Mike and Chad talk about the fundamentals of quantum computing and why anybody would want to learn how to make a computer behave as a quantum system.

 

 

 

This episode is dedicated in memory of Don Crosser.

Chad and Mike discuss the Brood X of cicadas that will soon be making noise across much of the Eastern United States.  They only come out of the ground to mate once every 17 years, so this is quite the event.

In this rebroadcast, Mike and Chad invite Leonard Finkelman from the Philosophy department into the studio in order to discuss what is science and what is pseudo scientific junk?

In this rebroadcast from 2019, Chad and Mike discuss whether animals have consciousness and what tools can be used to assess whether they do or not.

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Chad and Mike talk about animal toxins (venoms and poisons), how nature has developed many different kinds, and how they can be used as medicine.

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Chad and Mike discuss the non-intuitive result that, despite having a warming planet, it is more likely to have extreme winter weather events.

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Mike and Chad discuss how musical instruments work and why music is scaled in the way that it is.

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Chad tells us how insurrections happen in the insect world and how they are dealt with.

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Mike and Chad discuss the THREE different missions that are on their way to Mars right now: Perseverance (USA), Heavenly Questions (China), and Hope (United Arab Emirates).  All three were launched this summer during the Mars launch window in which the least amount of energy is required for the long trip to Mars.

We invite Shanna Bowman onto our conference call to discuss types of melanin and how different types arose based on geographical location.

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