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Podcast from science writers at the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi)

The Foundational Questions Institute


    • Feb 18, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 208 EPISODES


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    The Origin of Life, Assembly Theory & the Problems with Peer Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 26:00


    The Year in Physics Review 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 75:00


    The Year in Physics Review 2023 Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2023 43:00


    The Year in Physics Review 2023 Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2023 27:00


    The Year in Physics Review 2023: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2023 25:00


    Is there a Theory of Everything? Great Mysteries of Physics Part 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023 61:00


    What is Life? What is Consciousness? Great Mysteries of Physics Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 51:00


    Does Objective Reality Exist? Great Mysteries of Physics Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 57:00


    Is There a Multiverse? Great Mysteries of Physics Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2023 45:00


    Is Our Universe Fine-Tuned For Life? Great Mysteries of Physics Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023 46:00


    Is Science Becoming Less Disruptive?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 49:00


    Is Time an Illusion? Great Mysteries in Physics Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 47:00


    The Year in Physics Review Part 3: Concluding our countdown of the biggest stories in physics, as chosen by quantum physicist Ian Durham.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2022 48:00


    The Year in Physics Review Part 3: Concluding our countdown of the biggest stories in physics, as chosen by quantum physicist Ian Durham.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2022 48:00


    The Year in Physics Review Part 2: Continuing our countdown of the biggest stories in physics, as chosen by quantum physicist Ian Durham.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 31:00


    The Year in Physics Review Part 2: Continuing our countdown of the biggest stories in physics, as chosen by quantum physicist Ian Durham.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 31:00


    The Year in Physics Review Part 1: Beginning our countdown of the biggest stories in physics, as chosen by quantum physicist Ian Durham. We start with a discussion about whether a wormhole really was created in a quantum computer, in the lab?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 44:00


    The Year in Physics Review Part 1: Beginning our countdown of the biggest stories in physics, as chosen by quantum physicist Ian Durham. We start with a discussion about whether a wormhole really was created in a quantum computer, in the lab?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 44:00


    Testing Time: Quantum physicists Fabrizio Piacentini and Laura Knoll discuss their recent experiment testing the predictions of Constructor Theory, a new meta-framework of physics that may encompass all other theories. The new framework could solve the...

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2022 34:00


    Testing Time: Quantum physicists Fabrizio Piacentini and Laura Knoll discuss their recent experiment testing the predictions of Constructor Theory, a new meta-framework of physics that may encompass all other theories. The new framework could solve the...

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2022 34:00


    Happy Higgs-versary! Particle physicist Kevin Black tells Zeeya Merali about the LHC's new quest. Also, time-travel at the LHC, an update on the W Boson tests with Frank Wilczek; Catalina Curceanu on testing the origin of consciousness; & Queensland.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 52:00


    Happy Higgs-versary! Particle physicist Kevin Black tells Zeeya Merali about the LHC's new quest. Also, time-travel at the LHC, an update on the W Boson tests with Frank Wilczek; Catalina Curceanu on testing the origin of consciousness; & Queensl

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 52:00


    The End of Everything: Astrophysicist Katie Mack on her book describing ways to destroy the universe, & on hints of new physics at the LHC; a quantum engine that heats & cools simultaneously; how the thermodynamic gradient may have driven the...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022 52:00


    The End of Everything: Astrophysicist Katie Mack on her book describing ways to destroy the universe, & on hints of new physics at the LHC; a quantum engine that heats & cools simultaneously; how the thermodynamic gradient may have driven the evol

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022 52:00


    'Quantum dots' can teach us about thermodynamics in the nanorealm.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 10:00


    'Quantum dots' can teach us about thermodynamics in the nanorealm.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 10:00


    Time's Arrow: A conversation with Paul Davies about time's irreversible flow, black holes, memories of Stephen Hawking and the information paradox, Maxwell's demon and living systems -- and how to improve universities. With Logan Chipkin.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 60:00


    Time's Arrow: A conversation with Paul Davies about time's irreversible flow, black holes, memories of Stephen Hawking and the information paradox, Maxwell's demon and living systems -- and how to improve universities. With Logan Chipkin.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 60:00


