Micro Wave: How to Build a Sandcastle Dreamhouse!

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🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Grab your towels and flip flops, because we're heading to the beach. Whether you love playing in the sand, or dread getting it off your feet, building a sandcastle is an often underappreciated art form. In today's encore episode, Emily Kwong asks, scientifically, what is the best way to make a sandcastle? What's the right mix of water and sand to create grand staircases and towers?

Sedimentologist Matthew Bennett shares his research and insights.

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, shortwavers.
0:01.2	It's Emily Kwong coming to you
0:02.9	from the beautiful Sitka shoreline in Southeast Alaska,
0:07.1	where as summer winds down and school starts to pick back up,
0:11.3	many folks are getting in their last sips of vacation.
0:14.8	And with that in mind, we thought it would be a good time
0:17.0	to share this episode that I did
0:18.8	with former shortwaver host Maddie Safaya back in the day.
0:21.4	It's about one of my favorite vacation activities.
0:23.5	Maybe you've done a bit of this at the beach,
0:25.8	building sandcastles.
0:28.1	I'm going to go hit the hiking trail myself.
0:30.0	Enjoy.
0:31.0	BEEP.
0:32.0	BEEP.
0:33.0	BEEP.
0:34.0	BEEP.
0:35.0	BEEP.
0:36.0	BEEP.
0:37.0	BEEP.
0:38.0	BEEP.
0:39.0	Today we've got a microwave for you.
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