Zeptoseconds and Mummy Twinkies

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Scientists have measured the shortest unit of time ever: the time it takes a light particle to cross a hydrogen molecule: 247 zeptoseconds. A zeptosecond is a trillionth of a billionth of a second, or a decimal point followed by 20 zeroes and a 1. Anthony and Jeff sort through all of the smallest units of time and how they were named. Then, Colin Purrington thought that Twinkies could never go bad, so he bit into one he had been holding onto for 8 years. What he found led him to send it to some fungi scientists. Jeff and Anthony discuss what happened to these horrifying treats, perfect for Spook-tober!

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0:00.0	I'll look a man in the eye and I will remove that light from his eyes.
0:19.1	I will remove the light from his eyes just to get a very good scarf.
0:23.3	This is We Have Concerns.
0:24.9	Hi Jeff Kanada.
0:26.2	Hi Anthony Carbony.
0:27.7	Hello Concerns citizens, Jeff.
0:30.4	What is the shortest unit of time you can think of?
0:34.5	Um, uh, sleep.
0:37.7	Hey, he's a dad, everybody.
0:43.8	He's a dad.
0:44.8	That's the joke because he's a dad.
0:46.8	I don't give much of it these days.
0:48.4	Uh, feels like it goes by in a flash.
0:51.0	Short and it's unit of time for realsies.
0:52.7	Uh, what is the realsiness?
0:53.7	Is there something lower than a nanosecond?
0:55.7	Nanosecond is pretty small.
0:57.4	There is something, though.
0:58.4	There are many things lower than a nanosecond actually.
1:00.6	Um, but we just found a new one.
1:03.1	We have a newest shortest measurement of time.
1:05.9	And in honor of it.
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