Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future
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Naked Astronomy: the Naked Scientists' Astronomy and Space Science Podcast - audio that's out of this world...
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Publishing monthly, Space Boffins brings you cutting edge conversation and debate about the past, present and future of space science.
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Come get curious with NASA. As an official NASA podcast, Curious Universe brings you mind-blowing science and space adventures you won't find anywhere else. Explore the cosmos alongside astronauts, scientists, engineers, and other top NASA experts who are achieving remarkable feats in science, space exploration, and aeronautics. Learn something new about the wild and wonderful universe we share. All you need to get started is a little curiosity. NASA's Curious Universe is an official NASA po ...
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The astronomy podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine.
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The politics, policy, and history behind space exploration.
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You've got questions and astrophysicist Paul M. Sutter has answers - every episode you will come closer to complete knowledge of time and space!
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The space news podcast from the National Space Centre that goes beyond the headlines. https://www.spacecentre.co.uk/
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Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain tackle listeners' conundrums with the power of science!
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The Naked Scientists flagship science show brings you a lighthearted look at the latest scientific breakthroughs, interviews with the world's top scientists, answers to your science questions and science experiments to try at home.
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Take a fact-based journey through the cosmos. Tune in to hear weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology. Hosted by Fraser Cain (Universe Today) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (Planetary Science Institute), this show brings the questions of an avid astronomy lover direct to an astronomer. Together Fraser and Pamela explore what is known and being discovered about the universe around us. Astronomy Cast is supported thru patreon.com/AstronomyCast.
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Science, pop culture, and comedy collide on StarTalk Radio! Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and Director of New York's Hayden Planetarium, and his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities, and scientific experts explore astronomy, physics, and everything else there is to know about life in the universe. New episodes premiere Tuesdays. Keep Looking Up! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podca ...
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MECO is opinion and analysis of spaceflight, exploration, policy, and strategy, by Anthony Colangelo.
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Welcome to the Old Time Radio Scifi , From its earliest time, radio has always been interested in Science Fiction. There has been science fiction on the radio since before Buck Rogers in 1932. Radio SciFi characters leaped into your living room as the listener would be taken on an adventure into time and space each week. Join us each week as we explore the unknown universe of science fiction only on the Old Time Radio Network.
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The news you know, the science you don’t. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to why we argue, to a deep dive on animal lifespans: see the world in a new way.
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Best known for blowing things up (for science, of course) and putting wild theories to the test, best friends Kari Byron and Tory Belleci are back - armed with stories from behind-the-scenes of MythBusters and just enough knowledge to be dangerous.
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Not for Profit podcast – Astronomy, Deep Space Exploration and International Collaboration
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Twice a week, the Guardian brings you the latest science and environment news
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Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.
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Welcome to Bedtime Astronaut, where we drift through the universe one idea at a time. Each episode explores real space science, planetary history, and astronomical discoveries in a calm, steady voice—perfect for unwinding at the end of the day.
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A Guide to the Final Frontier.
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Elke twee weken het laatste nieuws over ruimtevaart en astronomie met Herbert Blankesteijn, Luc van den Abeelen, Thijs Roes, Erik Laan en Michel van Baal.
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Get your weekly dose of all that's new in space and astronomy with Escape Velocity Space News. The sky is not the limit, as we bring you the latest scientific discoveries and rocket launches. EVSN is brought to you by the team behind CosmoQuest at the Planetary Science Institute and features hosts Dr. Pamela L. Gay and Erik Madaus, with audio engineering by Ally Pelphrey. EVSN is supported through Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/CosmoQuestX.
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The new space age is upon us, and This Week in Space leaves no topic untouched. Every Friday, join Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra magazine, Rod Pyle and Managing Editor of Space.com, Tariq Malik as they explore everything related to the cosmos. You can join Club TWiT for $10 per month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $5 per month. New episodes posted every Friday.
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Welcome to "Your Space Journey," an interview series that takes you on an exhilarating voyage through the vast realm of space exploration. In this captivating series, we bring you in-depth conversations with the leaders of space exploration, including astronauts who have ventured beyond Earth, brilliant scientists who unravel the mysteries of the cosmos, and ingenious engineers who design cutting-edge spacecraft. Join us as we delve into their awe-inspiring stories, remarkable achievements, ...
