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Sep 2021
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Science and U: Was There a Big Bang? - A...

David Gornoski
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Dr. Weiping Yu, the chief science officer of A Neighbor's Choice, joins David Gornoski for another exciting segment of Science and U. The physicist comments on the claim that scientists have discovered the secret of wireless charging and whether the universe was really created through a big bang. Listen to the full segment for all this and more.

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