- 415
- Episodes
- 3
- Transcribed
- 246
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2012
- First episode
About Ask Science
How do astronomers photograph a black hole? How often do planes get hit by lightning? What does the EPA actually do? Science is all around us and transforming our world at a rapid pace. Extragalactic astrophysicist Sabrina Stierwalt is here to guide you through it. She'll help you make sense of the everyday and the once-in-a-lifetime. Rights of Albert Einstein are used with permission of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Represented exclusively by Greenlight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- QuickAndDirtyTips.com
- Category
- education · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Apr 2012
- Latest episode
- 15 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
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How do we control wildfires? The surprising facts
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How do we control wildfires? The surprising facts
Published 15 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Firefighters may also create control lines by digging ditches and using yet more fire and even explosives to break up existing brush. If the creeping fire hits a spot that has already been burned, the fire has no fuel to continue and thus has nowhere to go. In some cases, firefighters may lay down a flame retardant along the control line. That's known as a wet line. Firefighters usually report the percentage of containment, as in containment is at 70%. A wildfire that is 70% contained has complete control lines around 70% of its perimeter. A fire is officially contained if it is fully enclosed by those control lines, and that includes any related fire spots. […]
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