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Matter
When Black Holes Collide - February 26, 2010
We sat down with the physicist Joan Centrella to talk about how black holes collide.
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Poking around a physics meeting - August 24, 2009
A physics meeting can be an intimidating adventure with Nobel laureates and sophisticated talks. Calla and Nadia poke around an APS Meeting in Denver, CO and talk with some students about their experiences at the conference.
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Mawell's Demon is back - June 19, 2009
Researchers are tricking atoms and fooling entropy with lasers. Although their experiments don't actually violate the laws of thermodynamics, they have applications to quantum computing and gravity mapping.
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Physics New Years Resolutions Part 3 - January 23, 2009
In this podcast we describe some of the major experiments and concepts that physicists hope to resolve this year. This is part 3 of 3.
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New Years Physics Resolutions Part 2 - January 23, 2009
In this podcast we describe some of the major experiments and concepts that physicists hope to resolve this year. This is part 2 of 3.
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New Years Physics Resolutions Part 1 - January 23, 2009
In this podcast we describe some of the major experiments and concepts that physicists hope to resolve this year. This is part 1 of 3.
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Reconnecting Lightning - October 16, 2008
Bolts of lightning often resemble the forked, branches of trees. However, researchers have figured out the conditions that allow for spark branches to reconnect, overcoming the electrostatic repulsion that usually causes them to separate.
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Amoeba Reasoning - September 18, 2008
Scientists discovered that some single celled organisms can learn to adapt to their environment. This is an astonishing discovery since single cell organisms don’t have a brain. Previously, scientists thought that the learning process required many brain cells working together.
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Diamond Bug - August 21, 2008
A certain bug has a material on its back that reflects light similar to crystal structure of diamonds.
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