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How to Detect Extra Dimensions

How to Detect Extra Dimensions

Season 4 Episode 41
11:46
Computing a Universe Simulation

Computing a Universe Simulation

Season 4 Episode 42
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What are the Strings in String Theory?

What are the Strings in String Theory?

Season 4 Episode 43
13:20
Will We Ever Find Alien Life?

Will We Ever Find Alien Life?

Season 4 Episode 44
12:44
Supersymmetric Particle Found?

Supersymmetric Particle Found?

Season 4 Episode 45
12:07
What if Singularities DO NOT Exist?

What if Singularities DO NOT Exist?

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What Happens If We Nuke Space?

What Happens If We Nuke Space?

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How Eclipses Revealed Our Solar System

How Eclipses Revealed Our Solar System

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Quantum Gravity and the Hardest Problem in Physics

Season 4 Episode 40

Between them, general relativity and quantum mechanics seem to describe all of observable reality.

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Is Gravity RANDOM Not Quantum?
19:26
What if gravity isn’t weirdly quantum at all, but rather … just a bit messy?
Can We Create New Elements Beyond the Periodic Table
17:02
Have we reached the end of the line of discoverable elements?
Do Black Holes Have to Be Black?
15:32
Can we change the color of a black hole?
Was Penrose Right? New Evidence For Quantum Effects In The Brain
18:26
Learn about Nobel laureate Roger Penrose's idea of how consciousness is caused by quantum processes.
How To Detect Faster Than Light Travel
16:28
Faster than light travel may produce gravitational waves that we could see here on Earth.
Can a Particle Be Neither Matter Nor Force?
20:07
All particles belong to two large groups: fermions and bosons.
Will The Sun’s Magnetic Field Flip This Year?
16:11
Just how much stronger is this year’s solar activity going to get?
Is It Impossible To Cross The Event Horizon? | Black Hole Firewall Paradox
17:25
So you’ve decided to jump into a black hole...
What’s The Universe’s Strongest Particle Accelerator?
12:51
We only recently figured out where cosmic rays are coming from.
Can Black Holes Unify General Relativity & Quantum Mechanics?
13:28
Black hole complementarity may force us to rethink what it means to say that it exists.
Interstellar Expansion WITHOUT Faster Than Light Travel
20:15
To travel the stars without faster than light travel we’re going to need a generation ship.
What Happens If You Jump Into A Black Hole?
16:19
Today we are jumping into a black hole. Again.
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