Podcast appearances and mentions of Kip Thorne

How do we detect ripples in spacetime? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Harrison Greenbaum explore black hole collisions, quantum tricks, and how gravitational waves can help us uncover the early universe with MIT physicist and LIGO researcher Nergis Mavalvala.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/when-black-holes-collide-with-nergis-mavalvala/Thanks to our Patrons Akhilesh Kashyap, George Woods, Alishan Momin, Scott Artyn, Terrance Wallace, justinetaylor1989, David Kupersmith, Asef Karim, Robert Somazze, Micheal Emmer, Jeffrey Cooper, Bigyan Bhar, Gavin TRaber, A Bains, josh burrell, Darius Cruz, Cassandre L Henderson, Liam Higley, Ojakuna, Karen, Anshul Sanghi, Sam Walley, David Eatwell, Psychotacon, Alec Myers, Alfred Rivera, Colby Carmichiel, Tommy, kim kanahele, Robert Breutzmann, Dan Defibaugh, Slyter, Aksheev Bhambri, Chris Topher, Joanna Apergis, Rockington, Patrick Corrigan, AlexKP_, Abi ROdriguez, Shawn Santor, Shanna Johnston, Cleve Dawson, Mohammed Bilal Monnoo, Patrick Laurin, Eric Kaplan, Dr. What, Glen S. Sheets, David Yardley, Librak Productions LLC, and Catherine Thomas for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

This week, we're heading through the wormhole and tackling Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. Where does it rank in Nolan's filmography? Is it a sci-fi masterpiece?We try our best to dive into the science behind the film, from Kip Thorne's advisory role to Nolan's obsession with authenticity (including his unexpected side hustle in corn farming). Do we actually understand quantum physics? Obviously not, but we give it a go.And of course, we couldn't cover this film without talking about Hans Zimmer's incredible score and creative partnership with Nolan.Strap in, we're headed to a Gargantuan good pod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The science fiction film “Interstellar” turns 10 years old this month. For many of us, it was our first encounter with some pretty advanced astrophysics, taking sci-fi concepts like wormholes and time warping, and backing them up with actual science. Now, we're revisiting the impact that movie's science had on pop culture, and how astrophysics has advanced in the past decade. If it were made today, what would be different?Ira Flatow sits down with “Interstellar” science advisor Dr. Kip Thorne, a professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology. Since the film's release, he has won a Nobel Prize for his contributions to the detection of gravitational waves generated from black holes. They discuss how the film inspired people to pursue scientific careers and how recent astrophysics discoveries, like gravitational waves, could've made it into the movie.Universe of Art is hosted and produced by D Peterschmidt, who also wrote the music. Our show art is illustrated by Abelle Hayford. And support for Science Friday's science and arts coverage comes from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.Do you have science-inspired art you'd like to share with us for a future episode? Send us an email or a voice memo to universe@sciencefriday.com.

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Moiya and comedian Christian Royce review and rate the movie Interstellar. Moiya shares a supremely mundane story about the movie's science advisor Kip Thorne.   Guest Star Christian Royce is a comedian and voice actor. Follow him on IG at @christianroyce_nottherapper   Messages Get your Pale Blue Pod Merch 20% off with code PBPODHOLIDAY20 Listen to Big Game Hunger every Monday Become a star and support us on patreon at patreon.com/palebluepod!   Find Us Online Website: palebluepod.com Patreon: patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter: twitter.com/PaleBluePod Instagram: instagram.com/palebluepod Credits Host Dr. Moiya McTier. Twitter: @GoAstroMo, Website: moiyamctier.com Editor Mischa Stanton. Twitter: @mischaetc, Website: mischastanton.com Cover artist Shae McMullin. Twitter: @thereshaegoes, Website: shaemcmullin.com Theme musician Evan Johnston. Website: evanjohnstonmusic.com About Us Pale Blue Pod is an astronomy podcast for people who are overwhelmed by the universe but want to be its friend. Astrophysicist Dr. Moiya McTier and comedian Corinne Caputo demystify space one topic at a time with open eyes, open arms, and open mouths (from so much laughing and jaw-dropping). By the end of each episode, the cosmos will feel a little less “ahhh too scary” and a lot more “ohhh, so cool!” New episodes every Monday. Pale Blue Pod is a member of the Multitude Collective.

What type of time travel is in “A Christmas Carol”? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice answer fan questions on time travel, paradoxes, and wormholes with theoretical physicist, Brian Greene. Did Ebenezer Scrooge get pulled through a wormhole?  (Originally Aired December 20, 2022)NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/past-present-future-time-travel-with-brian-greene/ Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts to listen to new episodes ad-free and a whole week early.

For its 10th anniversary, the science advisor for “Interstellar” discusses the film's impact and how new information about gravitational waves could have changed it.The science fiction film “Interstellar” turns 10 years old this month. For many of us, it was our first encounter with some pretty advanced astrophysics, taking sci-fi concepts like wormholes and time warping, and backing them up with actual science. Now, we're revisiting the impact that movie's science had on pop culture, and how astrophysics has advanced in the past decade. If it were made today, what would be different?Ira Flatow sits down with “Interstellar” science advisor Dr. Kip Thorne, a professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology. Since the film's release, he has won a Nobel Prize for his contributions to the detection of gravitational waves generated from black holes. They discuss how the film inspired people to pursue scientific careers and how recent astrophysics discoveries, like gravitational waves, could've made it into the movie.Transcripts for each segment will be available after the show airs on sciencefriday.com.  Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.

Kip Thorne is an Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, the California Institute of Technology, and someone who's had a huge impact on our understanding of Einsteinian gravity. Over the course of his career Kip has broken new ground in the study of black holes, and been an integral parts of the team that recorded gravitational waves for the very first time – earning him a share in the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics.He went on to promote physics in films: developing the original idea behind Christopher Nolan's time-travel epic Interstellar and, since then, advising on scientific elements of various big-screen projects; including, most recently, the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer.In a special edition of The Life Scientific recorded in front of an audience of London's Royal Institution, Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to Kip about his life and career, from his Mormon upbringing in Utah to Hollywood collaborations – all through the lens of his unwavering passion for science.

