Phreaky Physics*

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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It was a radical idea a century ago, when Einstein said space and time can be bent, and gravity was really geometry. We hear how his theories inspire young minds even today. At small scales, different rules apply: quantum mechanics and the Standard Model for particles. New experiments suggest that muons – cousins of the electron – may be telling us that the Standard Model is wrong. Also, where the physics of both the large and small apply, and why black holes have no hair. Guests: Hakeem Oluseyi – Astrophysicist, affiliated professor at George Mason University, and author of “A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars” Janna Levin – Professor of physics and astronomy, Barnard College at Columbia University Mark Lancaster – Professor of particle physics, University of Manchester *Originally aired August 16, 2021 Featuring music by Dewey Dellay and Jun Miyake You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact [email protected] to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.8	That's What's New with Wired, wherever you get your podcasts. You may feel like time is warped these days, but black holes literally warp time and space.
1:16.0	These mass cobbling monsters at the centers of galaxies also bend light, which is what scientists
1:22.0	measured recently around a black hole.
1:24.7	Now, while that discovery was exciting, a century-old theory had predicted it.
1:29.8	Yep, as if from beyond the grave, Einstein continues to be the maestro of physics on the large scale.
1:36.5	But on the small scale, where elementary particles rule, there may be some trouble.
1:41.5	Unexpected experimental results at a particle accelerator
1:45.2	threatened to upend our best description of the basic building blocks of the universe.
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