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Planetary Radio brings you the human adventure across our Solar System and beyond. We visit each week with the scientists, engineers, leaders, advocates, and astronauts who are taking us across the final frontier. Regular features raise your space IQ while they put a smile on your face. Join host Sarah Al-Ahmed and Planetary Society colleagues including Bill Nye the Science Guy and Bruce Betts as they dive deep into space science and exploration. The monthly Space Policy Edition takes you in ...
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X Minus One is widely considered among the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio. The first 15 episodes were new versions of Dimension X episodes, but the remainder were adaptations of newly published science fiction stories by leading writers in the field, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl and Theodore Sturgeon, along with a few original scripts. For baby boomer's that liked The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone and for ...
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Stage Zero News is the flagship podcast from Stage Zero about SpaceX, Elon Musk, cutting-edge tech, and the future of everything. Every week, host Wil Waldon breaks down the biggest stories in space exploration, innovation, and emerging technology — and what they mean for the world ahead. From rockets and robots to AI and electric vehicles, Wil connects the dots and explores how today’s breakthroughs are shaping tomorrow.
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Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
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The UK's #1 space podcast. Science journalist Izzie Clarke and astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst whizz through the universe to explore the latest research with leading experts, dive to history from the society’s archives and take on your weird and wonderful questions about all things space. Can we gravitationally hitch-hike out of the solar system? Do we live in a multiverse? What is time? Plus Dr Robert Massey is on hand with his top star-gazing tips. Want to support the show? Join The Supe ...
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SciFi Friday takes you back to the early days of science fiction. Each week we explore the programs that layed the foundation for science fiction of today.
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Welcome to Science News Daily, brought to you by Brief! Our AI selects the latest stories and top headlines and then delivers them to you each day in less than ten minutes (for more details, visit www.brief.news/how-it-works). Tune in to get your daily news on fascinating topics, including physics, biology, chemistry, astronomy, and more. Whether you're a science enthusiast, researcher, or simply curious about the wonders of the natural world, this podcast is your ultimate source for all thi ...
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Brains On!® is a science podcast for curious kids and adults from Brains On Universe. Each week, a different kid co-host joins Molly Bloom to find answers to fascinating questions about the world sent in by listeners. Like, do dogs know they’re dogs? Or, why do feet stink? Plus, we have mystery sounds for you to guess, songs for you to dance to, and lots of facts -- all checked by experts. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/
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From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible.
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Weekly podcasts from Science Magazine, the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.
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Book Club Edition: MOONS: The Mysteries and Marvels of our Solar System by Kate Howells
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It was such a delight to feature work by our own Kate Howells in The Planetary Society’s member book club. We keep Kate busy as our public education specialist, but she found time to write about many of her favorite natural satellites in this richly illustrated edition. Join her and book club host Mat Kaplan for a journey taking us from our own Moo…
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Life beyond Earth? Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock on the mysteries of space
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Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a space scientist and science educator who has worked on a number of instruments that are revolutionising our view of the cosmos, including the James Webb Space Telescope. This year she will be giving the Royal Institution Christmas lectures, Britain’s most prestigious public science lectures, in which she will be explo…
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Why do we explore space? In this Space Policy Edition rerun, Casey Dreier speaks with philosopher Dr. J. S. Johnson-Schwartz about why space science is a moral obligation, beyond economics or prestige.
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How Did Ancient Humans Use The Acoustics Of Spaces Like Caves?
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The sound of a choir performing in a cathedral is iconic for a reason. It’s this beautiful human experience: being side-by-side with other people, feeling the sound vibrate through you, reverberating around the space. But how long has that been a part of our culture? And what role did sound play in the lives of people who lived during the Ice Age o…
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Hunting asteroids from space, and talking to pollinators with heat
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First up on the podcast, we’ve likely only found about half the so-called city-killer asteroids (objects more than 140 meters in diameter). Freelance science journalist Robin George Andrews joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the upcoming launch of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor, an asteroid hunter that will improve our ability to look for large …
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A teddy bear launched into the upper atmosphere as part of a school science project has gone missing! Inspired by this story, the Unexpected Elements team look into how bears could help improve astronauts’ health on long-term space flights. Next, how has a US Air Force site delivered an unexpected conservation win for an endangered species? We’re t…
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China Aims Reusable Zhuque-3, Megaconstellations Spoil Space Data, San Francisco Sues Food Giants, Nasal Spray Vaccine Targets Whooping C cough, and more...
