Podcasts

Arecibo Observatory: a scientific giant that fell to Earth

Published: March 17, 2021, 12:37 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 53 seconds

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Searching for signs of past life on Mars with NASA’s Perseverance rover

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 1:08 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 5 seconds

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Life at CERN during the pandemic

Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 5:51 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 18 seconds

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The best of physics in books, TV and film in 2020

Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 10:21 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 1 second

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Physics and LEGO: an enduring love affair

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 1 second

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How capable are today’s quantum computers?

Published: Oct. 14, 2020, 7 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 23 seconds

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Could there really be life in the clouds of Venus?

Published: Sept. 23, 2020, 11:46 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 16 seconds

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Autonomous cars: potential lifesavers but with new risks

Published: Aug. 26, 2020, 11:40 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 24 seconds

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Planet Nine: is it a planet, a primordial black hole, or something else entirely?

Published: July 17, 2020, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 24 seconds

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Working in medical physics: not your average career

Published: June 30, 2020, 4:36 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 10 seconds

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The mystery of missing marine plastic

Published: May 27, 2020, 3:42 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 53 seconds

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Doing physics in the time of COVID-19

Published: April 28, 2020, 2:59 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 16 seconds

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Tips for a rewarding career in physics

Published: March 31, 2020, 4:05 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 46 seconds

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The acoustics of music and theatre venues

Published: March 6, 2020, 1:35 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 28 seconds

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Book of the year 2019

Published: Dec. 18, 2019, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 18 seconds

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Physics and film, a match made in Hollywood

Published: Nov. 28, 2019, 5:17 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 20 seconds

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Doing physics in microgravity environments

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 11:26 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 50 seconds

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Driving in the present

Published: Sept. 30, 2019, 3:27 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 10 seconds

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Physics and the climate crisis

Published: Aug. 16, 2019, 1:52 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 48 seconds

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50th anniversary of Apollo 11 – returning to the Moon and going beyond

Published: July 24, 2019, 2:41 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 56 seconds

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50th anniversary of Apollo 11 – hidden stories

Published: June 26, 2019, 11:34 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 6 seconds

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The story behind the first ever black hole image

Published: May 22, 2019, 3:56 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 24 seconds

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The future of the Internet

Published: April 23, 2019, 3:40 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 35 seconds

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Physics World 30th anniversary podcast series – 30 years of the World Wide Web

Published: March 12, 2019, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 seconds

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Physics World 30th anniversary podcast series – high-temperature superconductivity

Published: Feb. 27, 2019, 6:27 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 40 seconds

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Physics World 30th anniversary podcast series – fusion energy

Published: Jan. 22, 2019, 2:47 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 34 seconds

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Physics World Book of the Year 2018

Published: Dec. 17, 2018, 12:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 25 seconds

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Physics World 30th anniversary podcast series – gravitational waves

Published: Nov. 28, 2018, 7:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 2 seconds

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Physics World 30th anniversary podcast series – particle physics

Published: Oct. 23, 2018, 4:40 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 11 seconds

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Communicating science at music festivals

Published: Sept. 18, 2018, 2:13 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 38 seconds

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Driving in the future

Published: Aug. 17, 2018, 4:53 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 19 seconds

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A quantum leap for industry

Published: July 24, 2018, 10:40 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 56 seconds

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Doing business in space

Published: June 18, 2018, 11:55 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 35 seconds

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Learning from the ozone solution

Published: May 21, 2018, 10:33 a.m.
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Plant-inspired innovations

Published: April 18, 2018, 11:40 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 54 seconds

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Artificial intelligence: is there anything to fear?

Published: March 21, 2018, 10:44 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 33 seconds

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Falcon Heavy and Humanity Star: trailblazers or space junk?

Published: March 15, 2018, 2:56 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 30 seconds

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Physics in 2018

Published: Jan. 23, 2018, 1:28 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 58 seconds

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Book of the Year 2017

Published: Dec. 13, 2017, 1:14 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 20 seconds

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Exploring the cosmos with gravitational waves

Published: Nov. 9, 2017, 12:12 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 29 seconds

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Illuminating a radio icon

Published: Oct. 10, 2017, 12:02 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 50 seconds

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How science gets women wrong

Published: Sept. 21, 2017, noon
Duration: 44 minutes 38 seconds

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Science-themed comedy: are you having a laugh?

Published: Aug. 30, 2017, 11:48 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 26 seconds

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Music and science: a harmonious or discordant duo?

Published: July 17, 2017, 3:16 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 2 seconds

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How politicians misuse and mangle science

Published: June 15, 2017, 2:53 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 13 seconds

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Bees and their magnetic superpower

Published: May 11, 2017, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds

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Exploring the worlds of TRAPPIST-1

Published: April 6, 2017, 2:20 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 55 seconds

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Tracking neutrinos in virtual reality

Published: March 7, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 39 seconds

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Nuclear diamonds: the ultimate long-life battery?

