Words of Science

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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