How are whales communicating to each other in the ocean and aliens connected to one another? There is a link between the two and it is the SOFAR channel. Pranjal and Zechariah will talk about how it’s possible to connect these two seemingly separate topics in a short continuous story.
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Most of us have seen vestiges of the early universe and never knew. Pranjal and Eric talk about the Cosmic Microwave Background, from the early days of its inception, leading to its discovery and how we can see it with our very eyes
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How did we get rid of smallpox. Obviously, it doesn’t scar us with its presence today, but what events and inventions lead to this monumental achievement and how did some of the hindrances like vaccine hesitancy and poor infrastructure make the process more difficult? This week Pranjal and Eric talk about how we went from dreading the day we might get the pox to barely giving it a second thought.
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Xray machines don’t just grow on trees, they had to have come from somewhere. Pranjal and Eric talk about the origins of xrays and the people that played a part in its invention.
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Have you ever wondered what happens to all the radiation that hits the earth from the sun. Some of it reaches us on the surface, but not all. When the earliest spacecraft were launched, they found a peculiar phenomenon in low earth orbit and conspiracy theorists have found ways to misuse it. Join Pranjal and Eric as they explore what is going on hundreds of miles about the surface and if the conspiracy theorists were right.
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Pranjal and Eric talk about one of our possible futures that may trap us in the gravity well we call home if we aren’t careful. Kessler syndrome is one of the dangers of having so many satellites in orbit.
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Have you ever wondered how the earth got its oxygen rich atmosphere? Pranjal and Eric talk about how microbes gave us the air we breathe and how they might be responsible for the first mass extinction.
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