Can gravity waves kill you? Why do we have particles? Can fission power a star?

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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

Can gravity waves kill you? Why do we have particles? Can fission power a star?

Listener Questions 11: Deep questions about gravity and particles.

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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.

Is the speed of light the same in all directions?

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether black holes have a temperature and if we can ever know! 

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether black holes have a temperature and if we can ever know!

Listener Questions 11: Deep questions about gravity and particles.

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