Pseudoscience can sometimes be hard to distinguish from the real thing. Today we discuss how philosophers of science have thought about this problem.
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May 2
AUA: Changing Dark Energy, Twin Paradox, and What's Next for CERN
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54m 27s
Mar 2025
AUA: The Early Universe, Quantum Interpretations, and Asteroids
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28m 56s
Nov 2024
Épisode 36 - Échos Poétiques de l'Univers - Partie 2
Poussière d'étoile, c'est un voyage de la pensée à la découverte des merveilles de l'univers et de l'espace, le tout sans cours d'astronomie ni formules. Préparez-vous à un podcast au-delà des possibles ! Dans cet épisode, nous continuons d'explorer le pont que nous avons commenc ... Show More
17m 21s
Dec 2024
Astronomy Cast Ep. 737: Weird Science Stories From 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4SjpJT2FFg Streamed live December13, 2024. Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay. 2024 was a strange year! I’ll let your imagination take flight and consider how 2024 was weird for you. But, for space and astronomy we had some interesting, ... Show More
34m 51s
Nov 2024
Pinky and the (lab-grown) Brain
It’s not great to be a lab rat. And it turns out, lab rats might not be that great for science either. Could the future be little lab-grown brain clumps?Guests: Rachel Nuwer, science journalist; Lisa Genzel, professor of neuroscience at Radboud UniversityThis episode has been upd ... Show More
22m 52s
Mar 2025
Cosmic Queries– Multiverse Madness with Max Tegmark
Do we live in one of many universes? On this episode of StarTalk, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice investigate the theory of the multiverse with physicist, author, and professor Max Tegmark. (Originally Aired March 22, 2021)NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to th ... Show More
47m 8s
Nov 2024
Why are there lefties and righties?
This week on Unexplainable or Not, we’ve got three scientific mysteries all about left and right. Jonquilyn Hill, host of Vox’s new podcast Explain It to Me, is going to guess which of them has been solved and which ones are still unexplainable.Guest: S. Furkan Ozturk, researcher ... Show More
29m 50s