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Why This Universe?

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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61 - Could the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the World?
Why This Universe? ·
2023/02/27
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23:49
60 - The Search for Extra Dimensions
Why This Universe? ·
2023/02/13
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40:49
59 - The End of Everything (Ft. Katie Mack)
Why This Universe? ·
2023/01/09
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14:20
58 - The Risks of Science Populism
Why This Universe? ·
2022/12/12
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24:02
57 - String Theory Part 3: Duality
Why This Universe? ·
2022/11/21
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28:55
56 - An Icy Neutrino Interruption
Why This Universe? ·
2022/11/07
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28:09
55 - String Theory Part 2: The First Superstring...
Why This Universe? ·
2022/10/24
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25:25
54 - String Theory Part 1: What Is It?
Why This Universe? ·
2022/10/03
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28:14
53 - Why We Need a Theory of Quantum Gravity
Why This Universe? ·
2022/09/12
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28:07
52 - The Large Hadron Collider and All Its Glory
Why This Universe? ·
2022/08/22
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23:46
51 - Why Physicists Love Smashing Particles Together
Why This Universe? ·
2022/08/01
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31:04
50 - The Black Hole At the Center of the Milky Way
Why This Universe? ·
2022/07/11
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25:26
49 - When the Universe Changed in an Instant
Why This Universe? ·
2022/06/27
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25:18
48 - A Wrong Picture Of Cosmology
Why This Universe? ·
2022/05/23
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34:25
13 - Does Quantum Mechanics Imply a Multiverse?...
Why This Universe? ·
2022/05/09
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28:34
47 - Boltzmann Brains: Could Reality Be An Illusion?
Why This Universe? ·
2022/04/25
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25:19
46 - The Cosmic Rays Raining Down On Us
Why This Universe? ·
2022/04/04
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28:33
25 - Do Extra Dimensions Exist? (Rebroadcast)
Why This Universe? ·
2022/03/14
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39:08
45 - The Wide World of Exoplanets (ft. Diana Powell)
Why This Universe? ·
2022/02/28
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24:29
44 - Our Deepest Theory: Quantum Field Theory
Why This Universe? ·
2022/02/14
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