Sunset flimflam! Auroras! Eclipse tips! Let’s get to know the center of our solar system, the Sun, as the April 8th eclipse approaches. What is it made of? How big is it? Will it explode soon? Why can’t I stare at it? And why is it wearing sunglasses? Dr. Michael Kirk and almost-Dr. India Jackson are brilliant and charming Heliologists who have both worked with NASA’s heliophysics departments. Get to know them and also the giant hot plasma ball we revolve around. You’ll never (not look at it) the same.
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Watch NASA’s Total Solar Eclipse Live Broadcast on April 8, 2024
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Black Hole Theory Cosmology (WHAT ARE BLACK HOLES?!) Part 1 with Ronald Gamble, Jr.
Smologies #38: CARNIVORES with Rae Wynn-Grant
Hydrochoerology (CAPYBARAS) with Elizabeth Congdon
Theoretical & Creative Ecology (SCIENCE & ECOPOETRY) with Madhur Anand
Smologies #37: PROTEINS + DNA with Raven “The Science Maven” Baxter
Evolutionary Anthropology (METABOLISM) with Herman Pontzer
Carcinology (CRABS) Part 2 with Adam Wall
Smologies #36: FEATHERS with Allison Shultz
Carcinology (CRABS) Part 1 with Adam Wall
Ethnoecology (ETHNOBOTANY/NATIVE PLANTS) with Leigh Joseph
Smologies #35: COMPUTER PROGRAMMING with Iddris Sandu
Alieology (YOUR HOST): an Ask-Me-Anything Goofy Hang
Smologies #34: PENGUINS with Tom Hart
Lemurology (LEMURS) with Lydia Greene
Quasithanatology (NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES) with Bruce Greyson
Smologies #33: SCORPIONS with Lauren Esposito
Syndesiology (CONNECTIONS) with James Burke
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Smologies #32: CLOUDS with Rachel Storer
Abstract Mathematology (UH, IS MATH REAL?) with Eugenia Cheng
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