Cosmology, VII: Cosmological Contradictions
In this episode, we discuss the ongoing battle throughout the 1930s and 1940s between those who believed in a steady-state Universe, and those who thought it was expanding - and how it took more obser...
16 Aug 202133min
TT: Climate, CCS Struggles as Adaptation Stalls
To close out this series of news episodes, we discuss the depressing failure of carbon capture and storage projects in Australia, as well as the far-too-slow approach to climate change adaptation acro...
7 Aug 202145min
Thermonuclear Takes: Amazon Carbon Stocks and Global Green Recovery Progress Update
In this episode of Thermonuclear Takes, we tackle a couple of recent climate-related news stories - the "tipping point" carbon flux measurements from the Amazon rainforest, and the IEA's progress repo...
3 Aug 202128min
Thermonuclear Takes: The Little Robot That Couldn't
Updates on the Softbank Vision Fund and the sad fate of Pepper the robot.
30 Jul 202124min
Thermonuclear Takes: Muon Madness Melting Models... Maybe?
In this news episode, I discuss recent anomalies around the muon - B-particles decaying into muons, and the muon's anomalous magnetic moment - and whether they herald the glorious dawn of a new era of...
26 Jul 202127min
Thermonuclear Takes: Show updates, cosmology feedback, particle physics
In this news-y episode, I will give you some updates on how the show is progressing, share some listener emails on our cosmology series, and set up next episode's discussion of some recent results in ...
23 Jul 202133min
Cosmology VI: Cosmic Eggs and the Edge of the Universe
In this episode, we cover the different kinds of universal horizon, whether the Universe has an edge, and talk about how theoretical physicists pondered how it all might've began.
20 Jul 202130min
Cosmology, Episode V: Einstein's Mistake
At the dawn of theoretical cosmology, Einstein introduced the so-called "Cosmological Constant" into his equations to explain how the Universe could be static and unchanging in time. He would later sa...
13 Jul 202142min
