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John Wise, Gongjie Li - Cosmology and Exoplanets: Unpacking the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics

Cosmology studies the universe at the largest…

From  Katie Gentilello November 7th, 2019 140 plays 0  

David Hu - Cube-Shaped Poo and Georgia Tech's Second Ig Nobel Prize

How does a wombat produce cube-shaped feces? How…

From  Katie Gentilello October 25th, 2019 226 plays 0  

Konstantin Batygin - Planet Nine From Outer Space

At the outskirts of the solar system, beyond the…

From  Katie Gentilello April 16th, 2019 255 plays 0  

Jennifer Curtis, Chandra Raman, Rick Trebino - Celebration of 2018 Physics Nobel Prize: Lighting the way with microscopic tractor beams and sculpted laser pulse

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes two…

From  Katie Gentilello November 7th, 2018 30 plays 0  

Elisabetta Matsumoto - Non-Euclidean Virtual Reality

The 2016 confirmation of Einstein's…

From  Katie Gentilello October 25th, 2018 121 plays 0  

Seth Shostak - When Will We Find E.T. and What Happens If We Do?

Are we alone in the universe? The scientific hunt…

From  Katie Gentilello October 1st, 2018 240 plays 0  

Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817: A Multi-sensory Experience of the Universe - Laura Cadonati, Nepomuk Otte, Ignacio Taboada

August 17, 2017, is a milestone date for…

From  Katie Gentilello March 5th, 2018 37 plays 0  

Will Evolution and Information Theory Provide The Fundamentals Of Physics? - S. James Gates, Jr.

This presentation will describe an arc in the…

From  Katie Gentilello March 2nd, 2018 120 plays 0  

From Molecules to Migration: How Quantum Physics Can Explain the Compass of Birds - Thorsten Ritz

The world of quantum physics appears mysterious,…

From  Katie Gentilello February 20th, 2018 170 plays 0  

Einstein's Cosmos and the Quantum: Origin of Space, Time, and Large-Scale Structure of the Universe - Abhay Ashtekar

For over two millennia, civilizations have…

From  Katie Gentilello November 21st, 2017 104 plays 0  

The Ig Nobel Prizes and Improbable Research - Marc Abrahams

The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make…

From  Katie Gentilello October 13th, 2017 31 plays 0  

The Physics and Materials Science of Superheroes - James Kakalios

In 2001 James Kakalios created a Freshman Seminar…

From  Katie Gentilello October 10th, 2017 340 plays 0  

10 Years of Southern Stargazing: How Star Trek Changed Everything - Glenn Burns

A public lecture by Glenn Burns Chief…

From  Katie Gentilello April 14th, 2017 104 plays 0  

The Square Kilometre Array: Big Telescope, Big Science, Big Data - Russ Taylor

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a…

From  Katie Gentilello January 26th, 2017 52 plays 0  

The Physics of Genes and the Promise of Personalized Medicine - Alek Aksimentiev

The twenty-first century is poised to see…

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From  Katie Gentilello December 6th, 2016 177 plays 0  

Strange and subtle states of matter – the topological ideas behind the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics - Paul M. Goldbart

The gases, liquids, and solids that humans have…

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From  Katie Gentilello December 1st, 2016 37 plays 0