EPISODE · Apr 8, 2013 · 54 MIN
Seth's Wine Cellar
from Big Picture Science · host Big Picture Science
There are always surprises when we sort through Seth’s wine cellar – who knows what we’ll find! In this cramped cavern, tucked between boxes of old fuses and a priceless bottle of 1961 Chateau Palmer Margaux, we discover the next generation of atomic clock … the key to how solar storms disrupt your cell phone … nano-gold particles that could make gasoline obsolete … and what NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has learned about how our solar system stacks up to others. Tune in, find out and, help us lift these boxes, will you? Guests: • Chris Sorensen – Physicist, Kansas State University • Anne Curtis – Senior research scientist, National Physical Laboratory, U.K. • Jonathan Eisen – Evolutionary biologist, University of California, Davis • Karel Schrijver – Solar physicist, Lockheed Martin, Advanced Technology Center • Jonathan Fortney – Astronomer, University of California, Santa Cruz • Sanjoy Som – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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There are always surprises when we sort through Seth’s wine cellar – who knows what we’ll find! In this cramped cavern, tucked between boxes of old fuses and a priceless bottle of 1961 Chateau Palmer Margaux, we discover the next generation of atomic clock … the key to how solar storms disrupt your cell phone … nano-gold particles that could make gasoline obsolete … and what NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has learned about how our solar system stacks up to others. Tune in, find out and, help us lift these boxes, will you? Guests: • Chris Sorensen – Physicist, Kansas State University • Anne Curtis – Senior research scientist, National Physical Laboratory, U.K. • Jonathan Eisen – Evolutionary biologist, University of California, Davis • Karel Schrijver – Solar physicist, Lockheed Martin, Advanced Technology Center • Jonathan Fortney – Astronomer, University of California, Santa Cruz • Sanjoy Som – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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