Could you travel back in time through a wormhole? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate Kip Thorne to reflect on discovering gravitational waves with LIGO, the science in the movie Interstellar, black holes, and many more mysteries still yet to be answered.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free.Thanks to our Patrons Colin Michael Gregory, Robert Gehrig, Élysse, patricia pulvirenti, Joe DiFranco, Jesus Osvaldo Bonilla, Cory Martin, Therese Talbot, Kass, Willian Fee, Terrance Richards, J. Spencer Cook "Spencer", Marilyn Webster, Gary Snider, Diego urueta, Stephen, Randall Olson, tucker Coffin, bruce evans, sue ercreich, Fredrik Johansson, Jan Turley, Brian Falk, and Terry Hofmann for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts to listen to new episodes ad-free and a whole week early.

As with all episodes of this podcast there are spoilers ahead! Earlier this year I approached a brilliant theoretical physicist about whether she would like to come on the podcast to speak about her favourite science fiction film but instead she wanted to speak to me about the science of the film Interstellar (2014). I apologise in advance for my own level of understanding of physics which is a mix of decades old lessons in school, a tiny handful of pop science books and a number of science fiction films. Interstellar was released ten years ago in November 2014. Theoretical physicist Kip Thorne was the main consultant to director Christopher Nolan on the science of the film which is packed with scientifically accurate scenarios (and a few scientifically fantastical ones too). The Guest Claudia de Rham is a theoretical physicist at Imperial College, London. Her expertise lies at the interface between Quantum Field Theory, Gravity, Gravitational Waves, Cosmology, Particle Physics, Numerical Simulations and Theoretical Mathematical Physics. She is also the author of the book The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity. Chapters00:00 Introduction to the show and guest01:20 Claudia's first viewing: Science, emotion and the world you leave behind. 03:25 A quick overview of the premise04:37 Wormholes: folding paper and spacetime17:17 Kip Thorne and gravitational anomalies11:14 Time dilation and black holes15:14 Time is relative, gravity is multi-dimensional and the transition to science fiction16:49 Going beyond Einstein's theory of general relativity to the holy grail of science19:34 Differences in singularities and being pulled apart by black holes21:47 The tesseract and extra dimensions24:50 Gravity as communicator29:38 Gravity vs light33:20 Direct detection of gravitational waves, interferometers and LISA* in space35:06 Observation of the shadows of black holes36:50 Claudia's love of gravity Next Episode:The next film we will be looking at is Creature from the Black Lagoon from 1954!You can check JustWatch for where you can find the film in your region. It is available to rent or buy in various places including Apple TV. Sequels Revenge of the Creature and The Creature Walks Among Us are trickier to track down though there are some online streaming services. The Shape of Water (2017) which is heavily inspired by the original film is available to rent or buy in various places and is also available for those who have a Disney+ subscription. * The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

Pünktlich zu Halloween macht sich Cosmic Latte auf den Weg in andere Dimensionen, durch Tunnel in Raum und Zeit und in andere Welten. Dabei landen wir (fast) in der Hölle und diskutieren unterwegs darüber, wie wissenschaftlich die Darstellungen von Wurmlöchern und Dimensionsportale in der Science Fiction sind. Und wie immer wenn es um Science Fiction geht, ist der Drehbuchautor Peter Koller zu Gast. Unterstützt uns bei [Steady](https://steadyhq.com/de/cosmiclatte/), [Patreon] (https://patreon.com/CosmiclattePodcast), oder [Paypal](https://paypal.me/cosmiclattepod)!

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the tantalising idea that there are shortcuts between distant galaxies, somewhere out there in the universe. The idea emerged in the context of Einstein's theories and the challenge has been not so much to prove their unlikely existence as to show why they ought to be impossible. The universe would have to folded back on itself in places, and there would have to be something to make the wormholes and then to keep them open. But is there anywhere in the vast universe like that? Could there be holes that we or more advanced civilisations might travel through, from one galaxy to another and, if not, why not? With Toby Wiseman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College LondonKaty Clough Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at Queen Mary, University of LondonAnd Andrew Pontzen Professor of Cosmology at Durham UniversityProducer: Simon TillotsonReading list:Jim Al-Khalili, Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines (Taylor & Francis, 1999)Andrew Pontzen, The Universe in a Box: Simulations and the Quest to Code the Cosmos (Riverhead Books, 2023)Claudia de Rham, The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity (Princeton University Press, 2024)Carl Sagan, Contact (Simon and Schuster, 1985)Kip Thorne, Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (W. W. Norton & Company, 1994)Kip Thorne, Science of Interstellar (W. W. Norton & Company, 2014)Matt Visser, Lorentzian Wormholes: From Einstein to Hawking (American Institute of Physics Melville, NY, 1996) In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio Production

I 2014 var Christopher Nolan allerede en anerkendt stjerneinstrukør med bl.a. Memento fra 2000, Batman-trilogien fra 2005 - 2008, The Prestige fra 2006 og ikke mindst monster-succesen Inception fra 2010 på CV'et. Det var derfor ikke mærkeligt, at Warner Bros. turde investere 165. mio. dollars i hans næste projekt. Manuskriptet til Interstellar kom ad omveje fra Spielberg til Jonathan Nolan og endte til sidst hos Christopher Nolan, der tilførte fortællingen sine egne ideer, og stod nu overfor at skulle realisere et vanvittig ambitiøst projekt baseret på teorier af fysiker Kip Thorne i form af warped space time og rejser i forskellige dimensioner. Det hele skulle presses og skubbes ned i Hollywoods fortælleskabeloner, så den kunne blive tilgængelig for alle typer biografgængere. Filmen blev en gigantisk succes og indtjente 700 mio. dollars, blev nomineret til 5 Oscars og cementerede Matthew McConaughey som en af Hollywoods bedste mandlige skuespillere. Men holder den her 10 år efter sin premiere eller var den blot et produkt af sin tid? Og er bøjning af tid og rum på film stadig forståeligtog fascinerende? Og er det hele overhovedet forståeligt? 

