Natural Nukes, Pulsars and Lithium-ion Batteries (33)

31/05/2017 24 min
Natural Nukes, Pulsars and Lithium-ion Batteries (33)

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Natural Nukes - Dr Karl explains how the earth created a nuclear reactor billions of years before we figured out how. Extreme gravity, relativistic rotation speeds and could-have-been alien lighthouses - almost Dr Jessica explains the strange science of the Pulsar. Plus Dr Alice on things that shouldn't go boom - the Lithium-ion batteries that power all our devices.

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