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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 19 days 12 hours 41 minutes
Can planets share an orbit?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether two planets could share an orbit around a star, or whether there would be too much gravitational squabbling.
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What shapes can galaxies take?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the weird, wacky shapes of galaxies and the cosmic story they tell.
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What’s the difference between inertial and gravitational mass?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether there are two or one kind of mass and the massive consequences.
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Has our solar system lost any planets?
Daniel and Jorge talk about how instabilities in the early solar system may have ejected an ancient ice giant.
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Are there galaxies without dark matter?
Daniel and Jorge discuss how dark matter shapes our Universe and whether it would be possible to have a galaxy without it.
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Does quantum mechanics conserve energy?
Daniel and Jorge explore whether basic rules of our Universe are broken at the quantum scale.
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Listener Questions 45: Gravity and Black holes
Daniel and Jorge venture to the edge of human knowledge about black holes, gravity and magnetic fields.
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The Science Fiction Universe of "Invasion"
Daniel and Jorge talk about alien arrival, as depicted on the show "Invasion" and Daniel talks to two of the writers, Tatiana Suarez Pico and Aditi Brennan Kapil about writing science fiction.
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Who was the first scientist?
Daniel talkes to Prof. James Poskett about how the history of science has much more nuance and global participation than the standard mythology.
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The Science Fiction Universe of "Venemous Lumpsucker" by Ned Beauman
Daniel and Kelly chat with Ned Beauman, author of "Venemous Lumpsucker" a cautionary tale about applying free market strategies to preventing extinction.
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