Fossil Footprints Show Humans in North America More Than 21,000 Years Ago - 2021SEP27

The Periodic Table

This week, Raul Alejandro Mendoza (@thenerdychicano) sits down to join Brandon Hanna (@brandonhanna07) talk about the fossil footprints that show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago, synthetic trees could tap underground water in arid areas, and more!

Topics:

1. Fossil footprints show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/fossil-footprints-show-humans-north-america-21000-years-ago-rcna2169

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/footprints-ghost-tracks-prehistoric-humans-americas

2. Synthetic trees could tap underground water in arid areas

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/innovation-synthetic-trees-could-tap-underground-water-in-arid-areas

SPECIAL SEGMENT: - The Periodic Table of Lies:

Brandon will provide Raul with a handful of different periodic table elements, some real and some fictional. Raul will have to guess which are real before the two discuss the elements and learn more about them!

Hosted by:

Brandon Hanna

(Mechanical Engineer, Host, AfterBuzz TV, The Popcorn Talk Network, The Movie Trivia Schmoedown)

Raul Alejandro Mendoza

(Director, Writer, Creator of The Nerd Corps and Cyclops Films)

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"The Periodic Table" graphic designed by Jacob Patrick (@JPDeez)