Cosmic Queries – Dark Matter, Aliens, En...

Are we losing control of AI? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore AI cyberhacking breaches, supercoordation, and the game theory of the AI alignment problem with Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and the Earth Species Proj ... Show More

What happens to matter when the temperature gets near zero kelvin? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore things you thought you knew about Bose-Einstein condensate, high impact collisions, and how stuff burns. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commerc ... Show More

Could ghosts possibly be real? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Eugene Mirman explore ghost hunting techniques, spiritualism, and the non-corporeal plane of existence with Mary Roach and Joe Nickell. Originally Aired October 30, 2011. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire epis ... Show More

<p>In this thought-provoking conversation on life, the universe, and everything, Neil deGrasse Tyson tackles the world's most important philosophical questions about the universe with wit, wisdom, and cutting-edge science. For science geeks, space and physics nerds, and all who w ... Show More

Could we detect exoplanets outside of the Milky Way? Could the Euclid Telescope disprove what we know about dark energy and matter? Are we just pointing telescopes aimlessly at patches of space? And is it possible for two black holes to merge and separate into two branches? Izzie ... Show More

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Harris speaks with Neil deGrasse Tyson about our place in the universe. They discuss our current understanding of extra-solar planets, the prospect that there is complex life elsewhere in the galaxy, the Fermi problem, the possibility that a ... Show More

On the program this week Jonathan chats to world-renowned Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about his new book as well as all things cosmos related. This week for the Newsround Jonathan McCrea was joined by Dr Fergus McAuliffe and  scientist Jessamyn Fairfield. They discussed a ... Show More

Today Dr Lucy and Dr Karl are joined by special guest astrophysicist Professor Geraint Lewis to answer all your questions from around the cosmos. Can you get moonburnt? Could we ever move at the speed of light? How did the big bang happen? What's on the other side of the universe ... Show More

Is there life out there in the cosmos? Jorge talks to scientists about whether we are truly alone in the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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Daniel and Jorge answer questions about quantum mechanics, the end of the Universe, and the multiverse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.