June 30, 2012

MP3 FILE / 35 MINUTES / 60 MB
Gruber Prize for Cosmology goes to WMAP ; searching the sky for "cosmic textures"; predicting the end of civilization; and the quantum fuel for time travel.
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Individual Stories

Knots in Space

MP3 FILE / 24 MINUTES / 58 MB
Hiranya Peiris and Stephen Feeney talk about WMAP's Gruber Prize win and their quest for cosmic "textures" (extended interview).
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Predicting the End of Civilization

MP3 FILE / 11 MINUTES / 26 MB
Geoffrey West on complexity theory, the underlying laws that govern the lifetimes of animals and cities, and the end of socio-economic time.
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The Quantum Fuel of Time Travel

MP3 FILE / 5 MINUTES / 12 MB
Ken Olum calculates whether traveling back in time could ever be possible.
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