Kilauea volcano in Hawaii had a major eruption, and has continued intermittent small bursts ever since. So, for tonight’s episode, the Perpetual Notion Machine’s Will Cushman talks with Brad Singer, scientist in the fields of geology and geoscience. His major research centers on the historical geology of rocks, primarily those formed by the magma from […]
Terrestrial Rocks Enable Ancient Life in Oceans
Joining 8 O’Clock Buzz host Brian Standing, in the studio, is Aaron Satkoski, assistant scientist in the UW Department of Geoscience. Todays topic is about his research, on life in ancient oceans–by which they mean over 3 Billion years ago. Satkoski, who is first author of a new report on ocean chemistry from this remote […]
Perpetual Notion Machine’s First Show!
Welcome to the first show of the Perpetual Notion Machine! PNM was the brainchild of Kris Wedding, a graduate student at UW-Madison in medical physics, and a group of other science students. This show, which originally aired on October 3, 1996, was a trial run before PNM became a permanent fixture on the schedule. The […]