Why This Universe?

93 - 81 - Ancient Greek Astronomy

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.

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93 - 81 - Ancient Greek Astronomy

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92 - 80 - (April Fools 2024) A Surprising Discovery Shaking Up Modern Cosmology

Mon, 1 Apr 2024
91 - 79 - NanoGRAV's Big Gravitational Wave Discovery (Ft. Chiara Mingarelli)

Mon, 18 Mar 2024
90 - 78 - The Life of a Science Journalist (Ft. Katrina Miller)

Mon, 4 Mar 2024
89 - 77 - All About Quantum Computing (Ft. Henry Lamm)

Mon, 5 Feb 2024
88 - 76 - Do We Live in a Simulation?

Mon, 22 Jan 2024
87 - 75 - Physics in Extreme Locations (Ft. Daniel Baxter & Alexandra Rahlin)

Mon, 8 Jan 2024
86 - 8 - Is Space Flat or Curved?

Mon, 18 Dec 2023
85 - 74 - The Copernican Revolution (Ft. Aviva Rothman)

Mon, 4 Dec 2023
84 - 73 - Life Beyond Earth (Ft. Avi Loeb and Garrett Graff at the Chicago Humanities Festival)

Mon, 20 Nov 2023
83 - 72 - The Physics Of Music (Ft. Tim Cohen)

Mon, 6 Nov 2023
82 - 71 - How the Universe Got Its Structure

Mon, 23 Oct 2023
81 - 70 - WTU Live: Will Intelligent Life Persist in the Universe? (ft. Daniel Holz and Diana Powell)

Tue, 10 Oct 2023
80 - Special Announcement + ChatGPT On Unifying Quantum Mechanics and Relativity

Thu, 28 Sep 2023
79 - 69 - An Update on Modified Gravity (MOND)

Mon, 28 Aug 2023
78 - 68 - The Age of the Universe

Mon, 14 Aug 2023
77 - 6 - Your Tour Through Quantum Weirdness (Rebroadcast)

Mon, 31 Jul 2023
76 - 67 - When Science Meets Spirituality (Ft. Alan Lightman)

Mon, 17 Jul 2023
75 - 66 - When Space Was Filled With Music

Mon, 3 Jul 2023
74 - 65 - Should We Build a Muon Collider? (Ft. Cari Cesarotti)

Mon, 22 May 2023
73 - 64 - The Journey to the Big Bang

Mon, 8 May 2023
72 - 63 - The Question of Consciousness (Ft. David Chalmers)

Mon, 17 Apr 2023
71 - 47 - Boltzmann Brains: Could Reality Be An Illusion? (Rebroadcast)

Mon, 27 Mar 2023
70 - 62 - JWST and the Earliest Galaxies in the Universe (ft. Mike Boylan-Kolchin)

Mon, 13 Mar 2023
69 - 61 - Could the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the World?

Mon, 27 Feb 2023
68 - 60 - The Search for Extra Dimensions

Mon, 13 Feb 2023
67 - 59 - The End of Everything (Ft. Katie Mack)

Mon, 9 Jan 2023
66 - 58 - The Risks of Science Populism

Mon, 12 Dec 2022
65 - 57 - String Theory Part 3: Duality

Mon, 21 Nov 2022
64 - 56 - An Icy Neutrino Interruption

Mon, 7 Nov 2022
63 - 55 - String Theory Part 2: The First Superstring Revolution

Mon, 24 Oct 2022
62 - 54 - String Theory Part 1: What Is It?

Mon, 3 Oct 2022
61 - 53 - Why We Need a Theory of Quantum Gravity

Mon, 12 Sep 2022
60 - 52 - The Large Hadron Collider and All Its Glory

Mon, 22 Aug 2022
59 - 51 - Why Physicists Love Smashing Particles Together

Mon, 1 Aug 2022
58 - 50 - The Black Hole At the Center of the Milky Way

Mon, 11 Jul 2022
57 - 49 - When the Universe Changed in an Instant

Mon, 27 Jun 2022
56 - 48 - A Wrong Picture Of Cosmology

Mon, 23 May 2022
55 - 13 - Does Quantum Mechanics Imply a Multiverse? (Rebroadcast)

Mon, 9 May 2022
54 - 47 - Boltzmann Brains: Could Reality Be An Illusion?

Mon, 25 Apr 2022
53 - 46 - The Cosmic Rays Raining Down On Us

Mon, 4 Apr 2022
52 - 25 - Do Extra Dimensions Exist? (Rebroadcast)

Mon, 14 Mar 2022
51 - 45 - The Wide World of Exoplanets (ft. Diana Powell)

Mon, 28 Feb 2022
50 - 44 - Our Deepest Theory: Quantum Field Theory

Mon, 14 Feb 2022
49 - 43 - Is Physics the Most Fundamental Subject?

Mon, 31 Jan 2022
48 - 42 - The Signal That Could Be the Dark Matter

Mon, 17 Jan 2022
47 - 41 - The Hubble Tension: The Biggest Fight in Astronomy (ft. Wendy Freedman)

Mon, 3 Jan 2022
46 - 40 - How Will JWST Change Astronomy?

Mon, 20 Dec 2021
45 - 23 - Does Physics Allow for Free Will? (Rebroadcast)

Mon, 29 Nov 2021
44 - 39 - Why Do Science Communication? (ft. Daniel Whiteson and Jorge Cham)

Mon, 15 Nov 2021