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Nature Podcast

19 October 2017: Neutron star gravitational waves & the future of work

Nature Podcast

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🗓️ 19 October 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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This week, neutron stars that are making waves in the physics world, and taking a look at the past to understand the future of work.

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Like, it sounds so simple.

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They had no idea.

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But now the data's...

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0:52.3

Nature.

0:53.3

Welcome back to the Nature podcast. Nature.

0:57.8

Welcome back to the Nature podcast.

1:03.5

This week we find out about two neutron stars that have made waves in the physics world.

1:07.8

And take lessons from the past as we explore the future of work.

1:09.3

I'm Adam Levy.

1:13.1

And I'm Benjamin Thompson, here in my very first podcast hosting duty. This is the nature podcast for October the 17th, 2017. You may have heard the announcement on

1:21.9

Monday that a new gravitational wave signal has been spotted. The ripples in space-time came from neutron stars spiraling into each other and eventually

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