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February 17, 2024

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The Universal Constructor: A Conversation with David Deutsch
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2023

December 31, 2023

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The Year in Physics Review 2023 Part 3
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December 29, 2023

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The Year in Physics Review 2023 Part 2
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December 28, 2023

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The Year in Physics Review 2023: Part 1
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December 24, 2023

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Is there a Theory of Everything? Great Mysteries of Physics Part 6
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April 7, 2023

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What is Life? What is Consciousness? Great Mysteries of Physics Part 5
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April 3, 2023

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Does Objective Reality Exist? Great Mysteries of Physics Part 4
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March 25, 2023

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Is There a Multiverse? Great Mysteries of Physics Part 3
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March 17, 2023

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Is Our Universe Fine-Tuned For Life? Great Mysteries of Physics Part 2
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March 16, 2023

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Is Science Becoming Less Disruptive?
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March 8, 2023

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Is Time an Illusion? Great Mysteries in Physics Part 1
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2022

December 31, 2022

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The Year in Physics Review Part 3: Concluding our countdown of the biggest stories in physics, as chosen by quantum physicist Ian Durham.
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December 30, 2022

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The Year in Physics Review Part 2: Continuing our countdown of the biggest stories in physics, as chosen by quantum physicist Ian Durham.
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December 28, 2022

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The Year in Physics Review Part 1: Beginning our countdown of the biggest stories in physics, as chosen by quantum physicist Ian Durham. We start with a discussion about whether a wormhole really was created in a quantum computer, in the lab?
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August 20, 2022

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Testing Time: Quantum physicists Fabrizio Piacentini and Laura Knoll discuss their recent experiment testing the predictions of Constructor Theory, a new meta-framework of physics that may encompass all other theories. The new framework could solve the mystery of why time marches in only one direction, even though the microscopic laws of physics are reversible. With Logan Chipkin
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June 30, 2022

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Happy Higgs-versary! Particle physicist Kevin Black tells Zeeya Merali about the LHC's new quest. Also, time-travel at the LHC, an update on the W Boson tests with Frank Wilczek; Catalina Curceanu on testing the origin of consciousness; & Queensland physicists are building quantum clocks.
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June 27, 2022

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The End of Everything: Astrophysicist Katie Mack on her book describing ways to destroy the universe, & on hints of new physics at the LHC; a quantum engine that heats & cools simultaneously; how the thermodynamic gradient may have driven the evolution of intelligence through culture; & the UK's physics of life network.
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June 21, 2022

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'Quantum dots' can teach us about thermodynamics in the nanorealm.
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June 9, 2022

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Time's Arrow: A conversation with Paul Davies about time's irreversible flow, black holes, memories of Stephen Hawking and the information paradox, Maxwell's demon and living systems -- and how to improve universities. With Logan Chipkin.
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May 18, 2022

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Quantum Steampunk: Physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern talks about her new book on quantum thermodynamics, temperatures below absolute zero, and the physics of yesterday's tomorrow.
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April 20, 2022

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Constructor Theory and Irreversibility: A conversation with Chiara Marletto and Vlatko Vedral on a novel unification between information theory and thermodynamics and their recent experiment that tested, and corroborated, the constructor theoretic notion of irreversibility. With Logan Chipkin.
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March 31, 2022

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Eerie quantum Aharanov-Bohm effect demonstrated for gravity; mysteries about the nature of time; how choices can curve spacetime; and the Science of Can and Can't.
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March 10, 2022

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Information as Fuel. Quantum physicist Natalia Ares describes her quest to test thermodynamics in the quantum realm with carbon nanotubes. Philosopher Owen Maroney and theoretical physicist Janet Anders explain what such experiments can teach us about the foundations of physics and biology.
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2021

December 31, 2021

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2021: The Year in Physics Review Part 3. FQXi's annual countdown of the physics highlights concludes, with quantum physicist Ian Durham.
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December 30, 2021

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2021: Year in Physics Review Part 2. Our rundown of the physics highlights of the year continues, with quantum physicist Ian Durham.
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