Strange Attractor
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An unscripted conversation between Johnny Noble and Lucy Butcher about sciencey stuff over a wine/s/s/s. And the occasional wasabi pea. At least one of us stumbles home having learned something new and interesting. After listening to this podcast, we hope you stumble off with something new too.
Episode 52: Small human in big universe
What are orbits and eclipses? What is an orbit? (NASA) (https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-orbit-58.html) What ...
Episode 51: Things starting things starting things
What happens inside computers? The cream yellow Volvo 850 T5-R wagon (Pinterest) (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/1b/a3/e4/1ba3e49abd91...
Episode 50: The fresh fields of hydrogen
What is the Sun? Powers of Ten™: The famous video from 1977 that explains the scale of the universe (YouTube) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvD...
Episode 49: You've invented a method to send angry cats
What is email? Our Patreon site ? (https://www.patreon.com/strangeattractor) The history of email (Net History) (http://www.nethistory.info/History%20...
Episode 48: Tea, Earl Grey, hot
What is science fiction? Science fiction (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction) Hard versus soft science fiction (Wikipedia) (htt...
Episode 47: myfavouritedog25
What is hacking? Before listening to this podcast We recommend changing your email, banking & Apple ID passwords if you use them for anything else. Us...
Episode 46: Behind the nerd curtain
Why doesn't my computer work? What is a server in computer networking? (lifewire) (https://www.lifewire.com/servers-in-computer-networking-817380) Wha...
Episode 45: It's not about being right
What is critical thinking? *NB: There's a few cuss words in this episode. We made a movie! You should really watch this. Because we made it. ? - 'Heal...
Episode 44: A space elevator held up by a carbon spider web
What is nanotechnology? An invitation to enter a new field of physics: A lecture on nanotechnology that Richard Feynman gave in 1959 (Zyvex) (http://w...