Surprising Science of Glass (w/ Nick Uhas), Satellite Tethers, and Map Coloring Math
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Learn about futuristic tethers that could help us stop making a mess in space; how we finally solved a deceptively simple mathematics mystery; and, the surprising science of glass, with special guest Nick Uhas.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- Futuristic Tethers Could Help Satellites De-Orbit When They Die — https://curiosity.im/2XryS2E
- This Map-Coloring Problem Was a Century-Old Mathematics Mystery — https://curiosity.im/2XsnYtx
Additional resources from Nick Uhas:
- Watch “Blown Away” on Netflix — https://netflix.com/blownaway
- Corning Museum of Glass — https://www.cmog.org/
- Subscribe to Nick Uhas on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/user/NickUhas
- Follow @NickUhas on Twitter — https://twitter.com/nickuhas/
- Follow @NickUhas on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/nickuhas/
- Nick Uhas’ official website — https://www.nickuhas.com/
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| 0:00.0 | The famous five are away on a splendid weekend adventure. |
| 0:03.5 | Do we have to go home today? |
| 0:05.5 | sighed Anne. |
| 0:06.5 | I agree said Dick. |
| 0:08.0 | Even Timmy looks sad. |
| 0:09.5 | Cheer up everyone. |
| 0:11.5 | Beams Julian, I booked long weekend tickets we can return anytime on Monday |
| 0:17.0 | Oh you are clever Julian said Anne save over 50% with the long weekend a ticket from Great Western Railway. |
| 0:24.5 | Adventures start here. |
| 0:26.0 | Selected routes turn supply, saving in comparison to an anytime return fare. |
| 0:30.0 | Hi, we're here from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. |
| 0:37.3 | I'm Cody Goff. |
| 0:38.3 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:39.3 | Today you learn about a futuristic technology that could help us stop making a mess in space, |
| 0:44.4 | how we finally solved a deceptively simple mathematics mystery, and the surprising science of |
| 0:49.2 | Glass with special guest Nick U-Hoss. |
| 0:52.0 | Let's shatter some curiosity, like glass shatters. |
| 0:54.9 | Yeah, I get it. |
| 0:57.3 | Researchers have come up with a new idea for cutting back on space junk. |
| 1:01.8 | And in case you've missed our previous coverage on space debris, |
| 1:04.6 | let's just say that this is a big deal. That's because as of January 2019, |
| 1:09.8 | there's an estimated 34,000 pieces of large debris in low-Earth orbit. |
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