There is no force stronger.
Gravity? get out. 
Electrostatics? no.
Love? incorrect.
THE STRONG FORCE!
Tia Miceli! Ken Clark! AND OUR SPECIAL GUEST RYAN NORTH!!!!
 
this is a really fun episode where we talk about how protons are made of quarks stuck together with gluons. so much fun. 

Episode 59: Strange Truth and Charming Beauty

Dr. Ben Tippett and his team of physicists believe that anyone can understand physics. Black Holes! Lightning! Coronal Mass Ejections! Quantum Mechanics!  Fortnightly, they explain a topic from advanced physics, using explanations, experiments and fun metaphors to a non-physicist guest. Visit the website to see a list of topics sorted by physics field.

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Physics

Astronomy

Dr. Sarah and Dr. Danica Marsden are here with me in Seattle, Washington for our live show at the AAAS! We talk about how quantum computers do their quantum computer thing.   Our guests are Old friends of the show: Matt Sheehy (from Lost Lander), and Brent Knopf (From Ramona Falls and El VY)

Episode 86: Live at AAAS- Quantum Computers

Our Guest Today is Ted Leo, of "Ted Leo and the Pharmacists" Fame. Our experts today are Dr. Danica Marsden and Dr. Stephanie Simmons.   Our topic is QUANTUM COHERENCE and DECOHERENCE: how a quantum superposition will not stay that way forever. The Environment will start asking it questions until our system loses coherence. 

Episode 85: Decoherence Not Incoherence

The topic of this Episode is O-type stars, the biggest, brightest stars in the universe! Astrophysicists Dr. Benjamin Brown and Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore break it all down for our guest Ryan North (of Dinosaur Comics, and Squirrel Girl). 

Episode 84: Super Stars Look Like Zebras

Today's guest is a marvel! It's the host of the Drabblecast: Norm Sherman!  Norm joins Dr. Ken Clark and Dr. Katelin Schutz, experts in dark matters.   today we talk about dark matter candidates: our best guesses for what is causing the crush we feel but cannot see. 

Episode 83: Feeling Feeble WIMPS and Axions

Andray Domise joins  Dr. Sabine Stanley from Johns Hopkins University and Erin Wenckstern from the Weather Network to learn about NEPTUNE!   Home to the fastest winds in the solar system, where it rains diamonds, and mysterious "superionic water," the ice giant slowly trudges around its orbit, the farthest planet from the sun!

Episode 59: Strange Truth and Charming Beauty

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