Episode 3: Phononic Shrimp and Lithium Balloons
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Episode 3: Phononic Shrimp and Lithium Balloons
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In this episode, co-hosts Matt Smith and Brian Cross talk asteroid impacts, mantis shrimp, and the 90s sci-fi classic The Matrix. The element lithium pops up in both Matt’s Chemical Minute and in the guest interview with TU Prof. Dale Teeters, whose research focused on polymers and battery technology.
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Theme music: “Funky Machine” (ID874) by Lobo Loco (Accessed through FreeMusicArchive.org.; CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Production help provided by Scott Gregory.
Yackety Science is recorded at the studios of Public Radio Tulsa, Kendall Hall, University of Tulsa.
Links:
Mantis Shrimp: https://www.science.org/content/article/scienceadviser-shock-absorbing-armor-protects-mantis-shrimp-its-own-bad-vibes
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mantis-shrimp-punishing-blows-physics
Modeling a Bennu-sized Asteroid Impact:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq5399
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-asteroid-impact-simulation-reveals-climate.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X10005613
Dale Teeters:
https://www.tualumni.com/s/1174/bp20/interior.aspx?pgid=961&gid=1