Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

561 - Does quantum mechanics conserve energy?

A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartoonist) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.

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561 - Does quantum mechanics conserve energy?

Thu, 30 Nov 2023
560 - Listener Questions 45: Gravity and Black holes

Tue, 28 Nov 2023
559 - The Science Fiction Universe of "Invasion"

Thu, 23 Nov 2023
558 - Who was the first scientist?

Tue, 21 Nov 2023
557 - The Science Fiction Universe of "Venemous Lumpsucker" by Ned Beauman

Thu, 16 Nov 2023
556 - Why is there quantum uncertainty?

Tue, 14 Nov 2023
555 - What did the early Universe sound like?

Thu, 09 Nov 2023
554 - Can we settle space? Should we? Have we really thought this through?

Tue, 07 Nov 2023
553 - What's the matter with matter in the Universe?

Thu, 02 Nov 2023
552 - Listener Questions 44: Deep questions from listeners like you!

Tue, 31 Oct 2023
551 - Which force(s) power the human senses?

Thu, 26 Oct 2023
550 - Could we see moons around exoplanets?

Tue, 24 Oct 2023
549 - Could we seed exoplanets with life?

Thu, 19 Oct 2023
548 - Do Black Holes Have Hair?

Tue, 17 Oct 2023
547 - Was the interstellar visitor oumuamua natural or artificial?

Thu, 12 Oct 2023
546 - Could dark matter be making flashes of light?

Tue, 10 Oct 2023
545 - Where is all the missing matter?

Thu, 05 Oct 2023
543 - How does gravity escape a black hole?

Tue, 03 Oct 2023
542 - Listener Questions 43: Light, heat and vision

Thu, 28 Sep 2023
541 - Great, Big Questions about the Universe

Tue, 26 Sep 2023
540 - How important is cosmic dust?

Thu, 21 Sep 2023
538 - Explain the Universe: Behind the Scenes

Tue, 19 Sep 2023
537 - How big is the smallest habitable planet?

Thu, 14 Sep 2023
536 - Why do moving objects look shorter?

Tue, 12 Sep 2023
535 - How do we measure the Higgs boson mass?

Thu, 07 Sep 2023
534 - Listener Questions 42: Life, the Universe and Ghosts!

Tue, 05 Sep 2023
533 - Why do scientists do simulations?

Thu, 31 Aug 2023
532 - Have we seen more or fewer gravitational waves than expected?

Tue, 29 Aug 2023
531 - Why is space so flat?

Thu, 24 Aug 2023
530 - The Science Fiction Universe of "Meru" by SB Divya

Tue, 22 Aug 2023
529 - What is the maximum vacuum?

Thu, 17 Aug 2023
528 - The Science Fiction Universe of "Orbital Cloud"

Tue, 15 Aug 2023
527 - What does the center of the galaxy look like?

Thu, 10 Aug 2023
526 - How fast can a black hole spin?

Tue, 08 Aug 2023
524 - How can we look for magnetic monopoles?

Thu, 03 Aug 2023
523 - How massive is a neutrino?

Tue, 01 Aug 2023
522 - How can we keep solar panels clean on Mars?

Thu, 27 Jul 2023
521 - What is a non-Newtonian fluid?

Tue, 25 Jul 2023
520 - Listener Questions 41: Questions about the mass of the Universe, moons made of gas, and backyard blackholes.

Thu, 20 Jul 2023
519 - What everyone misunderstands about the Universe

Tue, 18 Jul 2023
518 - How stable is the Earth's orbit?

Thu, 13 Jul 2023
517 - Do things get more massive the faster they move?

Tue, 11 Jul 2023
516 - How do planets get their moons?

Thu, 06 Jul 2023
515 - Do all galaxies have central black holes?

Tue, 04 Jul 2023
514 - How to use the whole galaxy to hear huge gravitational waves

Thu, 29 Jun 2023
513 - What drives the movement of Earth’s continents?

Tue, 27 Jun 2023
512 - What happens if you explode a nuclear bomb in space?

Thu, 22 Jun 2023
511 - Listener Questions 40: Ways our Universe could end us

Tue, 20 Jun 2023
510 - Could there be more than one theory of everything?

Thu, 15 Jun 2023
509 - Why are some things transparent?

Tue, 13 Jun 2023

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