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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss the lasting shock of a market crisis, the scientific legacy of a Nobel laureate, and an unsettling everyday hazard.
- 📜 On this day in 1987: a massive, sudden crash on Black Monday that sent shockwaves through global stock markets, upended trading and investor confidence, and reshaped how regulators and traders respond to market panic.
- 🎂 Birthday spotlight on Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: his transformative work on stellar evolution — especially the Chandrasekhar limit — Nobel recognition, and the long-term influence of his mathematical rigor on astrophysics.
- 💡 Fact of the day: vending machine dangers — the episode cites startling figures: 37 deaths since 1978, reportedly 13 killed annually, and 113 injuries tied to people interacting with vending machines, highlighting how a mundane action can lead to persistent harm.
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