Physics episodes
8 episodes so far
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14 min
Hot and Cold: How Measuring Temperature Revealed the Fate of the Universe
From Galileo's glass tubes to absolute zero, the strange, obsessive quest to measure heat itself
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19 min
Seeing the Invisible: The Discovery of X-Rays, Radio and Infrared
Beyond the rainbow: the astonishing story of radiation humanity couldn't see but couldn't stop using
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15 min
Tipping Points: Why Change Comes All at Once
Why water boils, markets crash and revolutions ignite, and the hidden mathematics they share
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19 min
The Gravity of Small Things: How Tiny Forces Rule the Insect and Droplet World
Why a water strider walks on a pond, a gecko climbs glass, and a raindrop is a feat of engineering
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19 min
Measuring the Unmeasurable: The Strange Quest to Define a Second, a Meter, and a Kilogram
From a pendulum in Paris to atomic clocks and fundamental constants, the surprising human drama behind how we define units.
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18 min
Wandering Poles: The Strange Science of Earth's Magnetic Shield
From migrating birds to flipping poles, how an invisible field protects life and why it keeps changing
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19 min
Tides of Power: How the Moon Shapes Life, Law, and Coastlines
From tidal pools to tidal power, the Moon's tug has quietly steered evolution, navigation, and human ambition.
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19 min
Absolute Zero: The Race to the Coldest Place in the Universe
From frost-fairs to quantum fluids, the long chase toward a temperature nothing can quite reach.
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