Happy Birthday, Interstellar! Vor 10 Jahren kam Christopher Nolans Sci-Fi-Meisterwerk ins Kino und flackert pünktlich zum Jubiläum wieder auf der Leinwand. Klar also, dass wir prüfen, wie gut oder schlecht die Science im Film gealtert ist. Könnte uns wirklich ein globales Pflanzensterben aushungern? Wann entdecken wir endlich ein Wurmloch? Und hebelt ein Schwarzes Loch tatsächlich die Zeit aus? Wir erzählen's euch – in dieser Folge.

The final episode in this series of The Life Scientific is a journey through space and time, via black holes and wormholes, taking in Nobel-prize-winning research and Hollywood blockbusters!Kip Thorne is an Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, the California Institute of Technology, and someone who's had a huge impact on our understanding of Einsteinian gravity. Over the course of his career Kip has broken new ground in the study of black holes, and been an integral parts of the team that recorded gravitational waves for the very first time – earning him a share in the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics.He went on to promote physics in films: developing the original idea behind Christopher Nolan's time-travel epic Interstellar and, since then, advising on scientific elements of various big-screen projects; including, most recently, the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer.In a special edition of The Life Scientific recorded in front of an audience of London's Royal Institution, Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to Kip about his life and career, from his Mormon upbringing in Utah to Hollywood collaborations – all through the lens of his unwavering passion for science. Presented by Jim Al-Khalili Produced by Lucy Taylor

THE INEXPLICABLE TRUTHS OF TIME TRAVEL In the movies, time travelers typically step inside a machine and—poof—disappear. They then reappear instantaneously among cowboys, knights or dinosaurs. What these films show is basically time teleportation. Scientists don't think this conception is likely in the real world, but they also don't relegate time travel to the crackpot realm. In fact, the laws of physics might allow chronological hopping, but the devil is in the details. Time traveling to the near future is easy: you're doing it right now at a rate of one second per second, and physicists say that rate can change. According to Einstein's special theory of relativity, time's flow depends on how fast you're moving. The quicker you travel, the slower seconds pass. And according to Einstein's general theory of relativity, gravity also affects clocks: the more forceful the gravity nearby, the slower time goes. “Near massive bodies—near the surface of neutron stars or even at the surface of the Earth, although it's a tiny effect—time runs slower than it does far away,” says Dave Goldberg, a cosmologist at Drexel University. If a person were to hang out near the edge of a black hole, where gravity is prodigious, Goldberg says, only a few hours might pass for them while 1,000 years went by for someone on Earth. If the person who was near the black hole returned to this planet, they would have effectively traveled to the future. “That is a real effect,” he says. “That is completely uncontroversial.” Going backward in time gets thorny, though (thornier than getting ripped to shreds inside a black hole). Scientists have come up with a few ways it might be possible, and they have been aware of time travel paradoxes in general relativity for decades. Fabio Costa, a physicist at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, notes that an early solution with time travel began with a scenario written in the 1920s. That idea involved massive long cylinder that spun fast in the manner of straw rolled between your palms and that twisted spacetime along with it. The understanding that this object could act as a time machine allowing one to travel to the past only happened in the 1970s, a few decades after scientists had discovered a phenomenon called “closed timelike curves.” “A closed timelike curve describes the trajectory of a hypothetical observer that, while always traveling forward in time from their own perspective, at some point finds themselves at the same place and time where they started, creating a loop,” Costa says. “This is possible in a region of spacetime that, warped by gravity, loops into itself.” “Einstein read [about closed timelike curves] and was very disturbed by this idea,” he adds. The phenomenon nevertheless spurred later research. Science began to take time travel seriously in the 1980s. In 1990, for instance, Russian physicist Igor Novikov and American physicist Kip Thorne collaborated on a research paper about closed time-like curves. “They started to study not only how one could try to build a time machine but also how it would work,” Costa says. Just as importantly, though, they investigated the problems with time travel. What if, for instance, you tossed a billiard ball into a time machine, and it traveled to the past and then collided with its past self in a way that meant its present self could never enter the time machine? “That looks like a paradox,” Costa says. Since the 1990s, he says, there's been on-and-off interest in the topic yet no big breakthrough. The field isn't very active today, in part because every proposed model of a time machine has problems. “It has some attractive features, possibly some potential, but then when one starts to sort of unravel the details, there ends up being some kind of a roadblock,” says Gaurav Khanna of the University of Rhode Island. For instance, most time travel models require negative mass—and hence negative energy because, as Albert Einstein revealed when he discovered E = mc2, mass and energy are one and the same. In theory, at least, just as an electric charge can be positive or negative, so can mass—though no one's ever found an example of negative mass. Why does time travel depend on such exotic matter? In many cases, it is needed to hold open a wormhole—a tunnel in spacetime predicted by general relativity that connects one point in the cosmos to another.

We talked with Kip Thorne at the Starmus Festival about his research, creative work, and the behind-the-scenes of the movie Interstellar. How did his scientific insights shape the film? What challenges did he face in making complex scientific concepts accessible to the audience? We also delved into his Nobel Prize-awarded research on gravitational waves. Samuel asked these questions and more in this fascinating conversation.   Máme vonku novú knihu, Rozhovory o vesmíre! Podcastové hrnčeky a ponožky nájdete na stránke https://vedator.space/vedastore/ Vedátora môžete podporiť cez stránku Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Vedator_sk   Všetko ostatné nájdete tu https://linktr.ee/vedatorsk Vedátorský newsletter http://eepurl.com/gIm1y5  

