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Science Geekery
by Ryan
Science Geekery is a place to geek out about all kinds of science, from paleontology to astronomy to chemistry. It's also a place to celebrate human scientific endeavors. I'll tell you not just what we know, but how brilliant experiments show us what we know.
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Episode 2: How to Turn Lead into Gold
For millennia, alchemists sought to turn lead into gold. They thought it could be done by mixing the "elements" (fire, water, earth, and air) or the "primes" (sulfur, mercury, and salt) in different ratios. Today we know that this will not work, and instead, nuclear physics is needed. Using...
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Episode 1: Cracking the Genetic Code
DNA stores all the information needed to build an organism. Specifically, it stores the information needed to make proteins, which are the work-horses of life. But how does DNA store that information, and how do we know about it? In this episode of Science Geekery, I discuss what the genetic code...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Science Geekery is a place to geek out about all kinds of science, from paleontology to astronomy to chemistry. It's also a place to celebrate human scientific endeavors. I'll tell you not just what we know, but how brilliant experiments show us what we know.
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Ryan
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