Episode 28 is now uploaded!
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Show topics:
Incan maize cultivation and crop transfer in 3600 BCE, Organic gains ecological data from apple orchard, Styrafoam meets its maker, 2 billion degrees sets record for hottest temperature achieved in a lab.
Predictions. followup on mentalist Adrian Saint: Reason for Skepticism and The Mentalist Strikes Back, and Karl’s 2006 prediction about miRNA research comes to light.
NASA: survey confirms net loss in polar ice, next sunspot cycle will be stronger and longer, Saturn’s Moon Enceladus now known to harbor liquid water, spewing out through geysers. Objects in tanks make fish brains grow larger.
Theme = Star Trek II, The Warth of Khan.
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[...] The Z-machine, if you may remember from episode 28, is the gymnasium-sized device that recently achieved 2 BILLION DEGREES Celsius/Kelvin. (Given that 2 billion is a rounded off figure, the measly 273 degree difference between Celsius and Kelvin is not significant.) The surprising results of their latest experiment with the world’s most powerful X-ray gun brings us one step closer to nuclear fusion power. If they never make it to using this research for practical purposes, the USA could at least boast the most awesome plasma art lamp in the world. The researchers, however, are optimistic about creating more compact and efficient Z machines to power cities in the future. Awesome.[...]
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