Almost every week I look something up on Wikipedia and explain it to my friend David.
Part two about Alan Turing! His work at Bletchley Park, more of his work work with computer science, and his tragic end.
How the death of a star turns into the largest explosions we know of.
What causes volcanoes, types of volcanoes, and the effect of volcanoes on our atmosphere.
CRISPR is possibly the most radical world changing discovery/technology ever. How does it work? what can we do with it, and what are some of the ethical implications we should consider?
Sometimes that last things people say are poignant, humorous, or expected. Here's a chronological list of the last things people said.
A new round of things to distinguish between. Whats the difference between asteroids, comets, and meteors? Fur and hair? Soft and hard water? and more!
Tons of group names for animals and groups of people. Happy holidays!
Don't bother trying to take stuff you don't like off the internet.
Why you tend to see faces in clouds or otherwise interpret something vague as something you are more familiar with.
In 1959 Russian Zoologist, Dmitry Belyayev started an ongoing experiment to domesticate foxes. The program continues today and the implications are vast and extraordinary.
Rogue Waves weren't thought to be real until 1995 because of assumptions in math, and that anyone who encountered them probably didn't live to tell the tale.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator would have you believe there are only 16 types of people.
All the the stuff in orbit around the earth presents a risk to itself and modernity.
Dude changed science forever and saved millions of lives as a consequence.
What is blockchain? Besides cryptocurrency what are some other applications for it?
What exactly are constellations, and more specifically what are the zodiac constellations?
How the process of impeachment works and where we are right now.
Its not part of the law but it is a consequence of the law. Probably don't listen if you really want to be on a jury.
The highest honor for the stupidest people who made the ultimate sacrifice.
As a sequel to the prisoners dilemma we take a deeper dive into game theory.
Why don't people cooperate even though it is in everyone interest to do so?
Over the course of 30 years Dr. Irene Pepperberg studied and trained Alex. He became absolutely the smartest parrot ever studied, and solidified the fact that birds are, or can be extremely intelligent.
The birth of quantum physics, Max Plank, and what type of electromagnetic radiation things emit based solely on their temperature.
Why does catnip affect cats and how do Pop Rocks work?
The desk currently in the Oval Office has quite the history. A lost expeditions trying to find the northwest passage, tons of dead people, a gift from Queen Victoria, and the rest of the desks used in the Oval Office.
Whats up with the dress, and why do you hear it that way?
Theres a lotta crazy sh!t goin on down there in the animal kingdom.
How incompetence can lead to overconfidence, and why we are prone to having and sharing false memories.
Half v Halve Shrimp v Prawn Call v Well Drinks De Jure v De Facto Faun v Satyr Stalactites v Stalagmites Clouds and Precipitation types Alge v Plants Possum v Opossum Implosion v Explosion Donkey v Mule Plurality V Majority Cement v Concrete Laterality Bison v Buffalo Seal v Sea Lion Solution v Mixture
There was an attempt to teach dolphins to speak english. There was also LSD and hand jobs.
First it's people who have a tumor behind their pituitary gland, then its species that get stuck on islands.
Scaling advanced civilizations by how much power they could harness and use. What could those civilizations do, and how would they gather so much energy?
As the world turns: Sniper rifles, pendulums, hurricanes, but not toilettes.
The scientist, the rebel, the survivor, the badass; Marie Curie.
After talking about what happens when you crack your joints, we talk about its link with arthritis(none). Then we talk a lot of *hit on chiropractic.
What makes depth perception possible. Then we talk about stereoscopy, View-Masters, the magic eye books, and other tricks that make you see 2D images as 3D.
Avast, collaborate and listen! This editions all about boat stuff and sailor jargon.
A single organism composed of populations of cells with distinct genotypes. Pigs with human organs, how angler fish get it on, and a woman who almost lost custody of her kids when she failed a paternity test.
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