Why This Universe?

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96 - The Making of Particle Fever (Ft. David Kaplan)

Season 2 · Episode 5

Monday, November 24, 2025 • Duration 53:24

In the years leading up to the Large Hadron Collider turning on, the physics community was buzzing with curiosity and excitement about what they were about to discover. These moments were captured in the documentary Particle Fever, created by the particle physicist David Kaplan. On today's episode, he recounts these historic years from the perspective of both physicist and filmmaker.

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95 - Would Aliens Have the Same Physics? (Ft. Daniel Whiteson)

Season 2 · Episode 4

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 • Duration 43:10

If we met aliens, could we communicate through physics? Daniel Whiteson explores this question on today's episode. For more, check out his new book, Do Aliens Speak Physics?

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89 - A Dark Matter Vibe Check

Episode 91

Monday, October 14, 2024 • Duration 37:14

Dan and Shalma have a candid conversation about the state of dark matter research, and the ways the field has changed over the last few years.For exclusive ask-us-anything episodes, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverse. Our merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universe

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11 - Discovery Alert! Let's Talk About Gravitational Waves

Season 1 · Episode 11

Monday, September 21, 2020 • Duration 26:43

You may have heard of the new gravitational wave discovery of September 2020. Here's everything you need to know to understand what this detection means for physics!

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10 - What is Dark Energy?

Season 1 · Episode 10

Monday, September 14, 2020 • Duration 28:03

Get introduced to one of the most mysterious characters in physics.

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9 - Is Space Expanding?

Season 1 · Episode 9

Monday, September 7, 2020 • Duration 22:56

Here's how a heated debate about whether our Milky Way galaxy is the entire universe led to the discovery of expanding space.

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8 - Is Space Flat or Curved?

Season 1 · Episode 8

Monday, August 31, 2020 • Duration 23:22

Learn how the geometry of space defies our intuition, and why it gave Einstein so much anxiety.

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7 - Could Black Holes Be the Dark Matter?

Season 1 · Episode 7

Monday, August 24, 2020 • Duration 23:31

Dark matter has eluded physicists for years - all we know is that it's some kind of matter that doesn't interact with light. Does that sound like a black hole to you?

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6 - Your Tour Through Quantum Weirdness

Season 1 · Episode 6

Monday, August 17, 2020 • Duration 29:17

Entanglement, wave-particle duality, and uncertainty - here's a breakdown of the weirdest and wildest things about quantum mechanics.

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5 - How Dan Lost a Bet With Dark Matter

Season 1 · Episode 5

Monday, August 10, 2020 • Duration 27:49

We revisit some of Dan's early predictions about dark matter, and talk about the biggest dark matter ideas and experiments of the last decade.

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