logo
episode-header-image
Nov 2013
52m 7s

Martin Rees — Cosmic Origami and What We...

ON BEING STUDIOS
About this episode
Parallel realities and the deep structure of space-time sound like science fiction. These are matters of real scientific inquiry. Lord Martin Rees is an astrophysicist and self-professed atheist who paints a fascinating picture of how we might be changed by what we do not yet know. 
Up next
May 14
Michael Pollan — The Mystery of Consciousness
From Krista: Michael Pollan’s latest book, A World Appears, is an exploration — with scientists and journalists and technologists and spiritual teachers — of what consciousness is, and is not, or might be: from the plants which have always fascinated him, to the new technologies ... Show More
1h 14m
May 7
“The Fierce Urgency of Now” — Michelle Alexander and Lucas Johnson
From Krista: On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at Riverside Church in New York City called “A Time to Break Silence.” This is often referred to as his “Beyond Vietnam” Speech. His own allies criticized it as a risky departure from a focus on civil rights. But ... Show More
1h 16m
Mar 26
Shai Held — On Love, and Judaism
From Krista: I'm on record bemoaning across the years that “love” is the most watered-down word in the English language. I know that invoking love feels very soft for our hard realms of politics and war. Yet it is an enduring truth that love is the only force as powerful in a hum ... Show More
1h 17m
Recommended Episodes
Mar 2017
Science Fiction
Science fiction has perhaps been unfairly dismissed by many critics and academics; seen by some as a niche genre, not befitting the elite group of literary works deemed to be 'high art'. While some examples of science fiction could be criticised for perpetuating fantasy clichés, ... Show More
28m 12s
Aug 2023
Quantum Physics Reveals Reality is Not Real with Christian Thagard
For more than three decades, Christian Thagard has been immersed in the study of applied metaphysics (including its underpinnings in the strange workings of quantum physics).Christian’s first book, Earth Game: The Evolution of Consciousness, was written because he felt it was ins ... Show More
1h 1m
Oct 2022
#456 Was Genesis Re-interpreted After Scientific Discoveries? - Jimmy Akin
Did Science Kill the Biblical Worldview? Astrophysicist (not historian) Neil deGrasse Tyson gives a little history lesson about how science forced Christians to give up the biblical worldview. Is this real history, or did he make it up? We asked Jimmy Akin to give us a take. &nb ... Show More
21m 22s
Jan 2021
Religion and Science in Schools
Since Darwin published The Origin of Species, there has been a perceived battle between science and religion. It was not always so. For hundreds of years, science was designed to help people reach a better understanding of God rather than the world. The Enlightenment changed all ... Show More
27m 15s
Jul 2012
Parallel Universes
Brian Cox and Robin Ince stretch the cage of infinite proportions this week to encompass not just our own universe, but any others that might be lurking out there as well. They'll be joined by QI creator John Lloyd, the Astronomer Royal, Professor Sir Martin Rees, and solar scien ... Show More
28m 13s
Feb 1999
Space in Religion and Science
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of thought about space, and examines whether cyberspace has introduced a new concept of space in our world or if its roots are in Einsteinian physics. It would have seemed extraordinary to Dante or Newton, from their different perspecti ... Show More
28m 3s
Mar 2019
Simplicity Argument جدلية البساطة
tail spinning
10m 38s
Jun 2016
The Universe Participates in the Mystery of God | Guy Consolmagno and George Coyne
“If you’re sure about something, you don’t need faith. It’s when you have the doubts that faith kicks in. And that’s true in science as well as anything else.” Vatican astronomers Brother Guy Consolmagno and Father George Coyne on the joy of discovery and delighting in what we do ... Show More
7m 58s
Sep 2023
Stars, Cells, and God | Designer Proteins and Cosmic Time Dilation
Join Fazale “Fuz” Rana and Hugh Ross as they discuss new discoveries taking place at the frontiers of science that have theological and philosophical implications, including the reality of God’s existence.   Designer Proteins Recently, a research team from the University of Washi ... Show More
1h 2m