May 2, 2016
MP3 FILE / 42 MINUTES / 41 MB
A MICROSCOPE on Galileo; how gravitational waves open a new window on the universe; searching for defects in spacetime; & a quantum-horror short story.
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Individual Stories
Gravitational Waves & a MICROSCOPE on Galileo
MP3 FILE / 17 MINUTES / 16 MB
In the news: the MICROSCOPE experiment launches to test the equivalence principle, as Zeeya and Brendan discuss. And a special report on how the detection of gravitational waves will enable physicists to probe quantum gravity and neutron stars. LIGO physicist Alessandra Buonanno and quantum gravity expert Ted Jacobson talk to Brendan Foster.
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Wrinkles in Spacetime
MP3 FILE / 8 MINUTES / 8 MB
Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder describes her search for defects in spacetime, which could help home in on a theory of quantum gravity, to reporter Colin Stuart.
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A Quantum Horror Story
MP3 FILE / 17 MINUTES / 17 MB
Are you scared of the monster under the bed? Author Liam Hogan reads his spooky award-winning short story, Ana, and chats about his background in physics and his writing to Zeeya Merali.
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