crisscrossing Science

Recent Episodes

Episode 150: Sponges:: Older than dirt?

Posted May 30, 2022 • 00:33:08

Chad and Mike discuss a new discovery of sponge fossils that are about 200 million years older than many expected to find them. But this finding makes...

Episode 149: How to Hit a Homerun

Posted May 16, 2022 • 00:30:00

It's baseball season and Mike and Chad have a special episode dedicated to the physics of this great pastime.

If you have questions...

Episode 148: Remembering: The Greatest Gift your Mother Gave you

Posted May 2, 2022 • 00:31:58

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Episode 147: How Birds survived Jurassic Park

Posted April 18, 2022 • 00:30:47

Chad and Mike answer a question from a (future?) listener about birds and dinosaurs, "Why did birds survive and dinosaurs didn't?"

If...

Episode 146: The Mandolin

Posted April 4, 2022 • 00:32:28

Mike and Chad speak with Stephen Tufte from Lewis and Clark College about the physics of the mandolin. Why does it have double strings? And why does...