That's Absurd Please Elaborate
di Trace Elements Media
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Too Much Hug Then Die, I Guess | Halloween Episode!
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Seriously researched answers to absolutely ridiculous questions. New episodes every week.
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- Too Much Hug Then Die, I Guess | Halloween Episode! · 40 min · Episodio 146It's Halloween, nerds, which means it's time to get into the really horrifying stuff: the limits of the human body. Trace and Julian explore the science of squeezing, squishing…
- The Tiniest Arsonists Possible | LIVE from the Bay Area Science Festival ft. Vanna Tran · 37 min · Episodio 145Let's say your house is on fire. Bummer. Worse, the only sort of fluid you have handy to douse said flames is gasoline. Lots and lots of gasoline (that's your retirement gas…
- Could AA Batteries Replace a Star? · 55 min · Episodio 144Our Sun is an absolutely RIDICULOUS power source, pumping out more energy every second than most of us can even begin to wrap our heads around. And while AA batteries are great…
- Min-Maxing Human Decomposition · 1 h 0 min · Episodio 143This week, we bodily embrace spooky season by digging into the science of what happens when a body returns its borrowed flesh. From flesh-eating microbes and hungry scavengers to…
- Flinging Freaky Fast Formicids! · 51 min · Episodio 142When it comes to tiny insects, the ants (formicidae) are an incredible family of organisms. They can build complex structures, they’ve invented and practice agriculture, they…
- How Much Jello is TOO Much? · 41 min · Episodio 141Gelatin is a surprisingly strange material, especially when you stop serving it by the spoonful and start measuring it by the swimming pool. Julian looks into what would happen…
- The Search for Love and Other Rare Things · 47 min · Episodio 140The universe is chock-full of things that are hard to find, but figuring out which one deserves the title of “rarest” turns out to be surprisingly complicated. Are we talking…
- Horror of Human Limb Regrowth · 48 min · Episodio 139Nature has handed out some wildly uneven perks. While certain animals can regrow entire limbs, humans are limited to patch jobs. Julian and Trace dig into what it would actually…
- Too Much Mucus, Not Enough Face · 43 min · Episodio 138If you’ve ever been sick and wondered how a seemingly endless supply of mucus can fit inside your face, you’re not alone. This week, Trace and Julian investigate where all that…
- Ten Seconds of Zero Gravity… Every DAY?! · 50 min · Episodio 137This week, Julian and Trace imagine a world where gravity vanishes for ten seconds every day. There, they discover that humanity would have a lot more to worry about than a few…
- Freaky Mermaids, "REAL" Dragons, and Trace's Evil Twin|feat Ellen Weatherford (Just the Zoo of Us)|TAPE Classic · 2 h 18 min🎶 Game of Thrones theme 🎶 DRA-GONS. WHAT ARE DRAG-ONS? LET US KNOWWWWWW OR MER-MAIDS. FRICKIN’ MER-MAIDS… HOW THEY GOOOOO? PLUS JUUUU-LIAN WANTS TO CHECK ON MIRROR TRAAAACE HE…
- Cuidado: Piso Mojado · 34 min · Episodio 136This week, Trace and Julian investigate a deceptively simple mystery: why do things look darker when they’re wet? Although the question sounds almost too obvious to ask, Trace…
- Smooth Sailingn’t · 40 min · Episodio 135This week, Julian and Trace imagine a world where humanity never got around to inventing ships and discovers that the consequences run a WHOLE lot deeper than a disappointing…
- AI Chefs and Unqualified Sled Dogs | TAPE Classic · 1 h 20 minIn this TAPE classic, Trace tackles a transportation problem of his own creation by figuring out just how many chihuahuas it would take to complete the Iditarod, the legendary…
- The Most Boring Day in History · 38 min · Episodio 134This week, Trace and Julian embark on a surprisingly existential mission: finding the most boring day in history. Easy, right? Just pick a day where nothing happened…
- Cherenkov Radiation & Clownfish Polycules · 60 min · Episodio 133This week, Trace dives into the eerie blue glow of Cherenkov radiation—the phenomenon that makes nuclear reactors look suspiciously like sci-fi props—and asks the obvious next…
- Taste the Brainbow! · 1 h 15 min · Episodio 132This week, Julian launches an investigation into “Big Sun” and its wild claim that humans can somehow absorb vitamins from a giant nuclear fireball 93 million miles away…
- It’s a Fart Rocket Breakthrough! | TAPE Classic · 57 minIn this TAPE Classic episode, Trace explores the science of stasis, diving into hyper-sleep, cryogenic freezing, and whether humanity might one day be able to snooze our way…
- The Flow Must Go On | feat. Ella Hubber · 59 min · Episodio 131This week, Trace and Julian are joined by special guest Dr. Ella Hubber as they embark on a quest to stop natural processes both big and small. Julian combines a little physics…
- The Rain on Titan Falls Mainly as Methane · 52 min · Episodio 130If our magic button killed every microbe on Earth — all bacteria, all viruses, gone — what would be left standing? Spoiler: You'd be missing something powerful. Julian goes full…