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(0:10): LandSpace's Zhuque-3 Rocket Aims for Historic Reusable Launch, Transforming China's Space Industry (1:51): Megaconstellations Threaten Space Telescope Data: Urgent Call for Global Coordination and Mitigation (4:16): San Francisco Sues Food Giants Over Ultraprocessed Foods, Cites Public Health Crisis (6:11): New Nasal Spray Vaccine BPZE1 Sho…
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‘Prehistoric Planet’ Defrosts Strange Animals Of The Ice Age
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Koalas with the bodies of lions. Elephants the size of your dog. Gigantic, 8-foot-tall sloths. These aren’t creatures found in science fiction: They walked our planet a million years ago, during the Ice Age. That’s the focus of the third season of the Apple TV series “Prehistoric Planet,” which uses the latest paleontology research and photorealist…
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Brains On presents: Smash Boom Best - Hot Wheels vs Monster Trucks
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We're on a little winter break here, but we're gonna be back with a new episode of Brains On January 6th. Until then, we have an episode of our sister podcast, smash Boom. Best to share with you the episode. Features some familiar voices. Me, mark, and Sandon, enjoy the show! Whether you like your wheels big or small, this debate is for you! It’s …
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Cosmic Queries – Space Volcanoes: Fire and Ice with Natalie Starkey
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What’s a supervolcano? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Matt Kirshen discover all types of volcanoes in the solar system with cosmochemist and author of Fire and Ice: The Volcanoes of the Solar System, Natalie Starkey. Is there such a thing as an ice volcano? Originally Aired October 5, 2021. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire e…
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Revisited: why do we age in dramatic bursts, and what can we do about it?
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Scientists are beginning to understand that ageing is not simply a linear process and we age, according to recent research, in three accelerated bursts: at about 40, 60 and 80 years old. In this episode from July, Ian Sample talks to Stanford University’s Prof Michael Snyder, who explains what the drivers of these bursts of ageing could be, and how…
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A holiday special! Enjoy this week’s episode of Headlines free. It’s an absolute monster episode—way longer than usual Headlines episodes, I promise—but it’s a great example of what you get when you support the show over at mainenginecutoff.com/support. NASA finally—and we really do mean it this time—has a full-time leader - Ars Technica Agencywide…
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Fire up your flux capacitor and dematerialise your Tardis because The Supermassive Podcast is traveling in time. Is it possible? How does it work? And, crucially, which films got the physics right (or wrong!)? Thank you to Dr Emma Osborne from the University of York, and Dr Alfredo Carpinetti from IFLScience for their help on this episode. Alfredo'…
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 775: The Hydrogen 21-cm Line By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Dec 15, 2025. Atomic hydrogen is the raw material for stars, but there's a problem. It's cold & dark, but it can do a very rare trick, releasing a photon in a very specific wavelength, known as the 21 centimeter line. And thanks to this wavelength astro…
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Yellowstone Mud Eruption Captured, Lab Grown Brains Inspire Psychiatry, MINFLUX Reveals Cardiac Receptors, Global Study Maps Seasonal Shifts, and more...
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(0:10): Spectacular Mud Eruption at Yellowstone's Black Diamond Pool Captured by New Monitoring System (1:49): Lab-Grown Brain Organoids Unlock New Insights for Personalized Psychiatric Treatment (4:17): Breakthrough 3D Imaging of Cardiac Ryanodine Receptors Unveiled with MINFLUX Microscopy (6:04): Global Study Reveals Regional Seasonal Asynchronie…
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Can you ACTUALLY Curve a BULLET? Behind our Best MythBusters Movie Myths
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Can you actually curve a bullet? Why was Kari swinging a loaded gun while five months pregnant on MythBusters? Can you really make a gas tank explode by shooting it? Kari and Tory reveal the most dangerous behind-the-scenes moments from testing Hollywood myths. The "WANTED" curving bullet experiment that could have killed them - and the elegant sol…
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How Did Vaccine Policies Actually Change In 2025?
