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.
#41 – Recycled Humor
#40 – Volcanoes Are So Hot Right Now
#39 – Welcome to Flavor Country
#38 – Come For The Power Grid, Stay For The Cuddles
#37 – GPS Is Where Its At
#36 – A Matter of Time
#35 – Optical Storage Is The Pits
#34 – A Back-and-Forth About Oscillation
#33 – How Glass Built Humanity
#32 – Tardigrades – or, “Little Manatees Wearing Terrifying Gas Masks”
# 31 – How (and Why) Mob Mentality Works
#30 – Down With Gravity
#29 – “I don’t even see color.”
#28 – What the Phở is “The Vault”?
#27 – Bernoulli Puts On The Pressure
#26 – Where Snap Decisions Come From
#25 – The Large Hadron Collider Gets Particle Fever
# 24 – The Science of Self-Delusion
#22 – Fireside Chat Stew (with rockets!)
#21 – Bitcoin
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