/zoom-fatigue-video-exhaustion-tips-help-stanford/ Pumba, With You Everything Is Gas:…