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Sabine Stanley on What's Inside Planets
Jan 29, 2024The radius of the Earth is over 6,000 kilometers, but the deepest we've ever dug below the surface is only about 12 km. Yet we have a quite reliable idea of the structure of the Earth's interior -- in...
Chris Quigg on Symmetry and the Birth of the Standard Model
Jan 22, 2024Einstein's theory of general relativity is distinguished by its singular simplicity and beauty. The Standard Model of Particle Physics, by contrast, is a bit of a mess. So many particles and interacti...
Eric Schwitzgebel on the Weirdness of the World
Jan 15, 2024Scientists and philosophers sometimes advocate pretty outrageous-sounding ideas about the fundamental nature of reality. (Arguably I have been guilty of this.) It shouldn't be surprising that reality,...
Sanjana Curtis on the Origins of the Elements
Jan 08, 2024In mid-20th-century cosmology, there was a debate over the origin of the chemical elements. Some thought that they could be produced in the Big Bang, while others argued that they were made inside sta...
Ricard Solé on the Space of Cognitions
Jan 01, 2024Octopuses, artificial intelligence, and advanced alien civilizations: for many reasons, it's interesting to contemplate ways of thinking other than whatever it is we humans do. How should we think abo...
Holiday Message: Reflections on Immortality
Dec 18, 2023The final Mindscape podcast of each year is devoted to a short, reflective Holiday Message. This year the theme is Immortality: whether it's an attractive idea, and whether the laws of physics and cos...
Adam Frank on What Aliens Might Be Like
Dec 11, 2023It wasn't that long ago that topics like the nature of consciousness, or the foundations of quantum mechanics, or prospects for extraterrestrial life were considered fringey and disreputable by much o...
AMA | December 2023
Dec 04, 2023Welcome to the December 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Pa...
Solo: AI Thinks Different
Nov 27, 2023The Artificial Intelligence landscape is changing with remarkable speed these days, and the capability of Large Language Models in particular has led to speculation (and hope, and fear) that we could ...
Derek Guy on the Theory and Practice of Dressing Well
Nov 20, 2023Putting on clothes is one of the most universal human experiences. Inevitably, this involves choices; maybe you just grab the cheapest and most convenient clothing available, or maybe you want to fit ...