Ceramics
Ceramics  
Podcast: SciShow Tangents
Published On: Tue Dec 10 2019
Description: From ancient clay pots to the heat-proof panels on the space shuttle, ceramics have been an integral part of human technology from the very beginning. I can’t even think of any jokes about ceramic! It’s just cool!More importantly! Over the last week or so, Hank has absolutely ruined everyones’ Twitter timelines with one simple question: “is butt legs?” In this episode, you get to bear ear-witness to the genesis of this wretched, society-shattering question! #buttislegsFollow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Non-deflatable footballhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflategatehttp://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Air-Bag.htmlStrong waterhttps://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Aluminum-oxide#section=Mechanism-of-Actionhttp://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.470.4214&rep=rep1&type=pdfPajamashttps://www.underarmour.com/en-us/tb12https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699878/https://www.espn.com/espnw/life-style/story/_/id/23315114/we-tried-do-tom-brady-recovery-pajamas-live-their-name[Fact Off]Moon artMagnetic fieldhttps://www.livescience.com/57868-earth-magnetic-field-spike-ancient-times.htmlhttps://www.space.com/43173-earth-magnetic-field-flips-when.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/14/515032512/iron-age-potters-carefully-recorded-earths-magnetic-field-by-accidenthttps://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/earths-mysterious-magnetic-field-stored-in-a-jar?verso=true[Ask the Science Couch]Glazeshttps://edu.rsc.org/feature/the-chemistry-of-pottery/2020245.articlehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/glazeSpecific materials (tin, salt, etc.) https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/ceramic-and-glaze-fluxes-2745860https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1560&context=open_access_etdshttps://www.britannica.com/art/tin-glazed-earthenware[Butt One More Thing]Ceramic butt wipinghttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/toilet-tissue-anthropologists-uncover-all-the-ways-weve-wiped/https://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e8287.full