The next episode of Star Talk, it's a cosmic queries all chemicals edition. Kate Beiberdorf tells us what is the only F word she does not allow in her classroom. Can we use the gaseous constituents of farts to decide whether life exists on another planet? That's kind of freaky, weird there. I didn't know you can take an inert element and make a molecule out of it.
How is chemistry different in space? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Matt Kirshen explore cosmic chemistry, the periodic table, and more with Kate Biberdorf aka Kate the Chemist. Is the periodic table complete?
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