Dancing Molecules and a Plywood Miracle!
Part-Time Genius
iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope
4.5 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
It’s the home stretch! Buckle up for ideas 8 through 5, which include some magical molecules, a sea creature that helped reinvent plywood, a medical treatment with terrifying origins, and a discovery that practically upended the world of classical music.
This episode originally aired on March 6, 2025.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.1 | Your gaming setup should flex as hard as you do. |
| 0:08.1 | Every Lenovo gaming device is engineered for victory, |
| 0:11.3 | featuring powerful GPUs, ultra-responsive displays and advanced cooling systems |
| 0:15.6 | that keep things chill under pressure. |
| 0:18.1 | With a range of machines to support every play style, |
| 0:20.8 | Lenovo is the perfect mix of performance and versatility. |
| 0:24.1 | Whatever your grind looks like, shop now at Lenovo.com slash back to school. |
| 0:31.7 | Inspired by Drive, powered by innovation. |
| 0:35.1 | Hey, everyone, it's Mango here. |
| 0:36.5 | With summer winding down, we are taking a little break, |
| 0:39.1 | but we will be back with brand new episodes starting September 9th, |
| 0:43.0 | and we have been working hard on so many fun episodes this summer. |
| 0:47.6 | I cannot wait for you to listen to them. |
| 0:50.0 | In the meantime, we are re-airing our countdown |
| 0:53.0 | of the 25 greatest science ideas of the past 25 years. |
| 0:56.8 | This list was so joyous to make. |
| 1:00.0 | Mary and Gabe did all this extra research for it. |
| 1:03.4 | We pulled in contributors for various places. |
| 1:06.4 | We got incredible songs written for the show. |
| 1:09.2 | The whole thing is bizarre and delightful and fascinating |
| 1:13.0 | and joyous and honestly, I just hope you enjoy it half as much as we enjoyed making it. Let's |
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