{"id":7024,"date":"2026-02-10T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=7024"},"modified":"2026-02-09T08:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:31:26","slug":"episode-797-technorama-its-why-your-molecules-are-probably-insulted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2026\/02\/10\/episode-797-technorama-its-why-your-molecules-are-probably-insulted\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 797: Technorama: It&#8217;s Why Your Molecules Are Probably Insulted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 797\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YRp5WBf5I7w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1Pi\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7950\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7024-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep797_260210.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep797_260210.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep797_260210.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep797_260210.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep797_260210.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Feedback<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>QOTW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/technoramapodcast\/posts\/pfbid021FUQPREzgFBCbdYTFDEoNNQNKrS1eY9V8BnZbLpckQdsTzS6AUDv4dGhEjaVAsoUl\">If a digital archaeologist from the year 2126 dug up your primary &#8216;junk drawer&#8217; (physical or a digital folder), what would they conclude was the most important\u2014yet completely useless\u2014relic of our time?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/channels\/455731709984636958\/1469255813829754951\">Question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day In History for February 11, 2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 323 days remaining in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was on this date in 1584, that a naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founded Nombre de Jes\u00fas, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jesse Fell burned anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal. on this date in 1808.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also today in 1826, University College London was founded as University of London.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BBC Television produced the world&#8217;s first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel \u010capek play R.U.R., that coined the term &#8220;robot&#8221; on this date in 1938.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also on February 11, 1963, The Beatles recorded their first album Please Please Me.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That same date in 1997, Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was on this date in 1999, that Pluto crossed Neptune&#8217;s orbit, ending a nearly 20 -year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune&#8217;s orbit again until 2231.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That same date in 2000, Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was on this date in 2001, that a Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also today in 2020, The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Native American-French Canadian explorer, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, born on this date in 1805.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American physicist Josiah Willard Gibbs was born 187 years ago today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas Edison, the American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph was born 179 years ago today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Born February 11, 1864, French chemist Louis Bouveault.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hungarian-American physicist and academic, Leo Szilard was born 128 years ago today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Born February 11, 1917, American author and screenwriter Sidney Sheldon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American actor and director, Burt Reynolds, born on this date in 1936.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The first CEO of Apple Inc., Michael Scott is 81 today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American engineer and astronaut, Richard Mastracchio, born on this date in 1960.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Listener Birthdays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>14 &#8211; Douglas E. 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