Levitation is SO cool - EWTS #021

You're Fired, Mister Neuron! - EWTS #024

We bet you never knew that your brain is plastic. But yes, it really is! Plastic in the old sense of the word, meaning that it's endlessly adaptable. Join us this week in our attempts to bend our understanding around the topic of neuroplasticity. It's a subject that we guarantee will fire your neurons.   Full transcript at: https://www.enoughwiththescience.com/episode-youre-fired-mister-neuron---ewts-024.html

The Octopus and the Jam Jar - EWTS #023

They have eight legs, nine brains and hundreds of tongues. And yet, somebody somewhere managed to put one inside a jam jar. But not for long! Yes it's time for our fascinating dive into the wonderful world of the octopus, the smarty-pants of the oceans. Full transcript at https://www.enoughwiththescience.com/episode-the-octopus-and-the-jam-jar---ewts-023.html

A Mountain on a Teaspoon - EWTS #022

Part two of our crusade into the weirdest of quantum weirdness sees us delve into Bose-Einstein condensates, super-solids, quark-gluon plasmas and on into the densest parts of the universe where mountains can fit inside teaspoons. Grab your cutlery drawer, and buckle up! Episode 22 full transcript available here. [https://enoughwiththescience.com/episode-a-mountain-on-a-teaspoon---ewts-022.html]

Levitation is SO cool - EWTS #021

This week we're taking a left turn out of weird, straight into the downright exotic. Yes, it's time for part 1 of our cruise through some of matter's most exotic states, and the quantum weirdness that gives rise to them. We'll even discover that levitation is a real thing, but it's way cooler than you ever imagined.

A Deluge of Digits - EWTS #020

The third and final part of our quest to tune into radio technology, explores the move from analogue to digital transmission, and how that made it possible for us to enjoy clear phone calls and pictures of cats on our cell-phones. With the result that the air around us is now an ocean of ones and zeroes, zipping around the world.