High Science

High Science

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High Science episodes

  • HS 042: Psychology – How Does Your Mind Work?
    How much do different modes of thinking affect our day to day lives? More than you might think. High Science dives into psychology and discusses intuition, working memory, attention, and psychological experiments.

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    Twitter: @highscience2017
    1 hr 13 min
  • HS 041: Sir Isaac Newton – Tootin’ Newton Beans vs. Hooke Slaw
    Isaac Newton: one of the greatest figures to grace the scientific world. Also a closet crazy person. High Science discusses the life and times of Sir Isaac Newton, explores his most influential work, and dives into his weirder pursuits (like alchemy and the occult). We also start the episode by answering a fan question!

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    Twitter: @highscience2017
    1 hr 10 min
  • HS 040: Planet Earf – Layers and Plate Tectonics
    It's time we explore the mysteries of the only home we've ever known: Planet Earf. We answer the important questions. How do mountains form? If we drilled through the entire planet and jumped in, how long would it take to reach the center? How do we know different layers exist if we never drilled through the crust? What even are earthquakes? High Science explores our rocky spaceship and the processes that shaped it over its 4.6 billion year lifespan.

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    Twitter: @highscience2017
    1 hr 43 min
  • HS 039: Electricity and Magnetism – Peacocks are Racist
    Guys heads up: we start this episode saying that we recorded the taxonomy episode "last week". We posted the last few episodes in a different order than we recorded them (we recorded this one a while back). In this episode, High Science explores the core ideas of electricity and magnetism. Things can have an intrinsic property known as "charge" and if the charge sits still it does some things and if it moves it does a whole bunch of other things! We explore Coulomb's Law, electric fields, magnetism, basic circuits, and more!

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    Twitter: @highscience2017
    1 hr 34 min
  • HS 038: First Birthday – Reminiscing and Bullsh*t
    High Science is celebrating its first birthday! We discuss how we started and some favorite our parts of previous episodes. We also get ripped and go on all kinds of sciencey tangents (hence the "and bullsh*t" in the title). We feel all warm and fuzzy that we got this far and we can't thank you guys enough for tuning in! Here's to the coming year.

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    Twitter: @highscience2017
    1 hr 34 min
  • HS 037: Taxonomy – From Sexy Bryophytes to Zombie Ant Fungus
    How close are mammals to reptiles? How much do birds and butterfly have in common? How about polar bears and orchids? High Science dives into the biological classification system known as taxonomy. We explore the history of taxonomy and it's hierarchy. We also dive deep into the plant and fungus kingdoms. We also play a game called "Is THAT a fruit?" and by the end we all question our collective reality.

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    Twitter: @highscience2017
    1 hr 54 min
  • HS 035: A Tribute to Stephen Hawking
    "We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special."

    Stephen Hawking made amazing contributions to physics through his research on cosmology and black holes. However, what launched him into international fame was his ability to explain complex ideas in simple terms. He gave us all a foothold into a better understanding of our universe and through this, he inspired wonder and curiosity in the face of our mind-bending universe. High Science dives into Hawking's life, legacy, research, and ideas as a tribute to one of the greatest minds of our generation. Exploring his ideas took us from black holes and quantum physics, to philosophy and atheism.

    “Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet... Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.”

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    Twitter: @highscience2017
    1 hr 42 min
  • HS 033: Our Energy Addiction – How Ancient Sunlight Powers Your Phone
    A civilization's progress depends heavily on how it obtains and utilizes energy. For most of human history, we used our inefficient meat machines (some call them "bodies") to get things done. Now energy is harvested somewhere in the distance and we can do things like turn on lights or power our sweet, sweet cell phones. High Science explores society's dependence on energy as well as our current green and not-so-green energy sources.

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    Twitter: @highscience2017
    1 hr 9 min

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The podcast where we explore the mysteries of the universe – one joint at a time.