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Season 1 Episode 13
Why does Wakanda have no suburbs, and should we destroy them if it did? Is it ethical to become a cyborg, like in the Justice League? Can venom – the toxins or the Marvel character – save your life? …
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Boston Fan Expo: The Science of Sci-Fi
Season 2 Episode 8
How realistic is the human augmentation depicted in comic, games and movies? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu welcomes the CEO/founder of Neurobionics Dr. MJ Antonini, experimental psychologist Liam McMa…
Published on 2 years ago
Planet Formation with Dr. Holly Capelo
Season 1 Episode 10
How do planets form out of dust particles? And what does that have to do with fluid dynamics? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome astrophysicist Dr. Holly Capelo from the Unive…
Published on 2 years ago
The Birth of Planets with Aleksandra Kuznetsova
Season 2 Episode 7
How do you go about building a planet? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome computational astrophysicist Dr. Aleksandra Kuznetsova, a NHFP Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow at The Ameri…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Brown Dwarfs and Ballet with Johanna Vos
Season 1 Episode 2
Brown dwarfs are often called failed stars, but today’s guest on the LIUniverse, astrophysicist Dr. Johanna Vos, prefers to think of them as overachieving planets. Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen L…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
The Poetry of the Stars with Midge Goldberg and Yun Wang Part 2
Season 2 Episode 6
Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu continue our exploration into the poetry of the stars with Part 2 of our episode featuring poet/astronomer/cosmologist Dr. Yun Wang and poet/author Midge Goldber…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Particle Physics with Dr. Lesya Horyn
Season 1 Episode 7
What is the universe made of? Will we ever have a complete list of all the particles that make up existence? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome Dr. Lesya Horyn, PhD, a Fermila…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
The Poetry of the Stars with Midge Goldberg and Yun Wang
Season 2 Episode 5
We often hear about the music of the spheres, but why not the poetry of the stars? In this episode Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome poet/astronomer/cosmologist Dr. Yun Wang and poet/auth…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Science and the Future with Dr. Andrew Maynard
Season 1 Episode 12
How does the science of today lead us into the future we’ve imagined? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome scientist, futurist and podcaster Andrew Maynard, PhD from Arizona Sta…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Studying Stars with Dr. Isabel Colman
Season 2 Episode 4
How do we study the spinning of stars? What is astroseismology? And what does data science have in common with “the music of the spheres?” To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome a…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago