CAN'T TOUCH THIS

VERY nerdy episode today :) To learn more:

xkcd radiation dose infographic: http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/03/19/radiation-chart/

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Radiation from your own BODY: http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jun/life-is-rad

More on how we don't TOUCH anything: http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/touch/touch.html

Also a good read: http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/ask/index.html?quid=1118

Physics forum on this topic: http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=326634

Pauli Exclusion Principle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauli_exclusion_principle

Electrons repel each other: http://clearscience.tumblr.com/post/619361757/atoms-cant-fall-through-each-ot...

How things "stick" without making contact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesion

VIDEO about sharing electrons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2uUl7fyPBM

VIDEO showing alpha-decay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Gjxj01ojM

VIDEO showing zygote development (cell division): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymD5Ps3HF-4

Most music in this episode by JAKE CHUDNOW: http://soundcloud.com/jakechudnow

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[MrTheevilpeanut]

thats right, hovering like a boss

[mohamedgna]

bananas, bananas, they're sitting on the fridge, bananas, bananas, they're shaped just like a bridge............

[shoeib123]

@marixdella good luck in canada this is actually in the bill cause people have used this as a defance

[RainbowOkami]

3:01

Eating one banana? XDD 

[T3rm1n4t0r98]

4:28 MICKY MOUSE!!

[Badoompop]

awwwwwwwwww that is touching<3

[CampyMcCamperPants]

I took all the atoms out of my butt in order to really sit in the chair, but my anus exploded first.

[stefevr]

I never punched you, your electrons were just repulsed by my fist >:D

[electra54321]

oh tuchy i get it now lol

[WWOLFwts]

Water molecule?... Or Mickey Mouse?

[PayWithGore]

I dont give a fuck , cause of repulsion forces:D

[THCIFilms]

then what about friction? if we were hovering we would have no friction correct?