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Since 1955, when Congress passed the Polio Vaccination Assistance Act, the federal government has been in the business of expanding access to vaccines. That is, until this year. 2025 has been filled with almost daily news stories about federal agencies, under the direction of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., casting doubts about vaccine safe…
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In this episode, we're revisiting some of the most magical moments and scientific milestones of 2025 - including the incredible legacy of Dame Jane Goodall, the brain-wave reading bionic-knee, why labradors are so greedy, and the beer that doesn't give you a hangover... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists…
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Your weekly briefing on what’s shaping this new space era. Whether it’s NASA leadership shifts, commercial breakthroughs, or daring scientific discoveries, we’ve got you covered.By David Ariosto
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Where Does Solar System End? | Bedtime Astronaut for Sleep
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Where does the solar system truly end? This episode explores the boundaries of our cosmic neighborhood, from the outer planets and the Kuiper Belt to the distant Oort Cloud and the edge of the Sun’s influence. We examine how gravity, solar wind, and interstellar space define the gradual transition from our solar system into the wider galaxy.…
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The Brains On crew is hitting the road in 2026, and our first shows have just been announced. If you like fun, games, dancing, optical illusions and... Mystery Sounds, check out Your Brain is Magic. Head to brainson.org/events to get tickets for the following shows: 1/17 Newark, NJ Victoria Theater 1/18 Red Bank, NJ The Vogel 1/23 San Diego, CA The…
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TWiS 190: Holiday Special 2025 - A Look Back at 2025 in Space!
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It's our annual holiday special for 2025, in which we look back at the past year in space—its ups, its downs, its all-arounds. What a year it's been, and after all the challenges and hullabaloo, we're grateful in a post-Thanksgiving fashion to welcome Jared Isaacman, at last, as the new NASA Administrator. What he will do and how remains largely un…
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Hubble Solves Cosmic Mystery, Roman Soldiers Plagued by Parasites, Profanity Powers Performance, CRISPRi Maps Astrocyte Enhancers, and more...
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(0:10): Hubble Solves Mystery: Fomalhaut's Bright Spot Revealed as Debris from Massive Cosmic Collisions (2:29): Ancient Roman Soldiers at Vindolanda Plagued by Parasites, Study Reveals (4:16): Swearing Boosts Physical Performance: Study Reveals Surprising Benefits of Profanity (5:56): CRISPRi Screen Maps Functional Enhancers in Astrocytes, Paving …
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Cosmic Dawn with Nobel Laureate John Mather
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The James Webb Space Telescope is doing something astronomers dreamed about for decades: peering into our universe’s early past, a period known as cosmic dawn. A new NASA documentary—also called Cosmic Dawn—chronicles the inside story of Webb’s design, construction, and launch. John Mather, who won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics, proposed the tel…
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Are you smarter than a space expert? 2025 Quiz!
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Calling all SPACE NERDS and QUIZ GEEKS: join David and the Space NOW! gang for a Christmas space quiz 🎄 Test your general knowledge and recap what happened this year in Space 🚀 MERCH Get your own Space Centre tee ➡️ https://spacecentre.teemill.com/ Want to keep quizzing? ➡️ https://www.spacecentre.co.uk/news/sp... GET IN TOUCH Visit the National Sp…
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International Space Station leaders Laura Shaw and Jennifer Buchli discuss the science, discoveries, and innovations that have defined nearly 25 years aboard the orbiting laboratory. HWHAP 406.By National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Why Astronomers Are Excited About Comet 3I/ATLAS’ Close Approach
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This year, comet 3I/Atlas broke into our solar system, but also the zeitgeist. This dirty snowball is a visitor from another solar system, and it’s only the third interstellar object we’ve ever spotted. And today, it's closer to us than ever before—just 170 million miles away. Astronomy experts Stefanie Milam and Hakeem Oluseyi join Host Flora Lich…
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Why are we sad when television series end?
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The end of Australian soap opera Neighbours has us wondering why a television series ending makes us sad. Also, what does science say about how to engage with screens while still protecting your vision? Also on the show, visual ecologist Daniel Hanley has created a camera to help us visualize the world animals see, and why are there green birds, gr…
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What exactly is 'phantom pain' and how does it work?Hannah and Dara investigate a medical phenomenon that's been known about for centuries but is often misunderstood; and involves masses of unanswered questions. The condition 'phantom pain' is when someone gets a sensation of pain that feels like it's coming from a part of their body that's no long…
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Cosmic Queries – Living in a Simulation with Nick Bostrom
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Are we in a simulation? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice take a deep dive into simulation theory, consciousness, and free will with Oxford theorist Nick Bostrom. Is this The Matrix? Originally Aired December 21, 2021. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmed…
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