Nobelista Kip Thorne je vedec, ktorý rieši otázky, o ktorých mnohí vedci, vrátane Einsteina, pochybovali, čo mu vynieslo až Nobelovu cenu. Thorne tiež spolupracoval s režisérom Christopherom Nolanom na filme Interstellar ako vedecký konzultant, kde skúmali červie diery a javy spojené s gravitáciou. Tému gravitácie predstavil aj na festivale STARMUS v Bratislave. Pri tejto príležitosti poskytol individuálny rozhovor redaktorom Živé.sk Marekom Jurčíkom a Marošom Žofčinom. O tom, aké bolo stráviť pol hodinu s jednou z najväčších kapacít dneška a čo najzaujímavejšie Kip Thorne povedal sa Maroš Žofčin a Marek Jurčík rozprávajú v podcaste SHARE.V podcaste hovoríme aj o týchto témach:Aký je Kip Thorne naživo.Čo sú červie diery a či podľa Thorna existujú.Čo je potrebné na to, aby mohli existovať.Ak by sa nimi dalo cestovať, mohli by sme sa presúvať v priestore i čase.Čo je dnes podľa Thorna najväčšia záhada astrofyziky.Či sme už podľa Nobelistu objavili takmer všetko, alebo ešte skoro nič.Samotný rozhovor s Kipom Thornom si môžete prečítať na webe: https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/CtQCTEw/nobelista-kip-thorne-pri-cestovani-casom-do-minulosti-nie-je-mozne-zmenit-historiu-paradoxy-su-nemozne-rozhovor/ Podcast SHARE pripravuje magazín Živé.sk.

To celebrate Fathers' Day in June, we're turning our attention to a pair of films about dads and time travel. (It's a niche, but there are more options than you think!) For our first selection, we're going with Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, which combines complex theoretical physics concepts with a deeply emotional story of a father and daughter, whose bond crosses time and space to quite literally save the world. We do our best as liberal arts kids to discuss the work of physicist Kip Thorne, wormholes, black holes, the effects of the relativity of time on space travel, and time as a physical dimension, while we also explore topics closer to our comfort zone, like the implicit humanism in Hans Zimmer's beautiful score, Matthew McConaughey's deeply emotional turn as Cooper, and Jonathan Nolan's beautifully balanced screenplay. Prepare to board the Endurance and cross the universe with us!

Kip Thorne je vedec, Nobelista, popularizátor fyziky, autor Interstellaru a účastník festivalu Starmus, ktorý bude čoskoro v Bratislave. Čo spravil pre vedu? V čom bol jeho prístup výnimočný? A prečo by s ním Samuel išiel na dovolenku? O tom všetkom diskutujú Jozef a Samuel. Odpovede na otázku posielajte na vedatorskypodcast@gmail.com   Knihu Rozhovory o vesmíre môžete podporiť cez Startlab https://www.startlab.sk/projekty/3772-rozhovory-o-vesmire/ Podcastové hrnčeky a ponožky nájdete na stránke https://vedator.space/vedastore/ Vedátora môžete podporiť cez stránku Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Vedator_sk   Všetko ostatné nájdete tu https://linktr.ee/vedatorsk Vedátorský newsletter http://eepurl.com/gIm1y5

Rudo and I talk about Black Holes from a purely artistic perspective, our feelings thoughts and imaginings about these magnificent, terrifying parts of our universe that seem to be integral to our existence.Articles/WebsitesAstronomers have snapped a new photo of the black hole in galaxy M87-January 18, 2024Dr. Ronald S. Gamble Jr.-theoretical physicistJanna Levin- Black Hole ArtSpace Artists on the First Black Hole ImageThe Overview EffectBlack in Astro CommunityEvent Horizon TelescopeFilms we talk about:How the Universe WorksInterstellarContactA little bit about Kip Thorne who worked on Interstellar among other things. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themagichourdreamcast.substack.com

2015 konnten Gravitationswellen das erste Mal nachgewiesen werden. Aber vielleicht hat es Joseph Weber schon 1969 geschafft. Wieso wir das nicht so genau wissen, erfahrt ihr in der neuen Folge der Sternengeschichten. Wer den Podcast finanziell unterstützen möchte, kann das hier tun: Mit PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/florianfreistetter), Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/sternengeschichten) oder Steady (https://steadyhq.com/sternengeschichten

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Casey Handmer is the founder of Terraform Industries, a company that is turning CO2 into natural gas through solar electricity. He's an astrophysicist with a PhD from Caltech who has worked on frontier technologies at NASA and Hyperloop. He's also a husband and the father of three kids. Including a newborn! In today's conversation we discussed: Productivity and priorities How to make it work without a support structure How to work on having optimism be the default so you can build a better future How he and his wife (also an astrophysicist and engineering leader) manage a busy household and three under the age of five The importance of long-term projects, both professionally and personally The worst parenting advice he's ever given and received His kids and their relationship with technology — Where to find Casey Handmer - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-handmer-60183262/ - Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/CJHandmer - Casey's Blog: https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/ - Casey and Christine's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/re-productivity/id1387757655   Where to find Adam Fishman - Newsletter: https://startupdadpod.substack.com/ - Newsletter: https://www.fishmanafnewsletter.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjfishman/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startupdadpod/ — In this episode, we cover: [1:46] Welcome [2:01] Caesy's Professional background [7:04] Casey's wife & kids [10:28] How did you meet your wife? [14:26] Support structures (or not having any!) [17:21] Getting joy vs. minimizing work [20:51] Most surprising thing about being a dad [24:13] Worst parenting advice Casey has ever given and received [30:37] Optimism as a default [36:00] Where do you not align with your wife? [38:46] Kids relationship to technology [42:19] How to follow along with Casey's journey [43:21] Rapid fire round [53:39] Thank you — Show references: Snoo: https://www.amazon.com/SNOO-Smart-Sleeper-Happiest-Baby/dp/B0716KN18Z Terraform Industries: https://terraformindustries.com/ NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/ Hyperloop: https://www.hyperlooptt.com/ CalTech: https://www.caltech.edu/ JPL: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Kip Thorne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_Thorne Planet: https://www.planet.com/ LARP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_action_role-playing_game Rubik's cube: https://rubiks.com/en-US/ Lego: https://www.lego.com/en-us Kid-safe knives: https://www.amazon.com/Tovla-Knives-3-Piece-Nylon-Baking/dp/B0711QYPJD/ Tesla Model Y: https://www.tesla.com/modely Tesla Cybertruck: https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck — For sponsorship inquiries email: podcast@fishmana.com. For Startup Dad Merch: www.startupdadshop.com  Production support for Startup Dad is provided by Tommy Harron at http://www.armaziproductions.com/

