86: Accidental Microwaves

Microwaves are a wonderful convenience of modern life, but how were they invented? Are they dangerous? Do they make food less healthy? We’ve got all the answers and a lot of nonsense in this week’s episode!SCI GUYS 2021 CALENDAR: https://normalcitizen.store/products/the-sci-guys-official-calendar-2021You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our Patreon:http://patreon.com/SciGuys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPodReferences and Further Reading  https://www.cdc.gov/biomonitoring/Phthalates_FactSheet.html https://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-microwave-oven-was-invented-by-accident-2015-4?r=US&IR=T https://www.livescience.com/57405-who-invented-microwave-oven.html https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/percy-spencer https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201510/physicshistory.cfm https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200714-is-it-safe-to-microwave-food https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/microwave-cooking-and-nutrition https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/resources-you-radiation-emitting-products/microwave-oven-radiation#:~:text=Microwaves%20are%20produced%20inside%20the,heat%20that%20cooks%20the%20food. https://www.britannica.com/story/how-do-microwaves-work https://home.howstuffworks.com/microwave.htm https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJMR/article-abstract/9C02A4720258 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1741-2358.2010.00442.x https://www.livescience.com/38169-electromagnetism.html https://www.invent.org/inductees/percy-l-spencer https://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/why-cant-we-put-metal-objects-in-a-microwave/ https://www.wired.com/2014/05/wuwt-microwave-metal/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22949852/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27424259/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27822670/ Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth