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Ep199: Top Scientists and their inventions · Kidcast Daily

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  Spin the wheel, let's take a ride.
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  Sports and science bursting from inside a world of wonder.
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  Open wide. Come on kids, let's amplify kid
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  cats. Daily starts yours.
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  Welcome to Kick Ass Daily, where we bring news, trivia, fun
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  facts, and more just for curious kids like you.
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  Today we're diving into the amazing world of science by
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  learning about 10 of the top scientists in history and the
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  inventions or discoveries they made that changed our lives.
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  Get ready to meet some real life problem solvers and inventors
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  who made the world a better place with their curiosity and
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  hard work. Let's start our science journey
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  with a scientist whose name you might have heard before.
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  His name is Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein was a German
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  born scientist who became famous for his work in physics.
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  He is best known for the theory of relativity, which helps us
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  understand how space and time work together.
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  One of his most famous ideas is the equation E equals MC
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  squared. This equation explains how
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  energy and mass are related. For example, when you see a
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  rocket launch, scientists use Einsteins equations to calculate
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  how much fuel is needed and how fast the rocket can go.
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  Did you know that Einsteins work also helped lead to inventions
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  like GPS, which helps people find directions on their phones
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  or in cars? It's true, without understanding
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  how time changes for fast moving objects, GPS would not work as
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  accurately. Next, let's talk about Marie
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  Curie. Marie Curie was born in Poland
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  and became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
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  She actually won 2 Nobel Prizes in two different sciences,
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  physics and chemistry. Her most famous invention was
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  discovering 2 new elements, polonium and radium.
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  Marie Curie also invented ways to use radioactivity to help
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  treat diseases like cancer. Hospitals today use machines
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  called X-rays and radiation therapy to find and treat
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  illnesses thanks to her discoveries.
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  Did you know that during World War One, Marie Curie helped
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  invent portable X-ray machines for doctors to use near the
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  front lines? This helped save the lives of
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  many soldiers. Now let's meet Thomas Edison.
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  Thomas Edison was an American inventor with over 1000 patents.
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  A patent is a special license that says you invented
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  something. Edison invented the first
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  practical electric light bulb. Before his invention, people
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  used candles, oil lamps, or gas lamps for light.
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  After Edisons light bulb, homes, schools and streets became
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  brighter and safer. Edison also invented the
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  phonograph, which was the first machine that could record and
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  play sound. This was the beginning of music
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  players, radios, and even the way we listen to podcasts today.
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  Did you know that Edison also helped invent the first movie
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  camera? He loved to find new ways to use
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  electricity to help people. Let's travel back in time to
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  meet Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci lived in Italy
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  over 500 years ago. He was not only a scientist but
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  also an artist and engineer. He drew detailed pictures of the
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  human body, flying machines, and even robots.
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  One of his inventions was a design for a helicopter.
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  Even though he didn't build it, his ideas helped future
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  inventors create real helicopters.
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  Leonardo also studied how the heart works and made drawings
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  that help doctors understand the body better.
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  Did you know he wrote his notes backward so only he could read
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  them in a mirror? He was very curious and always
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  wanted to learn more about the world.
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  Next up is Nikola Tesla. Nikola Tesla was born in what is
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  now Croatia and became a famous inventor in the United States.
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  Tesla is best known for inventing the alternating
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  current or AC electricity system.
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  This is the type of electricity that powers most homes and
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  buildings today. Before Tesla, people use direct
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  current, or DC, which could not travel very far.
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  Thanks to Tesla's invention, we can have electricity in our
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  homes, schools, and Tesla also invented the Tesla coil, which
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  is used in radios and televisions.
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  Did you know that Tesla once made a robot boat that could be
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  controlled by radio waves? This was one of the first remote
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  control devices. Let's learn about another
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  scientist who changed the world, Isaac Newton.
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  Isaac Newton was an English scientist and mathematician.
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  He is most famous for discovering gravity.
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  The story goes that he saw an apple fall from a tree and
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  wondered why things fall to the ground.