Casey Handmer is the founder of Terraform Industries, a company that is turning CO2 into natural gas through solar electricity. He's an astrophysicist with a PhD from Caltech who has worked on frontier technologies at NASA and Hyperloop. He's also a husband and the father of three kids. Including a newborn! In today's conversation we discussed:* Productivity and priorities* How to make it work without a support structure* How to work on having optimism be the default so you can build a better future* How he and his wife (also an astrophysicist and engineering leader) manage a busy household and three under the age of five* The importance of long-term projects, both professionally and personally* The worst parenting advice he's ever given and received* His kids and their relationship with technologyListen or watch Startup Dad on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and Overcast.—Where to find Casey HandmerLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-handmer-60183262/Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/CJHandmerCasey's Blog: https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/Casey and Christine's PodcastWhere to find Adam FishmanNewsletter: startupdadpod.substack.com Newsletter: www.FishmanAFNewsletter.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjfishman/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startupdadpod/—In this episode, we cover:[1:46] Welcome[2:01] Caesy's Professional background[7:04] Casey's wife & kids[10:28] How did you meet your wife?[14:26] Support structures (or not having any!)[17:21] Getting joy vs. minimizing work[20:51] Most surprising thing about being a dad[24:13] Worst parenting advice Casey has ever given and received[30:37] Optimism as a default[36:00] Where do you not align with your wife?[38:46] Kids relationship to technology[42:19] How to follow along with Casey's journey[43:21] Rapid fire round[53:39] Thank you—Show references:Snoo: https://www.amazon.com/SNOO-Smart-Sleeper-Happiest-Baby/dp/B0716KN18ZTerraform Industries: https://terraformindustries.com/NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/Hyperloop: https://www.hyperlooptt.com/CalTech: https://www.caltech.edu/JPL: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/Kip Thorne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_ThornePlanet: https://www.planet.com/LARP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_action_role-playing_gameRubik's cube: https://rubiks.com/en-US/Lego: https://www.lego.com/en-usKid-safe knives: https://www.amazon.com/Tovla-Knives-3-Piece-Nylon-Baking/dp/B0711QYPJD/Tesla Model Y: https://www.tesla.com/modelyTesla Cybertruck: https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck—For sponsorship inquiries email: podcast@fishmana.com.For Startup Dad Merch: www.startupdadshop.com Production support for Startup Dad is provided by Tommy Harron at http://www.armaziproductions.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit startupdadpod.substack.com

Remastered from our interview in May 2023 A few months ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing the Nobel Laureate, Barry Barish, for UCTV. Barry is an experimental physicist and a professor at UC Riverside. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.  In our interview, Barry reflects on his life in science, being curious, experiencing imposter syndrome, and working in the field of physics. Tune in!  Key Takeaways:  Intro (00:00) How to get over impostor syndrome (00:40) Exploring curiosity (06:34) The art of science (11:08) The probability of a quantum theory of gravity (21:36) Would Barry visit a black hole? (26:12) Barry's origin story (30:53) Could we make an AI physicist? (42:19) Outro (46:12) — Additional resources: 

Is the universe infinite? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Paul Mecurio go to infinity and beyond as we explore the origins of relativity, time travel, and the discovery of expansion with astrophysicist Janna Levin, PhD live from Pioneer Works in Brooklyn.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here:https://startalkmedia.com/show/relativity-round-up-startalk-live-with-janna-levin/Thanks to our Patrons Shari Murnane, Gary, Eoghan Smyth, Dmitry Petrov, Paul Dragicevich, Elizabeth Flores, Joseph Russomano, and William Riley for supporting us this week.Photo Credit: ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Today on AirTalk, SAG-AFTRA reviewing ‘Last, Best, and Final Offer' from studios. Also on the show, theoretical physicist Kip Thorne and artist Lia Halloran on their new book The Warped Side of Our Universe; introducing the Veterans Series: taking a look at the challenges vets face in Southern California; the history of SoCal programmatic architecture and more. SAG-AFTRA Strike Update: Actors' Union Is Reviewing 'Last, Best And Final Offer' From Studios (00:17) New Options For Wildfire-Resilient Homes Are Rising, We Get Into Their Unique Architecture And Implications (16:35) Art And Science Collide In New Book “The Warped Side of Our Universe,” An Illustrated Exploration Of Theoretical Physics In An Epic Poem (32:46) Veterans Series: The Biggest Challenges Vets Face In Southern California (51:31) From Donuts to Chili Bowls: SoCal's Long History Of ‘Programmatic' Architecture (1:26:18)

Take a walk on the warped side with this in-person program featuring stars in their respective fields. The new book The Warped Side of Our Universe is the result of the collaboration of Nobel Laureate Kip Thorne and award-winning artist Lia Halloran. It brings to vivid life the wonders and wildness of our universe's “Warped Side”―objects and phenomena made from warped space and time, from colliding black holes and collapsing wormholes to twisting space vortices and down-cascading time. Through poetic verse and otherworldly paintings, the scientist and the artist explicate Thorne's and his colleagues' astrophysical discoveries and speculations, with an epic narrative that asks: How did the universe begin? Can anything travel backward in time? And what weird and marvelous phenomena inhabit the "warped side"? In their book, Thorne and Halloran take readers on an Odyssean voyage using epic verse and more than 100 pulsating paintings to shed light on time travel, black holes, gravitational waves and the birth of the universe. Join us in-person to hear them share tales of the warped side. MLF ORGANIZER George Hammond A Humanities Member-led Forum program. Forums at the Club are organized and run by volunteer programmers who are members of The Commonwealth Club, and they cover a diverse range of topics. Learn more about our Forums. In Association with Wonderfest. This program is part of our Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kip Thorne, Nobel Prize winning theoretical physicist known for his pioneering work in astrophysics, and Lia Halloran, multi-award-winning artist and photographer, join to talk about their cosmic collaboration—a book of poetry and paintings called “The Warped Side of Our Universe: An Odyssey through Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel, and Gravitational Waves.”

