There are always surprises when we sort through Seth’s wine cellar – who knows what we’ll find! In this cramped cavern, tucked between boxes of old fuses and a priceless bottle of 1961 Chateau Palmer Margaux, we discover the next generation of atomic clock … the key to how solar storms disrupt your cell phone … nano-gold particles that could make gasoline obsolete … and what NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has learned about how our solar system stacks up to others. Tune in, find out and, help us lift these boxes, will you? Guests: •  Chris Sorensen – Physicist, Kansas State University •  Anne Curtis – Senior research scientist, National Physical Laboratory, U.K. •  Jonathan Eisen – Evolutionary biologist, University of California, Davis •  Karel Schrijver – Solar physicist, Lockheed Martin, Advanced Technology Center •  Jonathan Fortney – Astronomer, University of California, Santa Cruz •  Sanjoy Som – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices