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Podcast Colourful Galaxy

Physics

Podcast: How to make a universe – with Harry Cliff

Physicist Harry Cliff explains how the Universe is made, drawing on experimental data from the Large Hadron Collider and labs

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Physics

Podcast: Is the multiverse possible? – with Sean M Carroll

Theoretical physicist Sean M Carroll guides us through the strange and sometimes daunting topic of quantum mechanics – from

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Video Gianfranco Bertone speaking at the Ri

Physics

Solving the biggest mysteries of the universe - with Gianfranco Bertone

How can we see into the mysterious and inaccessible parts of the universe? How can we connect the infinitely large, and the

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Video Matthew Bothwell speaking at the Ri

Physics

Infrared astronomy - with Matthew Bothwell

Why does the universe look the way it does? The answer could lie in the massive, dusty, and star-producing galaxies that existed

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Video Gianfranco Bertone speaking at the Ri

Physics

The universe's biggest mysteries - with Gianfranco Bertone

The new astronomy is based on gravitational waves, rather than lights and telescopes, and it enables scientists to observe

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Talks and shows

The origin of our universe from the multiverse

Wed 03 Aug 2022

Discover cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton's ground-breaking theory.

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Video Burning planet

Physics

What's eating the universe? - with Paul Davies

What are the unexplained riddles of the universe? Award-winning physicist Paul Davies talks you through the strange enigmas that

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Video Colin Stuart speaking at the Ri

Physics

Is time travel real? - with Colin Stuart

We can easily travel back and forth in space, but can we travel back and forth in time? Colin Stuart explains why time travel is

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Livestream
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Talks and shows

Searching for new physics with low-energy techniques

Wed 12 Oct 2022

Learn how nuclear, particle and astrophysics intersect in the search for undiscovered phenomena that would herald new physics.

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Physics

Pinhole cameras

Take authentic vintage-style photos with a camera you can make yourself.

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