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Episode 735: Q&A 143: Could Heat on Venus Power a Rover? And More...
In this week's questions show, I explain why a heat-powered rover wouldn't work on Venus. I explain how spacecraft navigate, and wonder what James We…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 734: Interview: Dr. Maggie Lieu, Euclid and the Dark Universe
My guest is astronomer and science communicator Dr. Maggie Lieu. Lieu is a research fellow of machine learning and cosmology at the University of Not…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 733: Interview: Prof. Geraint Lewis and the Anthropic Principle
Professor Geraint Lewis is an astrophysicist focused on dark energy, gravitational lensing and galactic merger. He has recently published a paper tha…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 732: Interview: Dr. Paul Sutter, explaining Muon G-2
You might know Dr. Sutter as a science communicator, but his doctorate is actually in particle physics. Paul is going to join me to talk about the Mu…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 731: Interview: Dr. Michio Kaku and the God Equation
Dr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist and science communicator. His new book is called the God Equation, which traces the quest for a single the…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 730: Interview with Fraser on the Debrief Podcast
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Episode 729: Q&A 142: Do Pulsars Slow Down? And More...
In this week's questions show, I look at the rotation rate of pulsars, why NASA is such a fan of the term in-situ and what our plans are for explorin…
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Episode 728: Interview: Oumuamua, Aliens and Astrophysics with Dr. Avi Loeb
Professor Avi Loeb is a theoretical physicist from Harvard who has worked on many advances in space and astrophysics. He helped predict exoplanet dis…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 727: Interview: Vera Rubin and Time-Domain Astronomy with Dr. James Davenport
My guest is Dr. James Davenport, a research assistant professor at the University of Washington. In addition to his research into magnetically active…
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Episode 726: Q&A 141: Is It Ethical To Send Humans to Mars? And More...
In this week's questions show, I tackle some challenging questions, like the ethics of sending humans to Mars, and whether it's better to focus on ou…
5 years, 5 months ago