December 24, 2021
MP3 FILE / 59 MINUTES / 60 MB
Schrödinger's Tardigrade: Has a multicellular organism really been entangled with a superconducting qubit? Physicist Vlatko Vedral defends his team's controversial claims; Mitch Waldrop discusses the long-running Hubble tension saga and the launch of the JWST; and
"The Hiding Place and the Universe," a dramatic interpretation of the life of an experimental quantum physicist.
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Schrödinger's Tardigrade
MP3 FILE / 25 MINUTES / 60 MB
Has a multicellular organism been entangled with a superconducting qubit for the first time? Quantum physicist Vlatko Vedral defends his team's controversial claims.
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Hubble Trouble
MP3 FILE / 19 MINUTES / 45 MB
Different astronomical observations suggest a slight difference in the Hubble parameter--and thus in the age of the universe. Science writer Mitch Waldrop describes the latest twist in this long-running saga, as the SH0ES team announces new results. Waldrop also preps us for the launch of the world's biggest space telescope, the JWST.
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The Hiding Place and the Universe
MP3 FILE / 14 MINUTES / 33 MB
What does it feel like to be an experimental quantum physicist? An audio journey into a lab in Lyon, France, with physicists Alexis Jouan and Antoine Marquet. Narration written by Jack Monaghan and read by Hayley McGee, and original music composed by Robert Moutrey.
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