Month: May 2021
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Episode 351: Set Your Expectations
This episode contains: We celebrate wedding anniversaries and build chicken coops. Chit chat is Ben’s favorite part. All We Are Is Dust In The Wind, Dude: Better than holograms: 3D-animated starships can be viewed from any angle. We talk about optical trap displays and the Princess Leia Project. https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/scientists-created-tiny-animated-starships-light-sabers-with-lasers/ Life Hacks: New research optimizes body’s…
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Episode 350: Finding Satisfaction in a Desolate World
This episode contains: Only Steven and Devon this week, and we recorded a full length podcast. Steven is building a chicken coop and Devon had a fun night out. Silly in Silicon: The chip shortage keeps getting worse. Why can’t we just make more? It’s not rocket science, it’s much more difficult. We talk about…
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Episode 349: Don’t Forget the Poison Vial
This episode contains: We start off talking about Mother’s Day and moving to Texas. Just wait, it gets better. Evolution, What Are You Gonna do?: There’s no such thing as a #tree (phylogenetically). We talk dendronization, poaization, and how avocado and cinnamon are pretty closely-realted species. It’s neat. There’s no such thing as a tree…
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Episode 348: The Earth Collective: KS Edition
This episode contains: We talk Covid vaccinations, because some of us had a BBQ! Ben and his kid had an engineering problem. Devon celebrated his 5th wedding anniversary! I Am Not Throwing Away My Shot: Oxford malaria vaccine proves highly effective in Burkina Faso trial. Malaria kills over 400,000 thousand in Africa, but a vaccine…