    Quantum Steampunk: Physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern talks about her new book on quantum thermodynamics, temperatures below absolute zero, and the physics of yesterday's tomorrow.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 46:00


    Quantum Steampunk: Physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern talks about her new book on quantum thermodynamics, temperatures below absolute zero, and the physics of yesterday's tomorrow.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 46:00


    Constructor Theory and Irreversibility: A conversation with Chiara Marletto and Vlatko Vedral on a novel unification between information theory and thermodynamics and their recent experiment that tested, and corroborated, the constructor theoretic notion.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 52:00


    Constructor Theory and Irreversibility: A conversation with Chiara Marletto and Vlatko Vedral on a novel unification between information theory and thermodynamics and their recent experiment that tested, and corroborated, the constructor theoretic notion.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 52:00


    Eerie quantum Aharanov-Bohm effect demonstrated for gravity; mysteries about the nature of time; how choices can curve spacetime; and the Science of Can and Can't.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 60:00


    Eerie quantum Aharanov-Bohm effect demonstrated for gravity; mysteries about the nature of time; how choices can curve spacetime; and the Science of Can and Can't.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 60:00


    Information as Fuel. Quantum physicist Natalia Ares describes her quest to test thermodynamics in the quantum realm with carbon nanotubes. Philosopher Owen Maroney and theoretical physicist Janet Anders explain what such experiments can teach us about the

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 27:00


    Information as Fuel. Quantum physicist Natalia Ares describes her quest to test thermodynamics in the quantum realm with carbon nanotubes. Philosopher Owen Maroney and theoretical physicist Janet Anders explain what such experiments can teach us about the

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 27:00


    2021: The Year in Physics Review Part 3. FQXi's annual countdown of the physics highlights concludes, with quantum physicist Ian Durham.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 43:00


    2021: The Year in Physics Review Part 3. FQXi's annual countdown of the physics highlights concludes, with quantum physicist Ian Durham.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 43:00


    2021: Year in Physics Review Part 2. Our rundown of the physics highlights of the year continues, with quantum physicist Ian Durham.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 26:00


    2021: Year in Physics Review Part 2. Our rundown of the physics highlights of the year continues, with quantum physicist Ian Durham.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 26:00


    2021: Year in Physics Review Part 1. Beginning our countdown of the biggest and best stories in physics, with quantum physicist Ian Durham.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 18:00


    2021: Year in Physics Review Part 1. Beginning our countdown of the biggest and best stories in physics, with quantum physicist Ian Durham.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 18:00


    Schrödinger's Tardigrade: Has a multicellular organism really been entangled with a superconducting qubit? Physicist Vlatko Vedral defends his team's controversial claims; Mitch Waldrop discusses the long-running Hubble tension saga and the launch

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 59:00


    Schrödinger's Tardigrade: Has a multicellular organism really been entangled with a superconducting qubit? Physicist Vlatko Vedral defends his team's controversial claims; Mitch Waldrop discusses the long-running Hubble tension saga and

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 59:00


    Breakthrough Prize winner Jun Ye talks optical lattice clocks; the thermodynamic cost of timekeeping with Marcus Huber; & microbead minimotors help John Bechhoefer investigate information processing in nanomachines and biological systems.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 50:00


    Breakthrough Prize winner Jun Ye talks optical lattice clocks; the thermodynamic cost of timekeeping with Marcus Huber; & microbead minimotors help John Bechhoefer investigate information processing in nanomachines and biological systems.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 50:00


    The End of Everything: Astrophysicist Katie Mack on her book describing ways to destroy the universe, & on hints of new physics at the LHC; a quantum engine that heats & cools simultaneously; how the thermodynamic gradient may have driven the...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2021 52:00


    'Quantum dots' can teach us about thermodynamics in the nanorealm.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 10:00


    Information as Fuel. Quantum physicist Natalia Ares describes her quest to test thermodynamics in the quantum realm with carbon nanotubes. Philosopher Owen Maroney and theoretical physicist Janet Anders explain what such experiments can teach us about the

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 27:00


    The Disordered Cosmos: Physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein discusses the hunt for axions, her new book on dark matter, racism and misogyny in science, and the controversy surrounding the Thirty Meter Telescope.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 45:00


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