
The Skeptics Guide #914 - Jan 14 2023
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
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Concrete Can't Survive for 2000 Years
Bob Greene: Scientists have been studying Roman concrete for decades to figure out why it has survived so long. He says a new study shows that lime clasts are the key ingredient and they're responsible for its self-repairing ability. Greene: But there's also massive over engineering because some of those structures were massively over engineered, which would be impossible today.
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