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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 23 minutes
episode 14: The Great Attractor
We can't see the Great Attractor but we've measured its presence. We're falling into Virgo and Virgo can't resist its force. Is Dark Energy involved? What is the "zone of avoidance"? Professor Geraint Lewis helps Dr Karl with his homework.
episode 13: The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook Or How to Beat the Big Bang
Or How to Beat the Big Bang
episode 12: Squeezing Stars with Prof Geraint Lewis part two
It's part two of the Neutron star exploration with Professor G. Lewis. He takes Dr Karl layer by layer down to the core. Things are so squashed in there that quantum physics takes over. Escape from the lockdown inside a star where things go subatomic....
episode 11: Squeezing Stars with Prof Geraint Lewis part one
What happens when you squeeze a star ? Dr Karl gets inside one with Professor G. Lewis. They travel from the subatomic level up with the latest on Neutron Stars. Trigger Warning - Quarks and Bosons are mentioned . It's part one with more from...
episode 10: Stellar tides with Prof Don Kurtz & Dr Simon Murphy
To study the stars, look to the ocean. Water ebbs and flows under the influence of gravity. Astronomers see tides in moons, stars and around black holes. Dr Karl talks with two astrophysicists who recently measured a bulging star with earth-like...
episode 9: A Perfect Poo with prof Claire Collins
A perfect poo has metrics. Dr Clare and Dr Karl describe the best solid expressions. Length, thickness, mass and diet. What makes the perfect poop ?
episode 8: Einstein, Newton & Frame Dragging with Prof Geraint Lewis (179)
Seventy-five percent can be described by Einstein. The remainder? It drove Albert to question his work till his dying day. Dr Karl and Dr Lewis discuss evidence for the missing theory . http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~gfl/
episode 6: Dr Michael Mann
American climatologist Michael Mann drew a chart back in 1999 . It's called "The Hockey Stick Graph" because of the way it shoots up. There was no new information in it and it drew on agreed international temperature...
episode 5: Hyper Velocity Stars with Prof Geraint Lewis
One star, observed in outback Australia, may hold new clues to dark matter and black holes. It's a milky way neighbour but moving very fast. Prof Geraint Lewis takes Dr Karl on his quest for answers. http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~gfl/