A Fascinating Tour of Our Solar System & The Amazing Story of the Sandwich
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Why do you get a runny nose when it's cold?
Today on Something You Should Know, why do you get a runny nose when it's cold? Then, come along on a fascinating tour of our solar system. We'll visit the Moon and the planets, Mars, Saturn and Mercury.
Mercury's got this weird orbit. Its day is actually longer than its year. So, when I think about Mercury, I think about being able to sort of outrun the Sun at a walking pace.
Also, what would happen if you got hit by a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building? And the history of the sandwich and some incredible sandwiches you really should try.
What would happen if you were hit by a penny dropped from the Empire State Building?
One example is a sophisticated club that, among other things, has peanut butter, coconut, avocado, tomato, ham. And it shouldn't work, but it actually does. It shouldn't be as good as it is.
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something you should know fascinating intel the world's top experts and practical advice you can use in your life today something you should know with mike carruthers hi there welcome to something you should know i want to start today with a with a question i bet you have asked yourself and that is when you go out in cold weather Why does it make your nose run? Well, it's perfectly normal for that to happen, and no one is sure of all the reasons why it happens. But here's what we do know. The nose is kind of a fancy air conditioner, and one of its jobs is to warm and humidify the air we inhale. When the air is unusually cold, the nose kicks into high gear to warm and humidify it. Blood vessels dilate, mucus tissues swell and secrete extra mucus, and this extra mucus results in a runny nose. In addition, as the newly heated, newly moist air is exhaled, the moisture in it condenses when it hits the colder outside temperatures and then drips out as fluid.
There's not much you can do about it unless it becomes really severe, and apparently there is a prescription available from your doctor. But it's just normal. And that is something you should know. So you must know something about the solar system. I'm sure you learned in school that we have a sun and that planets revolve around the sun. That we are the third closest planet to the sun and the only one that supports life. So what would it be like to travel around the solar system? What would that experience be? Well, hang on. We're about to take a fascinating podcast tour around the solar system with John Moores. He's been a member of the science and operations team of several space missions, including the Curiosity Rover mission.
He's written nearly 100 academic papers in planetary science, and he's co-author of the book Daydreaming in the Solar System, Surfing Saturn's Rings, Golfing on the Moon, and Other Adventures in Space Exploration. Hi, John. Welcome to Something You Should Know. Thanks for having me, Mike. So you've studied this, and I just want to get a sense of, like, what is the solar system like?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why do you get a runny nose when it's cold?
0:01–0:41
2
What would happen if you were hit by a penny dropped from the Empire State Building?
0:41–12:40
3
What does it smell like on the Moon?
12:40–14:36
4
What is the experience of walking on Mars like?
14:36–22:10
5
How do the planets in our solar system relate to each other?
22:10–35:50
6
What is the significance of the rings of Saturn?
35:50–44:18
7
What happened to Pluto's status as a planet?
44:18
8
Why is Earth so conducive to life compared to other planets?
40:43–47:56
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