In an attempt to try and find the mystical "philosopher's stone," which would turn other metals into gold, one scientist from the 1600s decided that the key ingredient he must explore was...urine. But while he didn't find the key to alchemy, he did find one of the elements on the Periodic Table. Find out how on this week's show. In the news: Can you lose weight by thinking hard?, Tesla is America's most valuable automaker, Twitter bans political ads, America's food map, dead body space junk, and more.
Special – Portland at the Movies Ep. #1: Halloweentown
#60 – Remember Atari?
#59 – The Microwave: Cooker of Hot Dogs; Measurer of the Speed of Light
#58 – What If The Earth Rotated Backwards?
#57 – A Little Taste of Everything
#56 – You Say “Berenstein,” I Say “Berenstain.”
#55 – VR + DB Cooper
#54 – Aluminum: More Than Just Nice Cans
#53 – How Air Conditioning Elected Ronald Reagan
#52 – Earth’s Magnetic Personality
#51 – The Fascinating Case of Phineas Gage
# 50 – The Flux Capacitor of Space Travel
#49 – Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Marketing Scam
#48 – No, The *Other* Margaret Hamilton
# 47 – Tinnitus: It’s All In Your Head
#46 – Jupiter? I Barely Knew Her!
#45 – The Farnsworth Invention
#44 – The Universe and Everything
#43 – Heat Stroke and Naked Baby Ducks
#42 – Paul Harvey’s “The Rest of the Science”
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