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…

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…

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…

(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…

This episode contains: We start out the episode talking about the California Wildfires and how they are effecting our lives. Then, a bet is settled. You Have Got to be Kidding Me: An anti-vaccine group sues Facebook, claims fact-checking is “censorship.” We dig into this issue, from a legal standpoint and from a logical standpoint.…

This episode contains: We start off by talking about the weather and how it’s melting us. We then transition to distance learning and what we’re doing with our kids. News: Steven does a small article about fungus from Chernobyl which eats nuclear radiation via radiosynthesis. https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/videos/chernobyl-fungus-eats-nuclear-radiation-via-radiosynthesis-338464 This Week in Space: Mystery solved: Bright areas on…

This episode contains: We get this episode rolling with some talk about our sick pets. Don’t worry all is well, except our carpets. The Future is so Bright, You have to Wear SPF 300: Chemists have created the brightest-ever fluorescent materials. Chemists formulated positively charged fluorescent dyes into a new class of materials called small-molecule…

This episode contains: Devon is back for this episode, we try to talk about what we’ve been up to but it’s all too depressing. On to the science! This Week In Space: Mars Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet successfully launched. We talk about the recent Mars 2020 mission, what it is bringing to the…

This episode contains: Ben was torn from his family and their viewing of Spider-man 2 to record this podcast. Was it worth it? Geology Rocks: Plato was right, the Earth is made of cubes, on average. Researchers find the average shape for fractured rocks is a cube.  Three dimensional polyhedron shapes, when sliced several times,…

This episode contains: We get off to a rough start this episode, we chat about Devon’s roof caving in, why the Beatles took so long to join iTunes and sound effect editing. Don’t worry, we eventually get to the science. All The Lovely People, Where Do They All Come From?: World population likely to shrink…