Many Worlds Theory Explains the Universe (w/ Sean Carroll) and What Causes Static Electricity

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Learn how friction causes static electricity. Then, learn from renowned theoretical physicist Sean Carroll why understanding the Many Worlds Theory could be the best way for us to understand the universe.

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about how friction causes static electricity: https://curiosity.im/32T2CEy

Publications and more from Sean Carroll:

“Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime” on Amazon — https://amazon.com
“The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself” on Amazon — https://amazon.com
“From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time” on Amazon — https://amazon.com
Follow @seanmcarroll on Twitter — https://twitter.com/seanmcarroll
Sean Carroll’s website — https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/
Sean Carroll’s Mindscape Podcast — https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/

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0:00.0	The famous five are away on a splendid weekend adventure.
0:03.5	Do we have to go home today?
0:05.5	sighed Anne.
0:06.5	I agree said Dick.
0:08.0	Even Timmy looks sad.
0:09.5	Cheer up everyone.
0:11.5	Beams Julian, I booked long weekend tickets we can return anytime on Monday
0:17.0	Oh you are clever Julian said Anne save over 50% with the long weekend a ticket from Great Western Railway.
0:24.5	Adventures start here.
0:26.0	Selected routes turn supply, saving in comparison to an anytime return fare.
0:30.0	Hi, we're here from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. I'm
0:37.3	Cody Goff. And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about how scientists finally
0:41.1	solve the mystery about how friction causes static electricity. You'll also learn from renowned
0:46.0	theoretical physicist Sean Carroll, why the many worlds theory could be the best
0:50.3	way for us to understand the universe. Let's understand some curiosity.
0:54.0	Scientists have solved a mystery that is more than 2,500 years old.
0:58.0	They have finally figured out how friction causes static electricity, also known as tribo electricity.
1:05.1	And this new knowledge could have implications for electrostatic applications
1:08.7	like harvesting energy in printing and for avoiding potential dangers like fires caused by sparks from static electricity.
1:16.0	As reported by futurity, Northwestern University researchers created a new model that shows that at the nanoscale, all materials have rough surfaces with
1:25.1	countless tiny protrusions. When two materials rub against each other, those protrusions bend and
1:31.3	deform. Those deformations give rise to voltages that ultimately cause
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