Episode 36 - Super Continents, Tiny Black Holes, and Water Older than the Sun

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 21 September 2015

⏱️ 34 minutes

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For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: Were there supercontinents before Pangea? Will the Earth go dark for 15 days this November? Is the water on Earth older than the sun? Could the Large Hadron Collider create a black hole? You're in charge of this program. All you have to do is submit a question using #asksciencemike on Twitter, YouTube, or Soundcloud. You can also submit questions anonymously on asksciencemike.com. The easiest way to get new episodes is to subscribe on iTunes here. Ask Science Mike is made possible by listeners like you. Learn more on our Patreon page. Here are some resources on each answer if you'd like to dig deeper. Were there supercontinents before Pangea? A History of Supercontinents The Rocks Don’t Lie Will the Earth go dark for 15 days this November? Snopes on 15 Days of Darkness Is the water on Earth older than the sun? Astronomy.com on Earth’s Water Could the Large Hadron Collider create a black hole? LHC Safety Ask Science Mike is produced by Gregg Nordin. Preproduction work is handled by Haley Hyde. The Ask Science Mike theme song was written, performed, and recorded by Jeb Bodiford. If you need original podcast music, he's your guy. You've got questions, he's got answers. Even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway. You've got problems, he won't solve them, But he'll talk and talk and talk until he's blue in the face. Science, faith, and life - Ask Science Mike.

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0:00.0	Supercontinates, tiny black holes, and water older than the sun.
0:04.0	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike.
0:08.0	You've got questions, he's got answers, even though he may not understand.
0:14.0	He'll talk anyway.
0:15.0	We've got problems.
0:16.0	He won't solve them.
0:18.0	But I'll talk and talk and talking till the flu in the face.
0:22.0	Science, faith, and life.
0:24.0	Ask Science Mike!
0:27.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike, the weekly podcast where I answer questions about science, faith, and life.
0:35.8	This week you can go to sandboxcooperative.com on September 27 at 7 p.m. Central Standard time. I'm going to be doing a live webcast with
0:45.6	Q&A with the sandbox cooperator. Again that's sandbox cooperative.com. I'll see you there
0:51.6	but for now let's get it started
0:59.2	Hey science Mike my name's Carly and I go to a very conservative Christian high school and my
1:05.9	science teacher loves answers in Genesis. He sends us there about once a week to read
1:10.0	an article and this week our article was called Noah's Lost World. And this is basically
1:14.7	just their theory about how idea of a supercontinent or multiple supercontinence could fit with
1:20.8	a literal reading of the flood. And they say that when God created the earth in the first chapter of Genesis,
1:27.0	that it was in the form of a supercontinent called Rodinia, which then broke apart during the flood and crashed back together,
1:34.6	temporarily forming a supercontinent called Pangea.
1:38.6	And Pangea was only in that form for the duration of the flood, as the land dried the parts separated and have
1:46.8	settled where we know them today.
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