Mike and Chad invite Sarah Coste onto the show to explain the science behind our sense of smell and why it is that COVID is able to affect it so dramatically.

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Chad and Mike discuss ways in which animals can detect electric fields, from sharks to bees to ants.

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Mike and Chad replay this episode from 2018 in which physicist Joelle Murray discusses quantum phenomena because the author of the specific paper we discussed, John Clauser, has just been informed that he will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics this year.

So sit back, and have your mind blown, by Spooky Action at a Distance.

Mike and Chad discuss the science behind batteries: how they work, why potatoes work, and how to make them last longer.

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Chad and Mike invite NOAA scientist Dr. Kim Goetz to discuss how scientists study whale behavior.

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Mike and Chad explain the evidence behind something astronomers call Dark Energy.

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Chad and Mike discuss the invasive Emerald Ash Borer Beetle, how it attacks ash trees, what happens when a tree is infested, and how we can help keep EABs from continuing to spread.

Here is more information about the beetle: https://www.oregon.gov/odf/Documents/forestbenefits/fact-sheet-emerald-ash-borer.pdf

Mike and Chad compare and contrast electric vehicles with traditional internal combustion engines. How do they operate? And how do those differences translate into efficiency, torque, and pollution?

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Chad tells Mike about interesting ways in which mosquito populations might be held in check by using a bacteria called Wobachia.

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Mike and Chad talk about the planetary conditions necessary for life to form. Does this mean we are alone in the universe? Or are aliens all around us?

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