Why This Universe?
By Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman
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Episodes: 107
Andrew R
May 1, 2022
As an interested non-scientist I love this podcast. It's hard science but explained so clearly that I can make sense of it. A great window into fascinating subjects
James W
Dec 26, 2021
I was enjoying this podcast until they served up a side order of woke.
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AUA: Changing Dark Energy, Twin Paradox, and What's Next for CERN
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May 02, 2025 |
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AUA: The Early Universe, Quantum Interpretations, and Asteroids
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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92 - What Cosmology Has in Store for 2025 (Ft. Dan Scolnic)
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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91 - What Neutrinos Reveal About the Milky Way
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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90 - Quintessence: Is Dark Energy Changing? (Ft. Sean Carroll)
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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89 - A Dark Matter Vibe Check
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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88 - Why Does Our Universe Exist At All? (Ft. Sean Carroll)
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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87 - The Good and the Bad of Peer Review
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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28 - How Noether's Theorem Changed Physics (Rerun)
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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86 - The Life and Death of Stars
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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85 - Our Sun: Present, Past and Future
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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84 - The Search For New Worlds (ft. Josh Winn)
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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83 - Witnessing a Revolution in Particle Physics (Ft. Chris Quigg)
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May 13, 2024 |
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82 - Science Vs. Pseudoscience
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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81 - Ancient Greek Astronomy
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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80 - (April Fools 2024) A Surprising Discovery Shaking Up Modern Cosmology
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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79 - NanoGRAV's Big Gravitational Wave Discovery (Ft. Chiara Mingarelli)
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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78 - The Life of a Science Journalist (Ft. Katrina Miller)
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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77 - All About Quantum Computing (Ft. Henry Lamm)
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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76 - Do We Live in a Simulation?
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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75 - Physics in Extreme Locations (Ft. Daniel Baxter & Alexandra Rahlin)
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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8 - Is Space Flat or Curved?
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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74 - The Copernican Revolution (Ft. Aviva Rothman)
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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73 - Life Beyond Earth (Ft. Avi Loeb and Garrett Graff at the Chicago Humanities Festival)
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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72 - The Physics Of Music (Ft. Tim Cohen)
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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71 - How the Universe Got Its Structure
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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70 - WTU Live: Will Intelligent Life Persist in the Universe? (ft. Daniel Holz and Diana Powell)
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Special Announcement + ChatGPT On Unifying Quantum Mechanics and Relativity
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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69 - An Update on Modified Gravity (MOND)
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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68 - The Age of the Universe
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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6 - Your Tour Through Quantum Weirdness (Rebroadcast)
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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67 - When Science Meets Spirituality (Ft. Alan Lightman)
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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66 - When Space Was Filled With Music
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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65 - Should We Build a Muon Collider? (Ft. Cari Cesarotti)
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May 22, 2023 |
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64 - The Journey to the Big Bang
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May 08, 2023 |
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63 - The Question of Consciousness (Ft. David Chalmers)
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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47 - Boltzmann Brains: Could Reality Be An Illusion? (Rebroadcast)
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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62 - JWST and the Earliest Galaxies in the Universe (ft. Mike Boylan-Kolchin)
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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61 - Could the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the World?
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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60 - The Search for Extra Dimensions
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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59 - The End of Everything (Ft. Katie Mack)
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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58 - The Risks of Science Populism
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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57 - String Theory Part 3: Duality
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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56 - An Icy Neutrino Interruption
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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55 - String Theory Part 2: The First Superstring Revolution
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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54 - String Theory Part 1: What Is It?
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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53 - Why We Need a Theory of Quantum Gravity
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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52 - The Large Hadron Collider and All Its Glory
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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51 - Why Physicists Love Smashing Particles Together
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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50 - The Black Hole At the Center of the Milky Way
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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49 - When the Universe Changed in an Instant
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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48 - A Wrong Picture Of Cosmology
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May 23, 2022 |
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13 - Does Quantum Mechanics Imply a Multiverse? (Rebroadcast)
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May 09, 2022 |
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47 - Boltzmann Brains: Could Reality Be An Illusion?
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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46 - The Cosmic Rays Raining Down On Us
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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25 - Do Extra Dimensions Exist? (Rebroadcast)
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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45 - The Wide World of Exoplanets (ft. Diana Powell)
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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44 - Our Deepest Theory: Quantum Field Theory
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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43 - Is Physics the Most Fundamental Subject?
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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42 - The Signal That Could Be the Dark Matter
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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41 - The Hubble Tension: The Biggest Fight in Astronomy (ft. Wendy Freedman)
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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40 - How Will JWST Change Astronomy?
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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23 - Does Physics Allow for Free Will? (Rebroadcast)
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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39 - Why Do Science Communication? (ft. Daniel Whiteson and Jorge Cham)
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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A Special Neutrino Update! (ft. Pedro Machado)
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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38 - The Nobel Prize's Greatest Misses
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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37 - How Neutrinos Might Be Hinting at Dark Matter
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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36 - The Neutrino's Quantum Superpower
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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35 - The Chaos Underlying Everything (ft. David Grier)
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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34 - Should Beauty Guide Physicists?
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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33 - Our Love Affair With Supersymmetry
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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32 - The Mystery of the Higgs Boson's Mass
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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31 - If You Give an Astronomer a Neutrino
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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30 - The Oldest Picture of the Universe
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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29 - How the Big Bang Won the Debate About the Beginning of Time
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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28 - How Emmy Noether Changed Physics Forever
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May 31, 2021 |
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12 - The Fight Between Modified Gravity and Dark Matter
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May 10, 2021 |
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3 - What in the World is Anti-Matter?
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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27 - What Does the Muon g-2 Result Mean for Physics?
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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26 - Did Inflation Rip Apart the Early Universe?
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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25 - Could Extra Dimensions Exist?
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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24 - Breaking Down the Standard Model
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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23 - Does Physics Allow for Free Will?
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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22 - The Particle That Might Do It All (Axions!)
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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21 - The Quantum Mechanics of Black Holes
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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20 - Everything To Do About Black Holes
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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19 - Why Does Science Work?
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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18 - Could a Hyper-Advanced Civilization Resist Dark Energy?
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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The State of The Universe #81 - Dr. Daniel Whiteson - The Standard Model and Its Many Quirks!
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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17 - Why Haven't We Met Aliens?
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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16 - Where Is Life in the Universe?
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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15 - What are Grand Unified Theories?
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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14 - Why Does Time Move in One Direction?
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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13 - Does Quantum Mechanics Imply a Multiverse?
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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12 - Please Stop Emailing Dan About MOND
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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11 - Discovery Alert! Let's Talk About Gravitational Waves
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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10 - What is Dark Energy?
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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9 - Is Space Expanding?
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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8 - Is Space Flat or Curved?
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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7 - Could Black Holes Be the Dark Matter?
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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6 - Your Tour Through Quantum Weirdness
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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5 - How Dan Lost a Bet With Dark Matter
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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4 - Where Did the Antimatter Go?
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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3 - What in the World Is Antimatter?
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Jul 26, 2020 |
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2 - What's It Like to Discover Quantum Mechanics?
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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0 - Welcome to Why This Universe!
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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1 - Why Are We So Sure About Dark Matter?
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Jul 13, 2020 |