Published: Feb. 9, 2017, 2:17 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 59 seconds

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Book of the Year 2016

Published: Dec. 14, 2016, 1:56 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 30 seconds

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Doing physics by ear

Published: Nov. 24, 2016, 1:33 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 24 seconds

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Recipe for success with topological materials

Published: Oct. 25, 2016, 3:26 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 35 seconds

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Still not even wrong

Published: Sept. 23, 2016, 12:25 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 9 seconds

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The monk and the multiverse

Published: Aug. 23, 2016, 1:01 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 22 seconds

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Bringing Native American voices back to life

Published: July 22, 2016, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 21 seconds

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Out of this world cuisine

Published: June 28, 2016, 10:46 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 30 seconds

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Art McDonald explains why neutrinos continue to amaze physicists

Published: May 25, 2016, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 53 seconds

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Physics for all – building a more inclusive discipline

Published: April 20, 2016, 7:40 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 17 seconds

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How to succeed at networking in science

Published: March 30, 2016, 9:25 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 14 seconds

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Mary, Queen of Scottish banknotes

Published: Feb. 23, 2016, 10:03 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 37 seconds

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Rocking the status quo in science

Published: Jan. 27, 2016, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 40 seconds

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Book of the Year 2015

Published: Dec. 15, 2015, 11:15 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds

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Is there life on Mars?

Published: Nov. 17, 2015, 10:01 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 55 seconds

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The rise of neutron scattering

Published: Oct. 21, 2015, 10:05 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 20 seconds

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Why information grows

Published: Sept. 22, 2015, 10:27 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 22 seconds

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Inside the particle pyramid

Published: Aug. 25, 2015, 2:48 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 42 seconds

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Searching for life on other planets

Published: July 22, 2015, 4:02 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 45 seconds

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Going beyond 'shut up and calculate'

Published: June 24, 2015, 1:32 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 51 seconds

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How to fund physics using the wisdom of crowds

Published: May 19, 2015, 11:11 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 18 seconds

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The masters of antimatter

Published: April 21, 2015, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 3 seconds

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A quantum sense of smell

Published: March 24, 2015, 10:05 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 8 seconds

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An adjustable vision for the world

Published: Feb. 24, 2015, 2:46 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 44 seconds

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The ever-expanding Zooniverse

Published: Jan. 20, 2015, 10:54 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 15 seconds

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Book of the Year 2014

Published: Dec. 16, 2014, 9:01 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 7 seconds

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We need to talk about quantum mechanics

Published: Nov. 19, 2014, 3:03 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 51 seconds

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A theorist's bucket list

Published: Oct. 22, 2014, 2:40 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 57 seconds

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The sound man

Published: Sept. 24, 2014, 12:01 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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The wonderful world of ultrasound

Published: Aug. 26, 2014, 10:17 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 50 seconds

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Sean Carroll's guide to making better science movies

Published: July 25, 2014, 10:40 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 7 seconds

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The story of neutrinos

Published: June 23, 2014, 12:36 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 3 seconds

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Keeping a telescopic eye on the Soviets

Published: May 23, 2014, 1:28 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 23 seconds

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Building better atomic clocks

Published: April 28, 2014, 1:25 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 14 seconds

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Plutonium’s toxic legacy

Published: March 24, 2014, 10:38 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 25 seconds

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Book of the Year 2013

Published: Dec. 17, 2013, 2:16 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 27 seconds

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Lee Smolin on the nature of time

Published: Sept. 23, 2013, 9:20 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 46 seconds

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Learning to adapt: an interview with Joshua Miele

Published: July 22, 2013, 1:38 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 30 seconds

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The enigmatic life of J Robert Oppenheimer

Published: June 24, 2013, 9 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 26 seconds

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Quantum computing: challenges, triumphs and applications

Published: March 21, 2013, 3:29 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 33 seconds

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Book of the Year 2012

Published: Dec. 18, 2012, 11 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 42 seconds

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India's physics rebels

Published: Dec. 5, 2012, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes

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Mavericks, outsiders and cranks

Published: Oct. 15, 2012, 10:11 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 56 seconds

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Physics in fiction

Published: Aug. 30, 2012, 10:24 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 28 seconds

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Going where the beam is good

Published: July 25, 2012, 12:41 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 5 seconds

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Quantum mechanics in popular-science books

Published: April 11, 2012, 2 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 20 seconds

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Top 10 books of 2011

Published: Dec. 14, 2011, 2 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 10 seconds

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Women in science: a books special

Published: Oct. 14, 2011, 4 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 37 seconds

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