Ben & Rob slingshot around the gargantuan gravity of ‘Interstellar', Christopher Nolan's 2014 sci-fi masterpiece starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Matt Damon, Michael Caine and many more. With Earth uninhabitable, corn farmer Cooper and a team of scientists travel an interdimensional hole in spacetime to investigate three planets that could potentially provide sanctuary for the human race. Nolan's love-letter to the 70s sci-fi classic ‘2001: A Space Odyssey', the relativistic physicist Kip Thorne and practical effects wizardry, ‘Interstellar' might be the crown jewel in Christopher Nolan's already glittering filmography. But is the emotion underpinning the action too much for Ben? Is Rob blinded by his fangirl fetishism of this director? And as fatherless sons, is it time for the boys to invest in bookcases? CONSUUUME to find out all this and much, much more!Find us on your socials of choice at www.linktr.ee/everymovieeverpodcast

🚀👨‍🚀 Imagina que tú eres el propietario y capitán de una gran nave espacial, con ordenadores, robots y una tripulación de cientos de personas a tus órdenes. La Sociedad Geográfica Mundial te ha asignado la misión de explorar los agujeros negros en regiones lejanas del espacio interestelar y transmitir por radio a la Tierra una descripción de sus experiencias. Tras seis años de viaje, tu nave está decelerando en la vecindad del agujero negro más próximo a la Tierra: un agujero llamado «Hades» cercano a la estrella Vega. En la video pantalla de tu nave, tú y la tripulación observáis manifestaciones de la presencia del agujero: los escasísimos átomos de gas en el espacio interestelar, aproximadamente uno por centímetro cúbico, son atraídos por la gravedad del agujero negro. Las únicas singularidades representadas en las cartas de viaje de su nave son las que están dentro de los agujeros negros, y usted se niega a pagar el precio de la muerte para explorarlas. Thorne comienza llevándonos a un viaje por los agujeros negros y, desde allí, nos hace seguir el descubrimiento de las nuevas concepciones, desde Einstein hasta nuestros días, en una especie de relato histórico sazonado de anécdotas vividas, a lo largo del cual vamos aprendiendo los conceptos básicos, hasta llegar al punto en que agujeros de gusano y máquinas del tiempo nos parecen posibilidades lógicas y comprensibles. Stephen Hawking calificó esta historia como «un relato fascinante», y dijo: todos cuantos aman los misterios científicos disfrutarán con él. Comenzamos el viaje....! Este relato ha sido escrito por Kip Stephen Thorne (Logan, Utah, 1940), físico teórico estadounidense, conocido por sus contribuciones prolíficas en física, astrofísica y gravitación. Gran amigo y colega de Stephen Hawking y Carl Sagan, ocupó la cátedra «Profesor Feynman» de Física Teórica en el Instituto de Tecnología de California hasta el año 2009, y es uno de los mayores expertos sobre las implicaciones astrofísicas de la teoría general de la relatividad de Einstein. Ha escrito y editado libros sobre temas de teoría de la gravedad y astrofísica de alta energía. En 1973, fue coautor del libro de texto clásico Gravitation , con Charles Misner y John Wheeler, del que la mayor parte de la actual generación de científicos han aprendido la teoría de la relatividad general. En 1994, publicó Agujeros negros y tiempo curvo: el escandaloso legado de Einstein , un libro de referencia para los no científicos por el que recibió numerosos premios y que ha sido publicado en seis idiomas. Su trabajo ha aparecido en revistas y enciclopedias, tales como Scientific American , McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology y la Collier's Encyclopedia , entre muchos otros, y ha publicado más de 150 artículos en revistas especializadas. Ha presentado diversos programas de la PBS estadounidense (televisión pública) y la BBC inglesa sobre temas como los agujeros negros, las ondas gravitatorias, la relatividad, el viaje en el tiempo y los agujeros de gusano. La lista de premios, reconocimientos y honores recibidos es larga y variada: Science Writing Award in Physics and Astronomy del American Institute of Physics; Science Writing Award de la Phi Beta Kappa Society; Karl Schwarzschild Medal por la German Astronomical Society ; Robinson Prize in Cosmology por la Universidad de Newcastle; California Scientist of the Year Award por el California Science Center; Medalla Albert Einstein (2009) por la Sociedad de Albert Einstein (Berna, Suiza), etc. Fotografía: Equipo internacional del Telescopio Horizonte de Sucesos (EHT) muestra la primera imagen del agujero negro que ocupa el centro de nuestra galaxia (2019). 🌌 Una producción de Historias para ser Leídas, Voz: Olga Paraíso, música y efectos Epidemic Sound, gracias al artista Lotus (Licencia autorizada para este Podcast). 📌Síguenos en nuestro canal informativo de Telegram: https://t.me/historiasparaserleidas Muchísimas gracias a los taberneros galácticos que apoyan este podcast, vamos rumbo a las estrellas,🌌🚀 ¿nos acompañas? Bienvenidos a los nuevos y gracias por llenar la nave de cerveza. Si te gusta mi trabajo puedes aportar 1,49€ al mes y formarás parte de esta gran nave, podrás escuchar todo el contenido para fans sin publicidad. Gracias!!🖤 🌌 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

