Learn how extra dimensions of space might appear to us, and what physicists have done to try to find them.

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Special guest Katie Mack talks to us about how the universe might end.

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In today's different type of episode, we talk about the risks of a subtle kind of scientific misinformation.

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This episode will hurt your brain, or your money back.

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We interrupt our regular episodes to cover the exciting new discovery that the IceCube Neutrino Observatory announced on November 3rd, 2022.

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We pick up the story of string theory and explore the explosion of interest it experienced in the mid 1980s.

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Last time, we introduced the biggest open problem in theoretical physics - the problem of combining gravity with quantum mechanics. In this first part of a three-part series, we introduce the leading candidate for how to do that: String Theory.

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Quantum mechanics and general relativity are two of the most successful theories of science ever, but they don't necessarily fit together. Learn why physicists are trying so hard to discover a quantum theory of gravity, and why it's been such a challenge.

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We pick up last episode's theme of particle colliders and dive into the most exciting one running today - the LHC. What is it, how does it work, and what new physics can it still reveal?

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For the past century, physicists have been building particle colliders as a way to learn about the fundamental laws of physics. Today we talk about why smashing particles together has proven to be such a powerful tool.

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