Why This Universe? - Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman

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6 - Your Tour Through Quantum Weirdness Aug 17, 2020

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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 Aug 10, 2020

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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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4 - Where Did the Antimatter Go? Aug 03, 2020

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Every time a particle of matter is made, a particle of antimatter is also made. So it seems like all matter ever created should have annihilated with antimatter, leaving behind an empty universe. But then... why is our universe filled with matter?

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3 - What in the World Is Antimatter? Jul 26, 2020

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Learn how special relativity and quantum mechanics come together to make an odd prediction about matter.

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2 - What's It Like to Discover Quantum Mechanics? Jul 20, 2020

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Quantum mechanics revolutionized our understanding of the universe. But have you ever wondered how it was first discovered? What's it like to live through such a dramatic scientific moment?

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1 - Why Are We So Sure About Dark Matter? Jul 13, 2020

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Dark matter sounds as mysterious as it is - an invisible form of matter that permeates our universe that physicists have not yet been able to detect! And yet, most physicists are extremely confident that it exists. Learn why!

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0 - Welcome to Why This Universe! Jul 13, 2020

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Learn more about the co-hosts, what this podcast is all about, and why we are making it!

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