Tag: fire

• Save the Bees, Stop the Coal

  Honeybee venom looks to have positive and dramatic application for the treatment of breast cancer. Anthony and Jeff discuss the details of this encouraging news, and how we need to save the bees. Then, the city of Centralia, Pennsylvania is on fire - and has been since 1962 - because subterranean coal continues to burn. 1500 people have left, but 10 stubborn souls remain. Jeff and Anthony try to figure out what would cause someone to stay, and delve into the interesting science that can be done in the aftermath. [more]

  September 14, 2020Episodes

• The Hottest Fashion

  The mid-19th century vogue for flowing, diaphanous women's garments made from open-weave fabrics, combined with gas lighting, candles, and open fires meant that it was extremely common for women to literally burst into flames: on stage, at parties, at home. It wasn’t just the fabric, but also the shape of the dresses that caused women’s clothing to erupt in flames. The popular silhouette in the 1850s was a giant bell shape, like Scarlett O’Hara in her curtain dress. Jeff and Anthony discuss how this problem was eventually (and unintentionally) solved. [more]

  January 17, 2018Episodes