Podcast Transcript Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust. However, titanium is not even remotely close to the ninth most common element in industrial or commercial use. In fact, despite being so abundant, we didn’t even know titanium existed until the late 18th century, and we couldn’t figure out how to …
Podcast Transcript On December 22, 1808, concertgoers in Vienna, Austria, were witness to a monumental event in music history. Ludwig van Beethoven held a concert where he debuted several of his greatest works in one program. While the concert has gone down as one of the most important in history, the conditions during the concert …
Podcast Transcript Unquestionably, the most popular clothing innovation of the last 150 years has been blue jeans. They can be found all over the world, yet they have become synonymous with American culture. While modern blue jeans are definitely American, their origin actually goes back centuries earlier to Europe. Learn more about the history of …
Podcast Transcript Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known to history as Claudius, was the fourth Emperor of Rome. Of the emperors that came before him and all those who came after him, he was the most unlikely of emperors. Up until the moment he became emperor, no one during his entire life seriously thought of …
Podcast Transcript One of the biggest questions that humanity has asked is, “Are we alone in the universe?” The possibility that there are other civilizations that we could one day communicate with has tantalized people for years. However, before we can answer that question, there are other simpler questions that we need to answer, such …
Podcast Transcript In early 1947, a teenage Bedouin herder was looking for a lost goat from his flock when he came upon a cave near the Dead Sea. Randomly, he threw a stone into the cave and was surprised to hear not the sound of the stone hitting a cave wall but rather the breaking …
Podcast Transcript Everyone knows that Europe is one of the seven continents in the world, right? Well, there is actually a problem with that. For starters, where exactly does Europe end and Asia begin? On top of that, there is more than one Europe. While there is a geographic Europe, there is also a political, …
Podcast Transcript 3,110,400 seconds ago, you, the listeners of this podcast, asked me questions, and I, in turn, provided you with answers. Now 3,110,400 seconds later, we find ourselves again in a similar palace. You have questions, and I, too, have answers. …and once again, the endless dance of questions and answers continues. Stay tuned …
Podcast Transcript One of the most widely spoken languages in the world is Chinese. In addition to being one of the most popular languages in the world, it also has some of the oldest roots and, in many respects, is completely different from every other language spoken today. But when we refer to the Chinese …