Things get a little weird this episode, and by ‘little’ I mean very little!
Things get a little weird this episode, and by ‘little’ I mean very little!
One thing I learned in this episode is that everything in the universe is touching each other, yet the particles in your body never truly touch! Mama Mia!
Well anyway, I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for listening!
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If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Truth or Fail]
https://history.fnal.gov/felicia.html#Time
https://history.fnal.gov/meson.html
pictures: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/felicia-ferret-particle-accelerator-fermilab
[Fact Off]
Surface plasmon resonance
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13746
Dark matter supercold water
[Ask the Science Couch]
Do atoms touch?
https://www.sciencealert.com/99-9999999-of-your-body-is-empty-space
https://wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2013/04/16/do-atoms-ever-actually-touch-each-other/
https://www.britannica.com/science/Pauli-exclusion-principle
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pauli.html
https://www.britannica.com/science/fermion
https://www.pnas.org/content/114/23/5766
[Butt One More Thing]
Proton-powered poops
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080109104251.htm
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867407014791