This week we continue our mini-series covering some of Christopher Nolan's films with his 2014 space epic - Interstellar! Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine among others, Nolan takes us on an adventure across space and time. Set in a dystopian future where all the food appears to be corn-based and the last remnants of humanity are struggling to survive, we follow a group of astronauts led by Joseph Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) who travel across the universe in order to find a new home for humans. With Christopher Nolan at the helm, Hans Zimmer on the tunes, and a theoretical physicist named Kip Thorne as an executive producer and scientific consultant, you already know this is going to be a spectacle... But Is Interstellar Good?If you'd like to suggest a film or film franchise, or if you'd just like to say hello, you can reach us at biigpodcast@gmail.com, @biigpodcast on Twitter, or @butisitgoodpodcast on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do supermassive black holes form? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice come to you live to learn about the history of black holes, what's inside them, and new discoveries with cosmologist Janna Levin and astrophysicist Jenny Greene. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free.Thanks to our Patrons Leigh Momii, Molly Jebsen, Gilbert Cruz, Robert Colonel, Oliver Orofino, and Stephen Coleman for supporting us this week.Photo Credit: ESO/WFI (Optical); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (Submillimetre); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray)Derivative work including grading and crop: Julian Herzog, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Dr. Kip Thorne - Professor of Theoretical Physics / California Institute of Technology] Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for Gravitational Waves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kip Thorne told us we could do it. Find us on iTunes and Spotify, online at herecomethesequels.blogspot.com, through email at herecomethesequels@gmail.com, and on Twitter at HCTSequels.

What type of time travel is in A Christmas Carol? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice answer fan questions on time travel, paradoxes, and wormholes with theoretical physicist, Brian Greene. Did Ebenezer Scrooge get pulled through a wormhole? NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/past-present-future-time-travel-with-brian-greene/Photo Credit: Ajaj1818, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lawrence Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author, as well as being an acclaimed lecturer. He is currently President of The Origins Project Foundation, and host of The Origins Podcast, His wide research interests have focused on the interface between elementary particle physics and cosmology, including the origin and evolution of the Universe and the fundamental structure of matter.  In this episode, Ben and Lawrence discuss the “known unknowns” of the universe, the Origin's Project and is there comfort in not knowing the answers to life's big questions? Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:00 Intro and Spaced Ventures 00:57 Lawrence Krauss 02:29 What we should be asking about the universe in 2022? “The Known Unknowns” preorder here  07:14 Cosmogony - “how the universe started” buy “A Universe from Nothing” here  10:22 A universe from nothing  12:30 Lawrence's background - did it shape his current views? 13:48 The Origin's Project 16:30 Big Questions 17:38 Kip Thorne  18:54 Private companies involvement with Space 23:10 Big Experiments with unlimited budget 25:28 UAP's 27:00 Likelihood's of “anything” 28:30 The Physics of Star Trek  30:08 Where did Lawrence's passion for space come from? 31:25 Wrap up and socials Follow Lawrence Krauss Website - https://www.lawrencemkrauss.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LawrenceMKrauss/ Twitter -  https://twitter.com/LKrauss1 Substack - https://lawrencekrauss.substack.com/ Origins Project - https://originsproject.org/events/ Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/

What costs a billion dollars and takes 50 years to build and perfect? LIGO: A machine to detect gravitational waves. In this encore presentation of a conversation from Season 2, Kip Thorne confides, ”In the 70's I thought we would have this done within one decade ... two decades at the most.” Predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravitational waves were first measured by the LIGO detector in 2015. Still a cutting-edge scientific tool, LIGO will begin its next observing run (O4) in March 2023 and will be able to detect events almost twice as far away as when it made its first, ground-breaking measurements. Meet astrophysicist Kip Thorne, who was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves." In a wide-ranging conversation with host Adam Smith they cover Albert Einstein's importance to the field of science, whether time travel is actually possible, and what it was like to be the physics guru inside the blockbuster film 'Interstellar'." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interstellar (2014)We finally did it! And it's a big one! There was no way to do this movie, and Kip Thorne, justice without going all in. Are you all in with us? Hold onto your brains as we go deep dive on black holes, wormholes, other dimensions, time dilation and quantum gravity. "Why did they go down to Millers planet?"Follow us on TikTok to catch live recordings of the episodes:TikTok: @scienceatthemoviesInstagram: @scienceatthemoviesEmail: scienceatthemovies@gmail.comReferences for this episode:The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne That's all you need! Read this book, it's excellent!! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

What properties are fundamental to the universe? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice take a deep dive into multiverses, inflation theory, wormholes, and quantum entanglement with particle physicist Brian Cox.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free.Thanks to our Patrons Tony Thompson, Kevin the Sommelier, Verne Thomas Inman, PhD, Claudio Carletti, James Weldon, Satoshi Watanabe, Keegan Matthews, Sandy Moir, Jim Flatt, and Mason Grogan for supporting us this week.Photo Credit: Pablo Carlos Budassi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Repeat: In mid-October of last year the ESET Science Award – in its third year – was presented to the winners in three categories after a week-long series of special events held in Bratislava. One of the main features of those events was the presence of the 2017 Nobel laureate for Physics, Kip Thorne, who is serving as chairman of the international jury making the final decision as to the Awardees. But how did this Nobel prize winner end up getting involved in this relatively unknown award? Jonathan speaks with Anton Zajac, the main force behind the founding of the award, about this interesting story. – You may never heard of 'mitochondria' but you can't live without them – tiny 'organelles' that form an integral part of the structure of our living cells. We speak with scientist and mitochondria researcher Nina Kunová.

Repeat show - Why would a world-renowned physicist and Nobel laureate choose to give his time to helping with a relatively unknown science award in a small country like Slovakia? Jonathan asks Professor Kip Thorne, in Bratislava this past October to chair the 2021 Eset Science Award, just this question. Are science competitions for secondary school students more than just an amusing pastime for science & math geeks? We speak with Slovak scientists who credit these competitions with helping to shape their scientific ability and their careers.

In mid-October the ESET Science Award – now in its third year – was presented to the winners in three categories after a week-long series of special events held in Bratislava. One of the main features of those events was the presence of the 2017 Nobel laureate for Physics, Kip Thorne, who is serving as chairman of the international jury making the final decision as to the Awardees. But how did this Nobel prize winner end up getting involved in this relatively unknown award? Jonathan speaks with Anton Zajac, the main force behind the founding of the award, about this interesting story.

