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    Why This Universe?

    Why This Universe?

    Why This Universe?

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    Length:
    94 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    The biggest ideas in physics, broken down. Join theoretical physicist Dan Hooper and co-host Shalma Wegsman as they answer your questions about dark matter, black holes, quantum mechanics, and more. Part of The University of Chicago Podcast Network.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 94 episodes

    Title

    82 - Science Vs. Pseudoscience

    Pseudoscience can sometimes be hard to distinguish from the real thing. Today we discus...

    35 minutes
    		Apr 29, 2024

    81 - Ancient Greek Astronomy

    The first episode in a new mini-series on philosophical problems in cosmology - Today w...

    43 minutes
    		Apr 15, 2024

    80 - (April Fools 2024) A Surprising Discovery Shaking Up Modern Cosmology

    Hear how a recent discovery of the motions of galaxies is changing how cosmologists are...

    16 minutes
    		Apr 01, 2024

    79 - NanoGRAV's Big Gravitational Wave Discovery (Ft. Chiara Mingarelli)

    Last year, an experiment called NanoGRAV made a surprising discovery of gravitational w...

    40 minutes
    		Mar 18, 2024

    78 - The Life of a Science Journalist (Ft. Katrina Miller)

    What's it like bringing science to the most general public audiences? How do you distil...

    38 minutes
    		Mar 04, 2024

    77 - All About Quantum Computing (Ft. Henry Lamm)

    Quantum computing makes big promises, but how does it work? What is the real state of q...

    40 minutes
    		Feb 05, 2024

    76 - Do We Live in a Simulation?

    Is the world around us real, or are we living in someone's computer program?Our new mer...

    37 minutes
    		Jan 22, 2024

    75 - Physics in Extreme Locations (Ft. Daniel Baxter & Alexandra Rahlin)

    We hear two physicists describe their lives collecting data in remote locations, from d...

    42 minutes
    		Jan 08, 2024

    8 - Is Space Flat or Curved?

    Learn how the geometry of space defies our intuition, and why it gave Einstein so much ...

    24 minutes
    		Dec 18, 2023

    74 - The Copernican Revolution (Ft. Aviva Rothman)

    Today we visit a turning point in the history of science: the discovery that the Earth ...

    58 minutes
    		Dec 04, 2023