Aug 19

Overlooked pioneers from quantum history

This episode of Physics World Stories explores a new book that restores women to the early history of quantum mechanics

51m 32s

Jul 23

Entangled expressions: where quantum science and art come together

A journey into the artist-in-residence programme at the Yale Quantum Institute

56m 30s

Jun 24

Painting the unseen: visualizing the quantum world

From swirling oil paints to the grin of a Cheshire cat, this Physics World Stories episode brings quantum science to life

1h 4m

Oct 2023

Attosecond pulses and quantum dots: exploring the physics behind this year’s Nobel prizes

We also chat about that embarrassing leak of the chemistry winners in this podcast

40m 39s

Feb 2023

Chatbot plagiarism

ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is an online conversational chatbot, launched by OpenAI in November 2022. To date it remains an online sensation, allowing users to generate poems, essays, code and images in seconds. But fear bubbles in academic circles that artificia ... Show More

29m 53s

Jun 2023

Can Artificial Intelligence teach itself?

Welcome to the exciting new field of generative artificial intelligence - or generative AI. We’re not talking about robots or spaceships: instead these are image generators and chatbots that are already revolutionising the way people write, research and interact in the virtual wo ... Show More

26m 28s

Jan 2024

This AI just figured out geometry — is this a step towards artificial reasoning?

In this episode:0:55 The AI that deduces solutions to complex maths problemsResearchers at Google Deepmind have developed an AI that can solve International Mathematical Olympiad-level geometry problems, something previous AIs have struggled with. They provided the system with a ... Show More

32m 24s

Jul 2021

155 | Stephen Wolfram on Computation, Hypergraphs, and Fundamental Physics

It’s not easy, figuring out the fundamental laws of physics. It’s even harder when your chosen methodology is to essentially start from scratch, positing a simple underlying system and a simple set of rules for it, and hope that everything we know about the world somehow pops out ... Show More

2h 40m

Aug 2023

Physicists finally observe strange isotope Oxygen 28 – raising fundamental questions

In this episode:00:47 First observation of oxygen 28Oxygen 28 is an isotope of oxygen with 20 neutrons and eight protons. This strange isotope has long been sought after by physicists, as its proposed unusual properties would allow them to put their theories of how atomic nuclei ... Show More

29m 5s

Sep 2020

#124 – Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe

Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. This is our second conversation on the podcast. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast: – SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/lex – Sun Basket, use code LEX: htt ... Show More

4h 24m

Will AI chatbots replace physicists?