Ideas Worth Exploring
By Mark McDonald
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Episodes: 32
Description
Science is the best way we have for understanding how the world works. And you know what makes science better? Puns! This podcast is meant to introduce a variety of scientific topics in a way that is approachable for people without a scientific background and entertaining even for the nerds who think they know everything.
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Optimization algorithms and the life lessons they taught me
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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The secret to getting rich is to be boring
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Climate Change Part 3: The solutions to global warming and what they have to do with cows
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Climate Change Part 2: Blind octopuses and lonely turtles
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Climate change part 1: Your car is a greenhouse
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Game Theory part 2: playing chicken with potatoes
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Game Theory Part 1: Society is in a prisoner’s dilemma
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Oh no! Polymers are taking over the world!
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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Thinking, fast and slow
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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A brief history of life, the universe, and everything
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Building a planet, one climate at a time
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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Evolution through natural selection: “I choose you, Darwin!”
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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The Big Bang and the fate of the universe
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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Matter, antimatter, and beyond!
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Brains! Part 2: Memory matters
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Brains! Part 1: The humble neuron
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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Eat your nutrients!
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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Archimedes’ Principle of Floatiness
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Black holes don't suck!
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Microwaves, eyeballs, and why the sky isn't purple
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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Viruses: Tiny robots that make us sneeze
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Your bacteria: Poop, soap, and alcohol
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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Relativity: How to time travel to the future
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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A tomato is a vegetable
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Nuclear espionage and E=mc2
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Dinosaurs: The Bone Wars
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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Bus ride through the solar system
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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You don't know how magnets work
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May 22, 2022 |
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Electricity: Ben Franklin and not getting electrocuted
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May 21, 2022 |
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DNA and Darwin's mistake
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May 20, 2022 |
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Why is the table periodic?
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May 19, 2022 |
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Newton's laws applied to gumballs in space
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May 18, 2022 |