Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

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🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Do we need new math to explain dark matter? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Paul Mecurio explore unsolved problems in math, simulation theory, base systems and more with mathematician Terence Tao.

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0:00.0	Paul, we have revisited the universe of math.
0:03.0	Yeah, but really drilled down and really applied ourselves.
0:07.0	Because that's how we roll.
0:08.0	Yeah.
0:09.0	Coming up on StarTalk.
0:10.0	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:14.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:20.0	StarTalk begins right now.
0:27.1	This is StarTalk.
0:29.3	Neil deGrasse Tyson,
0:30.3	your personal astrophysicist,
0:32.3	and we're going to have a Cosmic Queries edition
0:35.0	on the subject of mathematics.
0:38.3	Who are laughing me like that?
0:42.0	Apparently you're going to scare people with this?
0:44.9	Everybody thinks there's a math quiz coming up.
0:46.9	That was a Halloween laugh, wasn't it?
0:48.5	It was.
0:49.3	I got Paul Mercurio here.
0:50.5	How you doing, man?
0:51.1	I'm good, man.
0:51.5	Good to see you.
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