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This week we're stepping away from painting and into the world of clay. We're talking about ceramics. What is clay made of? What scientific processes happen when clay is shaped and heated to make ceramics? What's the difference between ceramics and pottery? And most importantly, why does the handle of some of our coffee cups get hot in the microwave?

Find out the answer to those questions and more as we dive into the world of ceramics, including a side trip into ceramics used for electric cars.

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For the second in my holiday episode, we're talking things shiny and regal. Gold has become an essential holiday decor color in addition to maintaining its position at the top of the jewelry market. Come along with me as we learn about elements, nanoparticles and asteroids and how they all connect to gold.

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This week we're taking a deep dive into the shiny world of metals. Dr. Lex tries to define a metal and takes on a tour of their internal structures. Dr. Dimos talks all things iron, including why iron deposits indicate life on Mars. Join us for the all the nerdy fun!

1:31: Dr Lex introduces what smithing is and what metals are. Can you define a metal? Did you know that many elements are metals such as calcium and sodium? What in the world is grain structure? Make sure you have your periodic table with you for this segment.

10:27: Dr. Dimos dives into the world of iron. Where does iron come from? How is it found in nature? How have humans been working with iron over the centuries? How is it used by scientists to indicate life on Mars?

26:50 - Dr. Lex is back with a primer on copper. What forms does copper take? How is it extracted from the earth? What techniques are used to fashion copper into all sorts of beautiful objects? Dr. Lex also talks a little bit about the immunology behind why she has an allergic response to metals.

31:43 - Glossary words!

33:47 - Our favorite part - fun cocktail party facts

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We've have been seriously influenced this week. Not by anything on social media but by all the amazing sculpture, ancient and modern that we've been seeing around Greece. Consequently, we will be focusing on Greek sculpture. We know that there are beautiful and important sculpting traditions in many cultures and we wish we could cover them all but that wasn't possible in a roughly 20 minute podcast.

0:56: Dr Dimos discusses bronze sculpture. What makes bronze? Why was it such a good medium for sculpture? How do you "sculpt" with bronze? Was there a Greek dark ages post the bronze age?

10:45: Dr. Lex dives into the world of marble. What is marble made of? How is it made? We talk all things crystal structure, geology and even about some marble recycling. We also get to discover the connect between marble and previous podcast subjects, rubies and sapphires!

19:50 - Glossary words!

21:09 - Our favorite part - fun facts!

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Art references from this episode:

• Dancing Girl - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Girl_(sculpture)
• Victorious Youth - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorious_Youth
• Venus de Milo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo
• Winged Victory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_Victory_of_Samothrace
• Parthenon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon

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Last episode we tackled the science behind fashion trends and this week we're exploring the foundation of fashion...fabric. We were pleasantly surprised how much research involves fabric, from 3-D modeling draping to self-repairing fabric.

Join us on a journey through nerdy and fabulous world of fabric.

References:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer
3. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0143648
4. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0307160101
5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7592732/
6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9436326/
7. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-018-8963-z
8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9389669/
9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9389669/
10. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/anatomy-of-the-brain
11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5561142/
12. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6022104/
13. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28819314/
14. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/biofilms

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