Podcast Episodes

What's inside a neutron star?

Daniel and Jorge take a bite out of "nuclear pasta" and dive into the heart of these strange stars.

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3 years, 6 months ago

What's the amplituhedron?

Daniel and Jorge grapple with this hard-to-say word that might make complex quantum calculations much easier.

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3 years, 6 months ago

Did the James Webb Space Telescope disprove the Big Bang Theory?

Daniel and Jorge talk about the surprises found in the first science from the James Webb telescope and what it means for our understanding of the ear…

3 years, 7 months ago

If the Universe is infinite, why is the night sky dark?

Daniel and Kelly wrestle with competing infinities to understand why the night sky is not catastrophically ablaze with light. 

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3 years, 7 months ago

Listener Questions about discoveries

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners about how discoveries are made, the most important recent discoveries and how to detect aliens.

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3 years, 7 months ago

Could there be two dimensions of time?

Daniel and Jorge grapple with the possibility that time could flow in more than one direction, at the same time(s).

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3 years, 7 months ago

How long does a neutron live?

Daniel and Katie talk about how one of the basic building blocks of matter is surprisingly impermanent and mysterious. 

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3 years, 7 months ago

Can a gravitational wave pass through a black hole?

Daniel and Jorge talk about what happens when one superstar of physics slams into another.

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3 years, 7 months ago

What is superdeterminism?

Daniel and Jorge talk about the lengths people will go to avoid accepting the randomness of quantum mechanics. 

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3 years, 7 months ago

Is the speed of light the same in all directions?

Daniel and Jorge break down the differences between the two-way and one-way speed of light.

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3 years, 7 months ago