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“Hey, were you really expecting us to use our creativity to come up with new words when all of these old words were just sitting there?”
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#616 The one about sex
Let's talk about sex, baby. Let's talk about birds and bees. Let's talk about all the slime molds and the algae that can be, let's talk about sex. This week we are talking about the history of sex, where it came from, what it is, who has it, and why people are always trying to...
Fusion milestone
The amount of energy produced by mushing together atoms is finally more than the energy used by lasers to fuse them. Fusion happens in the sun.
Episode 148: Palaeoart in Pop Culture
Palaeontology (dinosaurs in particular) is incredibly well represented in nearly all forms of popular media today. From documentaries and films to computer games and even specialist podcasts. But where did the public fascination in dinosaurs come from? Has it always been there, ever since the existence of dinosaurs was first revealed, or has interest grown...