A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartoonist) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about black holes, antimatter stars and why the Universe exists!
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2021-03-16
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Why does our Universe have a Cold Spot?
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2021-03-11
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What are boson stars?
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2021-03-09
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about the smell of space, the electroweak force and spotting distant aliens.
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2021-03-04
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What are globular clusters?
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2021-03-02
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What is a Quantum Dot?
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2021-02-25
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about diamond rain on Jupiter, travel near the speed of light and the tilt of Uranus.
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2021-02-23
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Can we see evidence of a previous Universe?
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2021-02-18
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Can we build an invisibility cloak?
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2021-02-16
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about hawking radiation, 5G networks and wireless phone chargers!
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2021-02-11
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What's a Time Crystal?
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2021-02-09
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What's the biggest star in the Universe?
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2021-02-04
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about closed time-like curves, force fields, and the lifetime of the Earth's magnetic field
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2021-02-02
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How do we know the mass of stars?
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2021-01-28
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Listener Questions 14: Black holes, aliens and zombies!
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2021-01-26
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Can a planet be bigger than its star?
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2021-01-21
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about how to read science headlines, gravitational slingshots, lorentz symmetry and the speed of light!
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2021-01-19
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Can we see planets in other galaxies?
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2021-01-14
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about a donut Universe, mirrors and black holes!
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2021-01-12
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Why can’t we see quantum effects in everyday objects?
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2021-01-07
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