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Gold has more uses than just strictly currency. It's characteristics make it ideal for the medical field, space travel and so much more! 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it wherever you get your podcasts or...

With a deep understanding of time and relativity, traveling through time might actually be possible, according to Albert Einstein. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it wherever you get your podcasts or click...

Puberty never ends. Yes, the horrors are real. We all think that puberty begins in our pre-teens and ends in our early adulthood but, the truth is, puberty lasts throughout our lifetime. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can...

There's been a permanent human presence in space since 2000… what are they DOING up there? Today, we’re breaking down all things ISS. Join us in talking to Dr. Mike Roberts from CASIS as we learn about the experiments, animals, and artificial intelligence of the Space Station! 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer you...

Host Trace Dominguez interviews musician Kaitlyn Hova, a synesthete who can see specific colors when she hears musical notes. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it wherever you get your podcasts or click here...

From a troubled home life to a lifetime of notoriety and fame in the science world, Dimitri Mendeleev came a long way in his crazy life and gave the world an amazing tool. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it...

Today we're breaking down all things sex. From how it's working in the brain, to what it does to your body, to robots and VR sex- It's gonna be a wild one. (Parents, you've been warned.) 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can...

It took a long time to get to where we are today and several theories exist as to how we got here in the first place. But which are true? 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it wherever you get your podcasts or...

So humans kill over 100 million sharks per year. But why? These creatures are awesome and should be admired for their incredible longevity! 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it wherever you get your podcasts...

Soft tissues, including DNA, of fossils can be preserved but not enough DNA has survived after 65 million years to clone a dinosaur. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it wherever you get your podcasts or clic...

The Science of Star Trek is complicated - so we teamed up with our sister pod BAD SCIENCE and brought in a experimental physicist to break it all down! 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it wherever you get yo...

In 2014 USA's 99 nuclear reactors produced 798 billion kWh which accounts for over 19% of our total electrical output. So why the bad rap? 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it wherever you get your podcasts o...

In 2013 NASA introduced an asteroid-capture mission called ARM (Asteroid Redirect Mission) which would bring an asteroid to moon's orbit. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it wherever you get your podcasts or...

"Gene" is a general word for a piece of DNA that creates proteins, but what exactly are genes? Why do they matter? 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it wherever you get your podcasts or click here to listen n...

This sucker is nuclear, baby! Nuclear energy has been toted by some as the solution to our energy crisis, while others warn of its immense danger. But how did we even discover it? Why aren't we using it more? And what's the real deal with radiation, really? In this episode with Trace Dominguez, and special guest Dianna Cowern (Physics Girl), we explore all things nuclear. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to...

Ocean acidification, over-fishing, warming climate and other environmental triggers may spell the next "Great Dying," but are we there yet? ____________________ Sources: Early Accretion Of Water In The Inner Solar System From A Carbonaceous Chondrite-like Source: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/346/6209/623 “Determining the origin of water and the timing of its accretion within the inner sol...

We spend 36 percent of our entire life asleep, but what exactly is happening to your body and brain while snoozing? 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it wherever you get your podcasts or click here to listen...

We've all learned it takes 24 hours for the Earth to rotate once on its axis but that isn't the whole story at all. There's much more to it. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it wherever you get your podcasts...

Noise and sound are not the same thing… Noise is more than just an annoyance, it's messing with our heads, literally. Too much noise can actually affect how we evolve, but just the write amount of noise makes us more productive! In this episode with Trace Dominguez, and special guest Mike Rugnetta (Reasonably Sound, CrashCourse) explores how exactly noise impacts our lives. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen t...

Earth has shaped the way humans look and behave. How will future generations in space evolve under radiation and little gravity? 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science research as they can muster. Find it wherever you get your podcasts or click he...

Blood is the red liquid that flows through your body and each of us have about 9-12 pints in us. Today we're taking a deep dive into the science of blood: what it's made of, what it does, and why it's so bloody important. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as...

Today we're diving into everything you’re ever going to need to know about the tiny bricks that power all the devices on (and in) your person. We'll talk about some of the best batteries in the world, the oldest batteries ever found, what batteries actually are (they’re not what you think), and we even have a special guest to talk about the atomic movement of batteries! We're digging deep int...

The red planet has captured our imaginations since it was first spotted in the sky, but is it really the only hope for human survival? Make sure you gear up, because today, we're diving into everything Mars! 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science...

Today, we find our funny bone. Not literally. Instead, we're going to breakdown the science of humor. We'll cover what happens in our brains when we find something funny, how a sense of humor evolved, what makes something not funny at all, and even if we can teach robots and A.I. to be funny! Originally broadcast in 2015. 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate...

Today, we’re going to break down the science of humans going to space. We'll cover how we get to space, how astronauts train for it, the dangers of space shuttles, and, of course, the future of space travel! 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 Listen to our new podcast That's Absurd Please Elaborate where Julian Huguet and Trace Dominguez answer your strangest, wackiest, most ridiculous questions with as much science...