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Chemistry

The episodes where the show explains Chemistry from the ground up.

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Episodes3
  1. EP 63

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 Explained: Mirror Molecules

    Why does life favor one molecular mirror image? We explain Kagan and Soai's Chemistry Nobel, chirality, autocatalysis, medicines and mirror-life risks.

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 Explained: Mirror Molecules
  2. EP 60

    2026 Nobel Prize Predictions: Medicine, Physics & Chemistry

    Our 2026 Nobel predictions: the science behind GLP-1, light-controlled neurons, quantum interference, cellular droplets and more.

    2026 Nobel Prize Predictions: Medicine, Physics & Chemistry
  3. EP 38

    Harder Than Diamond? The New Hexagonal Diamond Breakthrough

    A 50-year debate, a harder-than-diamond claim, and some very funny peer review drama.

    Harder Than Diamond? The New Hexagonal Diamond Breakthrough
Chapters from these episodes3
  1. EP 38 · 7:34X-ray crystallography explained
  2. EP 38 · 28:29Why making cubic diamond is easy and hexagonal diamond is hard
  3. EP 38 · 45:56The hardness issue and pulsed echo experiments