Intro

0:40joined as always by my co-host and our resident PhD Chowdery. We are back for one of our first rundown episodes after all of our specials. If you haven't caught our America 250 or our World Cup episode, be sure to check that. This week, we're going to cover some of our favorite discoveries and stories in science over the last few months while we've been away, including astronomers who caught a super massive black hole reversing its magnetic field. Researchers developing a digital twin for your human heart to

1:20kind of help physicians with diagnostics. a new ultra sonic CT scanner that uses nothing but sound waves and a pool of water. And we have two follow-up stories on the World Cup, including the Norway vers England ball tracking controversy. And we may sneak in a little segment of Are You Smarter Than the Scientists? Oh, and the other World Cup story is the science behind favoritism and homefield advantage, which was clearly not in effect for any of the host nations in this World Cup. As always, we are going to talk about the science from the ground up today

2:01because this is from first principles.