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Why didn't we evolve around a red dwarf star?
Daniel and Jorge discuss the 'Red Dwarf Paradox' and what it would be like to live under a cooler, redder star.
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Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
How does carbon dating work?
Daniel and Kelly talk about how cosmic rays and carbon decay let us put dates on ancient deaths!
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Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Is there a better way to accelerate particles?
Daniel and Jorge talk about why its so expensive to build a super collider and how plasma technology might make it all better, faster, cheaper.
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Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
What does the Antikythera Mechanism do?
Daniel and Katie explore the puzzle of the "world's first computer", and what it might have calculated.
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Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Listener Questions 37: quantum cats, heat death and dark multiverses!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about quantum mechanics, the end of the Universe, and the multiverse.
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Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Would the Universe be different with a zero Higgs field?
Daniel and Jorge explore how the Higgs field shapes our Universe and what it would be like to live without it.
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Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Could we spot an alien nuclear blast?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether we have the technology to spot a nuclear war on other planets.
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Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Could some particles have tiny electric charges?
Daniel and Jorge wonder about why particles have charge, and whether particles could exist with tiny electrical charge.
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Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
How can we measure the curvature of space?
Daniel and Jorge bend their minds (and yours) around the curvy topic of bent space.
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Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
How do space telescopes point themselves?
Daniel and Jorge talk about how our great space eyeballs know where they are looking and how they turn.
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Published on 2 years, 9 months ago