Why would a world-renowned physicist and Nobel laureate choose to give his time to helping with a relatively unknown science award in a small country like Slovakia? Jonathan asks Professor Kip Thorne, in Bratislava last week to chair the 2021 Eset Science Award, just this question. Are science competitions for secondary school students more than just an amusing pastime for science & math geeks? We speak with Slovak scientists who credit these competitions with helping to shape their scientific ability and their careers.

Barry Barish is the Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at Caltech and faculty member at UC Riverside. He became director of the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) project in 1997. In 2017, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Rai Weiss and Kip Thorne and their teams “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.” Before joining the LIGO experiment, he worked on the Superconducting Super Collider, the high-profile particle accelerator that was canceled by Congress in 1993. He has many other awards, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and served as president of the American Physical Society in 2011. Barry is a consummate scientist. He has the hands-on technical expertise, the interpersonal skills to motivate and lead, and the scientific discipline to know when to quit and went to double down.  Available on Amazon: Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner  About Professor Brian Keating: https://www.youtube.com/drbriankeating Podcast in iTunes https://simonsobservatory.org/ https://briankeating.com/ https://bkeating.physics.ucsd.edu/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbriankeating/

My special guest is here tonight to discuss how he thinks our sun is a wormhole and what's been observed from it.     A wormhole (Einstein-Rosen bridge) is a hypothetical structure connecting disparate points in spacetime and is based on a unique solution of the Einstein field equations.[1]  A wormhole can be visualized as a tunnel with two ends at separate points in spacetime (i.e., different locations, points in time, or both).  Wormholes are consistent with the general theory of relativity, but whether wormholes exist remains to be seen. Many scientists postulate that wormholes are merely projections of a fourth spatial dimension, analogous to how a two-dimensional (2D) being could experience only part of a three-dimensional (3D) object.[2]  Theoretically, a wormhole might connect extremely long distances, such as a billion light years, short distances, such as a few meters, different points in time, or even other universes.[3]  In 1995, Matt Visser suggested there may be many wormholes in the universe if cosmic strings with negative mass were generated in the early universe.[4][5] Some physicists, such as Kip Thorne, have suggested making wormholes artificially.[6]     The Casimir effect shows that quantum field theory allows the energy density in certain regions of space to be negative relative to the ordinary matter vacuum energy, and it has been shown theoretically that quantum field theory allows states where energy can be arbitrarily negative at a given point.[28]Many physicists, such as Stephen Hawking,[29] Kip Thorne,[30] and others,[31][32][33] argued that such effects might make it possible to stabilize a traversable wormhole.[34]The only known natural process that is theoretically predicted to form a wormhole in the context of general relativity and quantum mechanics was put forth by Leonard Susskind in his ER = EPR conjecture. The quantum foam hypothesis sometimes suggests that tiny wormholes might appear and disappear spontaneously at the Planck scale [35]: 494–496 [36], and stable versions of such wormholes have been suggested as dark matter candidates.[37][38] It has also been proposed that if a tiny wormhole held open by a negative mass cosmic string had appeared around the time of the Big Bang, it could have been inflated to macroscopic size by cosmic inflation.[39]  Image of a simulated traversable wormhole that connects the square in front of the physical institutes of the University of Tübingen with the dunes near Boulogne-sur-Mer in the north of France. The image is calculated with 4D raytracing in a Morris–Thorne wormhole metric, but the gravitational effects on the wavelength of light have not been simulated.[note 1]  Lorentzian traversable wormholes would allow travel in both directions from one part of the universe to another part of that same universe very quickly or would allow travel from one universe to another. The possibility of traversable wormholes in general relativity was first demonstrated in a 1973 paper by Homer Ellis[40] and independently in a 1973 paper by K. A. Bronnikov.[41] Ellis analyzed the topology and the geodesics of the Ellis drainhole, showing it to be geodesically complete, horizonless, singularity-free, and fully traversable in both directions. The drain hole is a solution manifold of Einstein's field equations for ae, modified by the vacuum spacetime inclusion of a scalar field minimally coupled to the Ricci tensor with antiorthodox polarity (negative instead of positive). (Ellis specifically rejected referring to the scalar field as 'exotic' because of the antiorthodox coupling, finding arguments for doing so unpersuasive.) The solution depends on two parameters: m, which fixes the strength of its gravitational field, and n, which determines the curvature of its spatial cross sections. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Facebook It's super easy to access our archives! Here's how: iPhone Users: Access Mysterious Radio from  Apple Podcasts and become a subscriber there, or if you want access to even more exclusive content, join us on Patreon. Android Users: Enjoy over 800 exclusive member-only posts to include ad-free episodes, case files, and more when you join us on Patreon.  Please copy and Paste our link in a text message to all your family members and friends! We'll love you forever! (Check out Mysterious Radio!)

Rai Weiss is a professor emeritus at MIT, where he also earned his undergraduate degree and PhD. He, along with Barry Barish and Kip Thorne, won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves,” work that was completed with the rest of their team of more than a thousand scientists, engineers, technicians, and managers. He has won numerous awards for his pioneering work on both the COBE (NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer) and LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) projects. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society, and many other professional societies. Weiss is a charming and consummate storyteller. His playful exuberance is incandescent. And I appreciate how forthright he is, as I think it is important to talk about the business of large projects and admit to the shortcomings rather than only discussing them with reverent worshipful praise. I admire that Weiss is relentlessly passionate even into his eighties. Just as a black hole shakes up space-time every few years, Weiss continues to pivot and switch direc- tion himself. It's impossible not to think that this tendency has been responsible for his continued fertility of mind. He is a big-picture thinker that loves to keep things fresh by shaking himself out of complacency.  Available on Amazon: Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner About Professor Brian Keating: https://www.youtube.com/drbriankeating Podcast in iTunes https://simonsobservatory.org/ https://briankeating.com/ https://bkeating.physics.ucsd.edu/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbriankeating/