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Space is big. Really big. It's hard to understand just how big it is. But in this episode of Science Geekery, I'll try to explain how big it is. And of course, it's not like we can just drive to the other side of the universe and then check the odometer, so I'll also explain how we figured out how …

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For millennia, alchemists sought to turn lead into gold. They thought it could be done by mixing the "elements" (fire, water, earth, and air) or the "primes" (sulfur, mercury, and salt) in different ratios. Today we know that this will not work, and instead, nuclear physics is needed. Using particl…
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