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Does Nothingness Exist?
Does Nothingness Exist?
Even empty space bubbles with energy, according to quantum mechanics — and that fact affects almost every facet of physi... Read more
26 Jul 2023
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44mins
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Can Math and Physics Save an Arrhythmic Heart?
Can Math and Physics Save an Arrhythmic Heart?
Abnormal waves of electrical activity can cause a heart’s muscle cells to beat out of sync. In this episode, Flavio Fent... Read more
12 Jul 2023
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46mins
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What Can Jellyfish Teach Us About Fluid Dynamics?
What Can Jellyfish Teach Us About Fluid Dynamics?
Jellyfish and other aquatic creatures embody solutions to diverse problems in engineering, medicine and mathematics. Joh... Read more
28 Jun 2023
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43mins
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What Causes Giant Rogue Waves?
What Causes Giant Rogue Waves?
Wave-science researcher Ton van den Bremer and Steven Strogatz discuss how rogue waves can form in relatively calm seas ... Read more
14 Jun 2023
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40mins
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What Is the Nature of Consciousness?
What Is the Nature of Consciousness?
Consciousness, our experience of being in the world, is one of the mind’s greatest mysteries, but as the neuroscientist ... Read more
31 May 2023
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52mins
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Are There Reasons to Believe in a Multiverse?
Are There Reasons to Believe in a Multiverse?
Several areas of physics suggest reasons to think that unobservable universes with different natural laws could lie beyo... Read more
17 May 2023
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48mins
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Is Perpetual Motion Possible at the Quantum Level?
Is Perpetual Motion Possible at the Quantum Level?
A new phase of matter called a “time crystal” plays with our expectations of thermodynamics. The physicist Vedika Kheman... Read more
4 May 2023
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36mins
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How Can Some Infinities Be Bigger Than Others?
How Can Some Infinities Be Bigger Than Others?
All infinities go on forever, so how is it possible for some infinities to be larger than others? The mathematician Just... Read more
19 Apr 2023
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46mins
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What Has the Pandemic Taught Us About Vaccines?
What Has the Pandemic Taught Us About Vaccines?
Should Covid-19 vaccines be judged by how well they prevent disease or how well they prevent death? Anna Durbin, a publi... Read more
5 Apr 2023
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42mins
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Is There Math Beyond the Equal Sign?
Is There Math Beyond the Equal Sign?
Can mathematics handle things that are essentially the same without being exactly equal? Category theorist Eugenia Cheng... Read more
22 Mar 2023
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49mins