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Discussion on the Unknown Variables Podcast (Science Communication and Society)
Dave has a discussion with Anthony Rojas, a chemist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, on his Unknown Variables podcast, centered around his jou…
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Reacting to Cringy Creationist After-School Special
How about a little creationist debunking lightning round? We've got a couple clueless podcasters, a ridiculous YEC after-school special, there's lots…
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Andrew Jackson: Founder of the Democratic Party (1829 - 1837)
President #7 represents a huge shift in American political history. The first six were educated members of the upper class, but Jackson was a commone…
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The Third Law of Thermodynamics: Absolute Zero
Brr, it's so cold today! Could it get any colder? Is there a coldest possible temperature? Yes, there is! That seems strange, but now we know that te…
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Diversity of the Ray-Finned Fishes Part 2: Teleosts (Modern Fish)
Moving along with fish diversity, we reach the teleosts, often referred to as modern fish. There are a lot of orders in here, so let's check them out…
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Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
You thought we were all done with Newton, didn't you? You figured that three laws are enough for any scientist. Well think again! Newton was quite th…
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The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Heat Flow, Entropy, and Microstates
What the heck is entropy?! You've heard a dozen different explanations. Disorder, microstates, Carnot engines... so many different wordings and inter…
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Reacting to a Bunch of Gaia Brainrot For Your Amusement
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The First Law of Thermodynamics: Internal Energy, Heat, and Work
In chemistry we talked about the first law of thermodynamics as being the law of conservation of energy, and that's one way of looking at it, but phy…
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Homogeneous Differential Equations and Bernoulli Differential Equations
We have covered three classes of first-order differential equations, those being separable, linear, and exact. There are just two more to go over, th…
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