Mike and Chad check in on recent findings by probes on and around Mars. In particular, Insight has provided some interesting results about the layers of the crust, mantle, and core of Mars.

We will have a new season starting in September.  Until then, enjoy this previous episode about Slime Mold.

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In this repeat episode, Mike and Chad answer a timely listener question about how to cool off one's house. They then, as is their wont, take a deep dive into thermal dynamics and how air conditioning works.

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Mike and Chad welcome Bill Mackie to discuss why we want to have Free Electrons, which are used as microscopes and surface analysis, as well as production of x-rays and microwaves.

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Chad and Mike answer a listener question about hummingbirds and bird migration.

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Mike and Chad open up the mailbag to answer some listeners' burning questions about what happens during hot weather.

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Mike and Chad discuss NASA's recent announcement of sending two new probes to study Venus.  We talk about why Venus is interesting and what these probes plan to do.

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Chad and Mike invite Andrew Suarez to discuss trap jaw ants.  These ants have specialized mandibles that are able to snap shut, similar to that of a mouse trap, in order to fight and to flee.

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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.