18: Radiocarbon Revolution, Space Babies, and Nail Polish
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You've probably heard of Carbon Dating, but how are Astronomy, Biology, and Nuclear Physics involved? What are the problems with having babies in space, and how many animals have had babies in space? (surprisingly more than you'd think!) And what is the history of nail polish, and more importantly, our relationship with painting nails?
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We also learn about: counting the rings in a carbon atom, Dendrochronology, Space & Life & Radioactivity, unstable tennis balls, a surprise callback to last episode, shoutout to baltimore! oh shit we can carbon date anything!! Ella is good at guessing, a rewrite of history??? OES, the real carbon dating was friendship, definitely points, what do you name a space baby? the ISS is not a safe form of contraception, sea urchin space sex, freeze dried mouse sperm resembling instant coffee, space sushi, space babies look cuter, jellyfish that don’t know the right way up, but snails do! how humans might evolve in space, Disney’s Moon Mouse Colony, what the moon teaches about Earth, Polish vs Varnish, our favorite color, fashion always goes in cycles, mummified pharaohs with nail polish, Van Gogh wasn’t color blind, he just had cheap paints, Mary Cobb was a girl boss if you will, car paint gave us nail polish, wear nail polish if you want to!
Sources:
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Janet Ambers on Chronological Methods
Fritz Schweingruber on Dendrochronology
Carbon Dating going 75,00 years Back
Overly Dramatic Carbon Dating Error Article
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discord.ggRadiocarbon Revolution
nature.comJanet Ambers on Chronological Methods
pubs.acs.orgDendrochronology
nationalgeographic.comFritz Schweingruber on Dendrochronology
link.springer.comCosmic Rays and Carbon Dating
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comLibby's Nobel Address
nobelprize.orgLibby Carbon Dates Everything
science.orgCarbon Dating going 75,00 years Back
science.orgOverly Dramatic Carbon Dating Error Article
siliconrepublic.comOES (Ostritrch Egg Shell)
link.springer.comCarbon Dating gets Updated
nature.comIntCal20 Calibration Curve
cambridge.orgFertilization in Microgravity
barnardhealth.usSea Urchin Space Sperm
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govFreeze Dried Mouse Sperm
smithsonianmag.comSperm Count in Space Rats
faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.comMouse Space Baby Development
journals.plos.orgJellyfish in Space
sciencedirect.comSnails in Space
journals.plos.orgDizzy Space Rats
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govSpace and Bone Density
nasa.govSpace Adaptations
businessinsider.comRussian Space Cockroach
en.wikipedia.orgMice Adapting to Microgravity
nasa.govThe History of Nail Polish
byrdie.comCleopatra and Nailpolish
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health.howstuffworks.comHagley History of Nailpolish
hagley.orgHistory of Cosmetics
historyofcosmetics.netNail Polish Trends
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