Particle Physics — Finding the Higgs boson was the last piece in physicists’ model of matter. But Tracey Logan discovers there’s much more for them to find out at the Large Hadron Collider.
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BBC: Discovery
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Science Friday Audio Podcast
Searching for the Particle at the End of the Universe — Physicist Sean Carroll of Caltech talks about the search for the Higgs boson, and what comes next.
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Big Picture Science
As You WEre == We all want to turn back time. But until we build a time machine, we’ll have to rely on a few creative approaches to capturing things as they were – and preserving them for posterity. One is upping memory storage capacity itself. Discover just how much of the past we can cram into our future archives, and whether going digital has made it all vulnerable to erasure. Plus – scratch it and tear it – then watch this eerily-smart material revert to its undamaged self. And, what was life like pre-digital technology? We can’t remember, but one writer knows; he’s living life circa 1993 (hint: no cell phone).
Also, using stem cells to save the white rhino and other endangered species. And, the arrow of time itself – could it possibly run backwards in another universe? -
Big Picture Science
[Rectangular Container] Thinking — ENCORE By thinking different, scientists can make extrordinary breakthroughs. Learn about the creative cogitation that led to the discovery of dark matter and the invention of a.c. power grids, disinfectant, and the Greek “death ray.” Also, whether one person’s man of genius is another’s mad scientist. And, the scientist who claims pi is wrong and biopunks who tinker with DNA – in their kitchens and on the cheap. Plus, from string theory to the greenhouse effect – how metaphor sheds light on science. Discover why your brain is like a rain forest (that’s a simile!).
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Big Picture Science
The Invisible In-Between — To need air is human. Our lungs thank us for each breath we take. But air is more than a transporter of O2. It shapes our weather, keeps birds aloft and moves spores from here to there. A cubic foot of air is anything but “empty” (hot dog grease particles, anyone?). The same goes for space (minus the hot dog grease). It’s a happening place. Discover why interstellar space is more than a whole lot o’ nothing; and what happens when the Voyager spacecraft leaves our solar system. Plus, catch a skydiver in action!
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Science Friday Audio Podcast
Amidst Rocky Peaks, Physicists Ponder the Universe — The Aspen Center for Physics, a mountain retreat for theoretical physicists, turns 50 this year.
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PRI: To the Best of Our Knowledge
Physics & The Big Questions — How can something come out of nothing? Believe it or not, some scientists say they can explain how the Big Bang popped out of empty space. We’ll explore the cutting edge of physics and consider what it means for religion and the meaning of life.
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BBC: Discovery
Discovery: Tejinder Virdee, CERN Physicist — Jim al-Khalili talks to CERN physicist, Tejinder Virdee about the search for the elusive Higgs boson or "God" particle at the Large Hadron Collider.
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Big Picture Science
That’s so Random! — ENCORE Random is as random does… makes sense doesn’t even that anyway in tune hear to randomness how lives rules. Brain chaos the drives, restoration role of help insight ecology may into randomness the, numbers sense of make statistics can’t why we or, ants not seem of erratic behavior why the may but is.
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Getting a Spacelift — I need my space… but oh, how to get there? Whether it’s a mission to Mars or an ascent to an asteroid, we explore the hows of human spaceflight. Also, the whys, as in, why send humans to the final frontier if robots are cheaper? Neil deGrasse Tyson weighs in. Plus, the astronaut who lived on the ocean floor training for a visit to an asteroid. Also, the 100YSS – the 100 Year Starship project – and interstellar travel. And, as private rockets nip at NASA’s heels, meet one of the first tourists to purchase a (pricey) ticket-to-ride into space.
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