Cosmic Queries – The Science of Invisibility with Greg Gbur

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🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Can you make something invisible? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Negin Farsad discover the science behind invisibility with professor of physics and optical science, Greg Gbur. What would real-life invisibility look like?

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.6	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.2	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.6	This is Star Talk, Neil deGrasse Tyson here, your personal astrophysicist.
0:19.5	Today's edition is a cosmic queries on the subject of invisibility.
0:25.3	We all want to be invisible at some point in our lives.
0:29.0	I got with me, Nagine Frissaud, Nagine, welcome back.
0:32.4	Hello, Neil.
0:33.4	I'm so excited to be here and to be talking about this crazy topic.
0:36.8	There's a crazy topic.
0:38.6	Those who are meeting you for the first time on this show, you are a host of Fakes the
0:44.4	Nation.
0:45.4	You've got a podcast of your own there.
0:49.0	You're also a regular on weight, don't tell me.
0:51.5	I think I've been on that twice.
0:53.7	I didn't do very well.
0:54.7	They asked me questions.
0:55.7	I got them all wrong.
0:56.7	They never invited me back.
0:59.0	They usually help guests just get the questions right.
1:04.5	They must have had something against them.
1:06.7	Particular, not to help you.
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