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1676: "Thomas Sowell"
Episode 1676
Interesting Things with JC #1676: "Thomas Sowell" – A young government economist studies labor conditions in Puerto Rico and finds that policies desi…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
1675: "The Green Children of Woolpit"
Episode 1675
Interesting Things with JC #1675: "The Green Children of Woolpit" – Two green-skinned children appear beside the wolf pits in Woolpit speaking an unk…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
1674: "Subproject 68 and the Acoustic Masking Trials"
Episode 1674
Interesting Things with JC #1674: "Subproject 68 and the Acoustic Masking Trials" – A recorded message keeps playing for up to 20 hours a day while p…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
1673: "There Is No Universal Now
Episode 1673
Interesting Things with JC #1673: "There Is No Universal Now" – A star 100 light-years away is doing something at this moment, but observers moving a…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
1672: "Magnetism is a Relativistic Force"
Episode 1672
Interesting Things with JC #1672: "Magnetism is a Relativistic Force" – A current-carrying wire stays electrically neutral on a table while a moving …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
1671: "What Is the L2 Point?"
Episode 1671
Interesting Things with JC #1671: "What Is the L2 Point?" – A mathematician identified a location in space in 1772 where gravity keeps spacecraft mov…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
1670: "Napster"
Episode 1670
Interesting Things with JC #1670: "Napster" – On June 1, 1999, Shawn Fanning releases Napster, and within months college students are searching each …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
1669: "The Rare Blue Moon"
Episode 1669
Interesting Things with JC #1669: "The Rare Blue Moon" – A second full Moon rises over May, carrying a rare name it will not appear to deserve. It wi…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
1668: "History of the Stanley Cup"
Episode 1668
Interesting Things with JC #1668: "History of the Stanley Cup" – The Stanley Cup keeps changing hands while its silver bands record winners, mistakes…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
1667: "Gold’s Color Comes from Relativity"
Episode 1667
Interesting Things with JC #1667: "Gold’s Color Comes from Relativity" – Gold atoms absorb blue and violet light because fast-moving electrons near t…
4 months, 3 weeks ago