Ceramics

From ancient clay pots to the heat-proof panels on the space shuttle, ceramics have been an integral part of human technology from the very beginning. I can’t even think of any jokes about ceramic! It’s just cool!More importantly! Over the last week or so, Hank has absolutely ruined everyones’ Twitter timelines with one simple question: “is butt legs?” In this episode, you get to bear ear-witness to the genesis of this wretched, society-shattering question! #buttislegsFollow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Non-deflatable footballhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflategatehttp://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Air-Bag.htmlStrong waterhttps://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Aluminum-oxide#section=Mechanism-of-Actionhttp://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.470.4214&rep=rep1&type=pdfPajamashttps://www.underarmour.com/en-us/tb12https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699878/https://www.espn.com/espnw/life-style/story/_/id/23315114/we-tried-do-tom-brady-recovery-pajamas-live-their-name[Fact Off]Moon artMagnetic fieldhttps://www.livescience.com/57868-earth-magnetic-field-spike-ancient-times.htmlhttps://www.space.com/43173-earth-magnetic-field-flips-when.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/14/515032512/iron-age-potters-carefully-recorded-earths-magnetic-field-by-accidenthttps://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/earths-mysterious-magnetic-field-stored-in-a-jar?verso=true[Ask the Science Couch]Glazeshttps://edu.rsc.org/feature/the-chemistry-of-pottery/2020245.articlehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/glazeSpecific materials (tin, salt, etc.) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/ceramic-and-glaze-fluxes-2745860https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1560&context=open_access_etdshttps://www.britannica.com/art/tin-glazed-earthenware[Butt One More Thing]Ceramic butt wipinghttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/toilet-tissue-anthropologists-uncover-all-the-ways-weve-wiped/https://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e8287.full Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.