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Short essays about the history of key words related to the field of science. Go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLcc4NGH7sRxuL4Iz0sgAw if you prefer to watch the video.

Orrin Omali Castillo


    • Sep 20, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    Catalysis

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 2:32


    What has the alchemist searched for all their life? What does catalysis mean in English? Answers to these and more in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Carotid

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2021 2:26


    Why is a heart attack commonly called a 'coronary'? Why are veins named the way they are named? Answers to these and more in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Carnivore

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2021 2:42


    What's the difference between a carnivore, herbivore and an omnivore? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Carcinoma

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2021 2:53


    What's the difference between a benign tumor and a malignant tumor? What does astrology have to do with real science? Answers to these and more in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Capillarity

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2021 2:48


    Ever wondered how trees get water higher than a 2-story building without a pump? Or why water in test tubes make a little crescent? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Calorie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 2:40


    What's the difference between 'calorie' and 'Calorie'? What exactly is heat and how is it measured? Answers to these and more in this episode of Words of Science. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Calendar

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 2:32


    Where does the word 'calendar' come from? How many weeks were in a month originally? Answers to these and more await you in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Calcium

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2021 2:44


    What does British mathematician Isaac Newton have to do with Calcium? And how is Calcium related to the earliest known mechanical device for solving arithmetical problems? Answers to these and more in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Calciferol

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2021 2:59


    Why is vitamin D known as the "sunshine vitamin"? Find out the answer to this and more in this episode of "Words of Science"? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Caffeine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 2:39


    Where does caffeine get its name from? What is the active ingredient? Answers to these questions and more in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Bromine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2021 2:34


    Are elements usually named based on their smell, or on their appearance? Does our protective layer of ozone have an odor? Find out the answers to these and more in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Bile

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 2:42


    Why do we speak of a bile duct and a gall bladder when bile and gall are essentially the same thing? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Benzene

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 2:57


    What was Benzene originally named? Who originally discovered Benzene? Answers to these and more in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Base

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 2:46


    What do we call a substance that is neither acid nor alkali? Are there different kinds of bases? Where does the term 'base' come from anyway? Answers to these questions and more on this episode of "Words of Science" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Barometer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 2:40


    Who invented the first barometer? What is the literal meaning of the word barometer? Can you suck water up a straw to the second floor? Third floor? Maybe the fourth floor and higher? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Ballistics

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 2:52


    What's the difference between a missile and a projectile? Find out the answer to that question and more in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Bacteriophage

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021 2:50


    Are there organisms out there that actually eat bacteria? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Aurora Borealis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 2:46


    North - East - South - West... Who do the electrons love the best? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

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    Atom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 2:32


    A misnomer is a name that is incorrectly or unsuitably applied. A "starfish" is a misnomer because although it resembles a star it is not a fish. Find out how "atom" is a misnomer in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Atmosphere

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021 2:59


    Where does our atmosphere stop? Does it extend forever? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Asteroid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 2:43


    What's the difference between a meteor, meteorite and a meteoroid? Is it as simple as the difference between lava and magma? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Ascorbic Acid

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020 3:06


    Can a bland diet get you sick? Why are British sailors called limeys? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Artery

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 2:35


    What's the history of our understanding of the human circulatory system? Learn about part of it in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Argon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 2:44


    How has the standoffishness of monarchies influenced our scientific vocabulary? Find out in this episode of 'Words of Science'. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Arctic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2020 3:00


    Is it true that the sun always sets? Is it possible that you can go one full day without seeing the sun? Find out about this and more in this episode of 'Words of Science'. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Aqua Regia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2020 2:46


    Sparkling Water? Tap Water? Rain Water? Is there a 'King of Waters'? Yes there is, but its not what you would think. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Appendix

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 2:50


    Is '-itis' just something that happens to people after they eat? Or is it an actual word? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Antibody

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020 2:37


    Antigens... Antibodies... What's the difference? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Anthracite

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 2:47


    What do the phrases "pin number" and "atm machine" have in common with "anthracite coal"? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Aniline

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 2:52


    How did an experimental failure give birth to an entire industry? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Angle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 2:29


    Acute Angles, Right Angles, Obtuse Angles... Find out the origin of these commonly known words in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Angiosperm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2020 2:53


    What is the connection between sperms and trees? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Aneroid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 2:33


    What is the difference between a barometer and an altimeter? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Amphibious

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 2:32


    What do World War II reporters have to do with tadpoles? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Ammonia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 2:13


    Is there a link between camels and amino acids? Find out more in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Amethyst

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020 2:05


    People used to believe that certain stones had magical properties. 'Amethyst' was one of those stones. Find out more in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Amalgam

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2020 2:33


    Silver fillings are not entirely pure silver. What are they mixed with? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Alpha Rays

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 2:18


    It's as easy as A, B, C. Discover the origin of 'Alpha Rays' in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Almanac

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 2:07


    What connection is there between a human and a mayfly? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Alcohol

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 2:11


    Ever wondered what the origin of the word 'alcohol' is? Ironically it comes from a culture which does not consume alcohol. Find out more in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Adsorption

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2020 2:17


    It's not a spelling error. There is a difference between absorption and adsorption. Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Acid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2020 2:17


    Where did the word 'acid' come from? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Academy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2020 1:24


    What are the origins of the word "Academy"? Find out in this episode of "Words of Science". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Absolute Zero

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 2:15


    Learn about the history of the term 'absolute zero'. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

    Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 0:24


    Hi I am Orrin Omali Castillo and I am here to enrich your knowledge by blending the worlds of science and history. I share videos less than three minutes long highlighting the history of various “Words of Science” starting at ‘Absolute Zero' and ending at ‘Zodiac'. New videos are uploaded every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Please be sure to hit that subscribe button and the bell icon. Thanks! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orrin-omali-castillo/message

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