Hear the story of the multi-decade trans-Atlantic rivalry that led to the Higgs boson discovery.

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Hear the story of the multi-decade trans-Atlantic rivalry that led to the Higgs boson discovery. Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

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.

Daniel & Jorge discuss some of the simple but profound questions about existence, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.

Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

Hear the story of the multi-decade trans-Atlantic rivalry that led to the Higgs boson discovery.

How was the Higgs boson discovered?

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Daniel and Jorge talk about what happens when one superstar of physics slams into another.

Daniel and Jorge talk about what happens when one superstar of physics slams into another.

Can a gravitational wave pass through a black hole?

Daniel and Jorge talk about the lengths people will go to avoid accepting the randomness of quantum mechanics. 

Daniel and Jorge talk about the lengths people will go to avoid accepting the randomness of quantum mechanics.

What is superdeterminism?

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Daniel and Jorge break down the differences between the two-way and one-way speed of light.

Daniel and Jorge break down the differences between the two-way and one-way speed of light.

How was the Higgs boson discovered?

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