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  Newton's laws of motion explain how things move and stop.
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  These laws are used in sports cars, airplanes, and even space
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  travel. For example, when you kick a
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  soccer ball, the ball moves because of Newton's laws.
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  Did you know that Newton also invented a type of math called
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  calculus, which helps scientists and engineers solve complicated
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  problems? Now let's meet Rosalind
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  Franklin. Rosalind Franklin was a British
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  scientist who helped discover the structure of DNADNA is like
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  a set of instructions inside every living thing that tells it
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  how to grow and work. Franklin used a special machine
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  called X-ray crystallography to take pictures of DNA.
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  Her photograph showed that DNA is shaped like a double Helix,
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  which looks like a twisted ladder.
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  This discovery helped other scientists understand how living
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  things pass on traits like eye color or hair color.
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  Did you know that without Rosalind Franklin's work,
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  scientists would not know how to study genes or cure some
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  diseases? Our next scientist is Alexander
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  Fleming. Alexander Fleming was a Scottish
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  scientist who discovered penicillin.
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  Penicillin is the first antibiotic, which is a medicine
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  that kills bacteria and helps cure infections.
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  Before antibiotics, people could die from small cuts or simple
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  illnesses. After Flemings discovery,
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  millions of lives have been saved by antibiotics.
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  Did you know that Fleming discovered penicillin by
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  accident? He noticed that a mold in his
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  lab killed bacteria growing in a dish, and he realized that the
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  mold could be used as medicine. Let's talk about Catherine
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  Johnson. Catherine Johnson was an
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  American mathematician who worked at NASA, the space
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  agency. She was very good at math and
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  helped calculate the paths for rockets and astronauts.
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  Her work made it possible for the first American astronaut,
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  John Glenn, to orbit the Earth. She also helped with the Apollo
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  11 mission, which sent astronauts to the moon.
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  Did you know that Catherine Johnson started college when she
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  was only 15 years old? She loved solving math problems
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  and helped open doors for more women and African Americans in
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  science. Our final scientist for today is
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  Jane Goodall. Jane Goodall is a British
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  scientist who studies animals, especially chimpanzees.
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  She lived in Africa for many years and watched how
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  chimpanzees live, eat, and play. Jane discovered that chimpanzees
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  make and use tools just like humans.
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  For example, she saw them use sticks to get insects out of
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  holes to eat. This showed that animals can be
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  smart and creative too. Jane Goodall works to protect
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  chimpanzees and teaches people how to care for animals and the
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  environment. Did you know that Jane Goodall
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  has received many awards for her work with animals and still
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  travels the world to talk to kids about science?
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  Now let's do a quick recap of what we learned today.
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  We met 10 top scientists and learned about their inventions
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  and discoveries. Albert Einstein explained how
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  energy and mass are related, which helps with rockets and
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  GPS. Marie Curie discovered new
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  elements and helped invent X-rays and cancer treatments.
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  Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb and music
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  players. Leonardo da Vinci designed
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  flying machines and studied the human body.
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  Nikola Tesla invented the AC electricity system and remote
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  control devices. Isaac Newton discovered gravity
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  and created the laws of motion. Rosalind Franklin helped
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  discover the structure of DNA. Alexander Fleming found
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  penicillin, the first antibiotic.
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  Catherine Johnson used math to help astronauts travel in space.
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  Jane Goodall discovered how smart chimpanzees are and works
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  to protect them. Each of these scientists used
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  curiosity, observation, and hard work to make discoveries that
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  help people every day. Their inventions are all around
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  us, in our homes, schools, hospitals, and even in the way
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  we use technology. The next time you turn on a
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  light, listen to music, use Agps, or hear about space
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  travel, you can remember the scientists who made these things
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  possible. Thanks for joining us on Kit
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  Cast Daily. I hope you learned something new
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  and feel inspired to ask questions and discover the world
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  around you. Who knows, maybe one day you'll
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  invent something that changes the world too.
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  Stay curious and see you next time.
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  Grab. Your breakfast, feeling fine,
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  adventures waiting, don't be late.
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