Ever since humans have understood the workings of the atom, the potential has existed for humanity to exploit the energy source which powers the stars: fusion power.
Yet, for decades fusion power has been just out of our grasp. Some have said fusion is the power source of the future, and always will be.
Learn more about fusion power and why it is so hard and has taken so long, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
We love cats (well, many people do)! Thanks to one feline friend, they help keep us safe. An inventor narrowly avoided a road accident thanks to the eyes of a cat. He developed reflective road studs and named them, fittingly, ‘cat’s eyes’, which help us drive safely at night.
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Located 1,500 miles south of the nation of Cote d’Ivoire and about 2,500 miles east of Rio de Janeiro, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, lies one of the most remote human settlements on Earth: The island of St Helena.
Given its remote location, St. Helena has had a history unlike most other islands, and people who live there are unlike any others in the world.
Learn more about the island of Saint Helena, its history, and life on the island, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
Prior to their destruction in 2001, the World Trade Center in New York was a marvel of architecture. It was a collection of seven different buildings which served as the center of New York’s financial district.
The planning for the complex was decades in the making and during its brief history, it was witness to several significant events.
Learn more about the history of New York’s World Trade Center on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
On September 13, 1848, a 25-year-old man named Phineas Gage received a horrific brain injury while working on a railroad in Vermont. The odds of anyone surviving such an accident were a million to one.
Yet, despite astronomical odds, he survived his injury and he became a case study for neuroscientists ever since.
Learn more about Phineas Gage and his incredible story, and how it helped us to understand the workings of the human brain, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
On the week of July 1, 1946, there were two explosions that shook the world. One was a physical explosion and the other was cultural.
These two events, seemingly unrelated, are now linked forever due to the circumstances of that week.
Learn more about what an atomic bomb test and a two-piece swimsuit have in common, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
