Why This Universe?
A podcast by Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman
106 Episodes
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40 - How Will JWST Change Astronomy?
Published: 12/20/2021 -
23 - Does Physics Allow for Free Will? (Rebroadcast)
Published: 11/29/2021 -
39 - Why Do Science Communication? (ft. Daniel Whiteson and Jorge Cham)
Published: 11/15/2021 -
A Special Neutrino Update! (ft. Pedro Machado)
Published: 11/1/2021 -
38 - The Nobel Prize's Greatest Misses
Published: 10/18/2021 -
37 - How Neutrinos Might Be Hinting at Dark Matter
Published: 10/4/2021 -
36 - The Neutrino's Quantum Superpower
Published: 9/20/2021 -
35 - The Chaos Underlying Everything (ft. David Grier)
Published: 9/6/2021 -
34 - Should Beauty Guide Physicists?
Published: 8/23/2021 -
33 - Our Love Affair With Supersymmetry
Published: 8/9/2021 -
32 - The Mystery of the Higgs Boson's Mass
Published: 7/26/2021 -
31 - If You Give an Astronomer a Neutrino
Published: 7/12/2021 -
30 - The Oldest Picture of the Universe
Published: 6/28/2021 -
29 - How the Big Bang Won the Debate About the Beginning of Time
Published: 6/14/2021 -
28 - How Emmy Noether Changed Physics Forever
Published: 5/31/2021 -
12 - The Fight Between Modified Gravity and Dark Matter
Published: 5/10/2021 -
3 - What in the World is Anti-Matter?
Published: 4/26/2021 -
27 - What Does the Muon g-2 Result Mean for Physics?
Published: 4/12/2021 -
26 - Did Inflation Rip Apart the Early Universe?
Published: 3/29/2021 -
25 - Could Extra Dimensions Exist?
Published: 3/15/2021
The biggest ideas in physics, broken down. Join theoretical physicist Dan Hooper and co-host Shalma Wegsman as they answer your questions about dark matter, black holes, quantum mechanics, and more. Part of The University of Chicago Podcast Network.