Between Two Nerds

Athena & Raafae, aged 11, joins the nerds to have a little chat about relativity!

Are space and time absolute? What is the theory of special relativity? And general relativity? How did Einstein come up with it? What is Length Contraction? What is Time Dilation? How come we don't observe all the strangeness of relativity? Can we test relativity?

Another great mind-bending chat with Athena & Raafae during the lockdown!

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Athena & Raafae join one of the nerds to have a chat about one of the most mysterious areas in physics... quantum mechanics!

This chat was really an overview of the major ideas in the field. Quanta and photons. Wave particle duality. Matter as a wave. The Uncertainty Principle. Schrodinger's  Equation & the Wave function. The measurement problem & the Copenhagen Interpretation. Entanglement & Bell's Theorem. Hidden Variables and Many Worlds.

It is near impossible for us to explore all of the mysteries of Quantum Mechanics in one sitting! But if you would like us to do more in-depth chats about more specific topics, let us know!

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The nerds debate the possibility of finding complex alien life somewhere else in the universe.

We discuss the probabilities of finding extraterrestrial life elsewhere and the probability of it evolving into "intelligent life" by looking at from two viewpoints; an astrophysicist's and a biologist's.

Due to the lockdown, this episode had to recorded remotely, and without our customary small human being. :(

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Raafae & Athena, both aged 11,  join the nerds remotely while we are all social distancing during the COVID 19 outbreak to talk about aliens!
(Apologies for the uneven sound quality. It's the best we can do under the circumstances.)

Are we alone in the universe? If no, where are the aliens? Why haven't we heard from them? What's the Fermi paradox? What type of aliens should we expect to find? Where would we find them? What's the goldilocks zone? How probable is it for intelligent life to arise on other planets?

This was a stimulating discussion of all things to do with extraterrestrial life to take our mind off the uncertainty in the world at this unprecedented time.

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Oscar Blue, aged 6, returns to ask the nerds all about rainbows.

How on earth do light and rain make a rainbow?! What's refraction? Can you catch a rainbow? Why are there only 7 colours in the spectrum? Can we make our own rainbows?

This is a simple explanation of the physics of this beautiful phenomenon.

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James, aged 7, asks the nerds about the speed of light.

He wants to know why light is the fastest thing in the universe and we tell him all about the weirdness revealed by Albert Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity. Objects get heavier. Space shrinks. And time slows down!

James also throws in a question about hair growth at the end. He has been wondering why hair grows in strange places as we get older. Oh dear.

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Muhammad, aged 8, is curious about the big bang and wants to know who discovered the Big Bang.

As we discuss the contributions of Georges Lemaître and Edwin Hubble and how they discovered the evidence for the Big Bang theory, we end up having a great chat about astronomy in general.

What can we observe through telescopes from Earth? Can we see any galaxies? What's the Hubble Space Telescope?

We seem to have blown Muhammad's mind with a few of our facts too!

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Hussein joins the nerds to talk about a pressing issue... the COVID-19 coronavirus!

It's impossible to escape the news of the novel coronavirus outbreak, but with this, there are a lot of half "truths" and myths floating around, as well as people's feelings towards it ranging from indifference and annoyance to full-blown panic. So, we called in Hussein to help us discuss this virus outbreak that is getting ever closer to a pandemic.

What is the coronavirus? What are its symptoms? Where did it come from? How did it start? Who is most affected by it? How fast is it spreading? How deadly is it? is there a cure for it? How worried should we be? What can we do to stop the spread?

This video isn't meant to inspire panic! We just want to make sure everyone is well informed and taking this seriously. Hope it helps!

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In this episode, the nerds answer some of our subscribers' most pressing questions in the arena of science, with the help of Indiana, aged 9, who lent his voice and spoke for all our subscribers.

What are our thoughts about the Flat Earth "theory"? Do we think aliens exist? Thoughts about the Fermi Paradox? How are auroras formed? How does anaesthesia work? Can entropy be reversed? Why do we get black when we mix red, blue and green paint but white when we do the same with light? What is music made up of and why do we enjoy it? How did mitochondria help us trace the movement of humans through history?

These questions were sent to us through our YouTube channel, so if you would us to answer some of your most pressing science questions, please click the link below, hit subscribe and join the conversation. This will be the first of many such "Ask Us Anything" episodes!

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Selim, aged 9, came in to ask the nerds about how nerves work, but his natural curiosity led us into a discussion of artificial intelligence, the brain, consciousness and neuroscience.

How do nerves work? What are reflexes? How can someone program a computer to beat a chess grandmaster? How did Alphago beat the world's best Go player? What is machine learning? What is the central nervous system? How does the brain work? How do we know what all the different parts of the brain do? What is consciousness? Are animals conscious?

Thanks to Selim, this turned out to be a great chat about intelligence in general!

If you would like to see what the nerds look like, check us out on YouTube at:
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