YS in the house! Tune in as co-hosts Matt Smith and Brian Cross talk asteroid impacts, mantis shrimp, and the classic '90s sci-fi movie, "The Matrix." The element lithium pops up in both Matt's Chemical Minute and in our guest interview with University of Tulsa Professor Dale Teeters, whose research focuses on polymers and battery technology.
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(Production help from Scott Gregory. Yackety Science is recorded at the studios of Public Radio Tulsa, located in Kendall Hall at The University of Tulsa.)
Useful links for this episode:
Mantis Shrimp --
Modeling a Bennu-sized Asteroid Impact --
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq5399
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-asteroid-impact-simulation-reveals-climate.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X10005613
Dale Teeters --
https://www.tualumni.com/s/1174/bp20/interior.aspx?pgid=961&gid=1