Gravity is the weakest of the fundamental forces of nature, yet, if you have enough of it, it can create the most powerful thing in the known universe: a black hole.
The very idea of a black hole didn’t really exist until the early 20th century, and now they are regularly found by the world’s most powerful telescopes.
As much as we know about them, there i ... Show More
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The Paraguayan War (Encore)
In the 1860s, one of the bloodiest wars in the Western Hemisphere took place….and it wasn’t the US Civil War.
It was a war between Paraguay and an alliance of Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil, and it was one of the bloodiest ever fought in Latin America.
It was a conventional wa ... Show More
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Oct 2022
#536 - Dr Becky Smethurst - The Secret World Of Black Holes
Dr Becky Smethurst is an astrophysicist, author, YouTuber and a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.
Black holes are the weirdest, densest, most mysterious objects in the universe. However they're not black, and they're not holes. In fact pretty much everything you ... Show More
55m 57s
Jul 2023
Little Black Holes Everywhere
<p>In 1908, on a sunny, clear, quiet morning in Siberia, witnesses recall seeing a blinding light streak across the sky, and then… the earth shook, a forest was flattened, fish were thrown from streams, and roofs were blown off houses. The “Tunguska event,” as it came to be known ... Show More
34m 57s
Jan 2021
Black Holes | Relaxing Bedtime Reading for Sleep
Unwind with this calm bedtime reading on black holes, a peaceful way to ease insomnia and drift into restful sleep. Benjamin’s soothing voice explores what black holes are, how they form, and their mysterious role in the cosmos. His gentle cadence transforms vast astronomical con ... Show More
30m 35s
Nov 2020
What If You Could See Through a Black Hole? - with Pr. Clifford Johnson
What do we really know about black holes? We've only recently even gotten a visual of an actual black hole, so not a lot. But although we can now see a black hole, can we see through a black hole? And if we could, what would we see? Where would we see? Who would we see? When woul ... Show More
29m 18s
Jun 2018
Black Hole Alternatives, Literally Immortal Jellyfish Secrets, and The Best Way to Argue
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:A Literally Immortal Jellyfish Could Teach Scientists How to Live ForeverThis Is the Best Way to Argue with Your Partner, Says a Commun ... Show More
8m 20s