Ranked #1
Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 - The universe is not locally real. What does that mean?
Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 - The universe is not locally real. What does that mean?
The 2022 Physics Nobel Prize, awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger "for experiments with entang... Read more
8 Oct 2022
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37mins
Ranked #2
Acoustic Levitation w/ Special Guest Dr. David Jackson
Acoustic Levitation w/ Special Guest Dr. David Jackson
Zak and Derek discuss acoustic levitaiton with Dr. David Jackson, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dickinson Colleg... Read more
8 Jul 2021
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Ranked #3
Gravitational G and How Science Works
Gravitational G and How Science Works
Zak and Derek discuss the "controversial" value of Newton's gravitational constant G. They cover the history of its meas... Read more
17 Jun 2021
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Ranked #4
Cosmology and the Arrow of Time
Cosmology and the Arrow of Time
Zak and Derek discuss the big question: why is the future different than the past? Why do we remember the past but not t... Read more
16 May 2021
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Ranked #5
Is Anything Truly Random? w/Special Guest Grant Ciffone
Is Anything Truly Random? w/Special Guest Grant Ciffone
Zak and Derek chat with special guest, Grant Ciffone! Grant joins us as a non-physicist who asks “Is anything truly rand... Read more
4 May 2021
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Ranked #6
How to Keep Time
How to Keep Time
Zak and Derek discuss a mystery in a hospital, where an MRI machine seems to have taken out only iPhones; Android was un... Read more
20 Apr 2021
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Ranked #7
Entropy & Statistical Mechanics
Entropy & Statistical Mechanics
Zak and Derek discuss the statistical origins of entropy and how it connects from there into thermodynamics. They also e... Read more
8 Apr 2021
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Ranked #8
Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics
Zak and Derek discuss the basics of thermodynamics, including the so-called thermodynamic potentials. Topics: energy, t... Read more
23 Mar 2021
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Ranked #9
Benford’s Law
Benford’s Law
Zak and Derek discuss Benford’s Law, including the strange places it pops up, and some fundamental origins of the law. S... Read more
6 Mar 2021
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Ranked #10
Planck, Einstein, and the Origins of Quantum Mechanics
Planck, Einstein, and the Origins of Quantum Mechanics
Zak and Derek discuss Max Planck’s work in the foundations of what would turn into quantum mechanics, and Albert Einstei... Read more
8 Dec 2019
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