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Ep. 716 - The God**** Particle - Remembering Peter Higgs

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition - April 22, 2024 20:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Last week, we learned about the death of Peter Higgs, a physicist and discoverer of the particle that bears his name. The Large Hadron Collider was built to find and describe the particle. Today, we’ll look back at the life of Peter Higgs and his particle.

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91. High Tea: Kristen Hawley

On The Pass - April 22, 2024 13:28 - 27 minutes
On this episode of the High Tea series, Gabriel Ornelas sits down with Kristen Hawley, San Francisco-based journalist and Founder of Expedite, a newsletter about restaurant technology and the future of hospitality.    For the last decade Kristen has been at the forefront offering pragmatic c...

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The Future of Earth (Part II w/Pastor Kevin Lea)

Real Science Radio - April 20, 2024 03:00 ★★★★ - 77 ratings
*Pastor Kevin Lea: RSR hosts Fred Williams & Doug McBurney welcome Pastor Kevin Lea of Calvary Church Port Orchard WA to discuss The future of Planet Earth in regard to asteroid collisions, celestial exploration, and Hydroplate Theory!   *Osiris REx: The professoriate at Northern Arizona Univ...

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[Space Bites] ISS Debris Hit Florida House // Crisis for Mars Sample Return // Closest Black Hole

Universe Today Podcast - April 19, 2024 17:30 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 238 ratings
A piece of the ISS smashed into a house in Florida. Evidence for the first stars in the Universe. NASA is having to rethink its Mars Sample Return mission. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-un...

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LASSIE the Lunar Dog

About Space Today - April 19, 2024 04:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Has NASA gone too far out ... LASSIE the Lunar Dog to roam the Moon?   Join Dawn Meyer, Space Coast News Editor about NASA's new lunar pet.

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Navigating Uncharted Territory: ASC Fine Wines’ Journey in China with Don St Pierre Jr

Bottled in China: A Wine & Food Podcast - April 19, 2024 00:57 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 179 ratings
In 1996, Don St Pierre Jr joined forces with his father, Don St Pierre Sr, to establish ASC Fine Wines. Over the years, their company has grown to become one of the largest importers of high-quality wine in China. Today, we delve into the formidable obstacles encountered while introducing fine ...

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World Forces Gather at N. Pole

About Space Today - April 17, 2024 04:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
What was the real reason that the "World Forces" gathered at the North Pole?  Did it have to do with warnings of Admiral Richard Byrd in 1947 of flying saucers?  Join David Denault for Special Report.

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Voyager 1 Detects Cosmic Hum

About Space Today - April 16, 2024 04:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
The Voyager 1 Spacecraft traveling through interstellar space has detected a mysterious cosmic hum.  Join David Denault, as he explores what is the cosmic hum.

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The Black Hole Wars: My Battle with Stephen Hawking

Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures - April 15, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratings
With Dr. Leonard Susskind (Stanford University) Black holes, the collapsed remnants of the largest stars, provide a remarkable laboratory where the frontier concepts of our understanding of nature are tested at their extreme limits. For more than two decades, Professor Susskind and a Dutch colle...

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90. High Tea: Dana Cowin

On The Pass - April 15, 2024 18:10 - 31 minutes
On this episode of the High Tea series, Gabriel Ornelas sits down with Dana Cowin, New York-based food-obsessed journalist and former Editor-in-Chief of Food & Wine.   Dana is an award-winning editor, author, podcast host, TEDx speaker and facilitator who creates change through food, gatheri...

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Arcturus

StarDate - April 15, 2024 05:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 205 ratings
The star Arcturus is a little bit heavier than our own star, the Sun. Yet that small difference has a big effect on the star’s evolution: Arcturus entered a late stage billions of years earlier than the Sun will. Arcturus is one of the brighter stars in the night sky, and shines yellow-orange. B...

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FBP 923 - Sometimes It Takes An Eclipse

Fr. Bill's Podcast - April 15, 2024 04:47 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
Episode 923 (11:20) In this episode: Reflection on the 2024 and 2017 total solar eclipses; How they effected those who saw them; How an eclipse can serve as a metaphor for being open to new things, how Jesus' Resurrection changed his disciples and us Related Web Sites:  My Website Podcas...

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Moon and Gemini

StarDate - April 14, 2024 05:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 205 ratings
The Moon creeps up on the twin stars of Gemini this evening. As night falls, Pollux and Castor are above the Moon. Pollux is on the left, and is a bit brighter than its “twin.” There’s a lot more to Gemini than just the twins — or even the other stars that are visible to the unaided eye. In fact...

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Vanishing Hunter

StarDate - April 13, 2024 05:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 205 ratings
This time of year is pretty inviting for some evening skywatching. The evening hours are warm but not usually too hot, and spring storm activity generally hasn’t reached its peak — pleasant conditions for watching the stars. Unfortunately, one of the most beautiful star patterns is dropping from...

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NASA Botches Planetary Defense Part I (With Pastor Kevin Lea)

Real Science Radio - April 13, 2024 03:00 ★★★★ - 77 ratings
*Pastor Kevin Lea: RSR hosts Fred Williams & Doug McBurney welcome Pastor Kevin Lea of Calvary Church Port Orchard WA to discuss NASA's BIG mistake, and the latest news from earth and space in light of Hydroplate Theory! * Shot in the DART: Hear the details regarding the DART mission and its i...

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NASA Botches Planetary Defense (Part I w/Pastor Kevin Lea)

Real Science Radio - April 13, 2024 03:00 ★★★★ - 77 ratings
*Pastor Kevin Lea: RSR hosts Fred Williams & Doug McBurney welcome Pastor Kevin Lea of Calvary Church Port Orchard WA to discuss NASA's BIG mistake, and the latest news from earth and space in light of Hydroplate Theory! * Shot in the DART: Hear the details regarding the DART mission and its i...

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Evolving Dark Matter // JAXA's Moon Rover for NASA // Eclipse Experience

Universe Today Podcast - April 12, 2024 23:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 238 ratings
New measurements show dark energy may be evolving, Japan is joining Artemis with a pressurized rover, why the Moon has two different faces, and my experience with the total solar eclipse. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goo...

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The Ghost Particle

About Space Today - April 12, 2024 13:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
They are from space, they are all around us and they go through us, the Ghost Particles.  Now for the first time scientists image Neutrinos.  Join David Denault, Executive News Editor with a report that creates more mysteries.

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Vaporized Planets

StarDate - April 12, 2024 05:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 205 ratings
Planetary systems can be violent. In our own solar system, for example, the Moon probably was born from the debris left over when a planet as big as Mars rammed into Earth billions of years ago. And the giant planet Uranus probably was knocked over on its side by a similar collision about the sam...

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222: Lisa, Karly, and the 40th Anniversary of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

Casual Space - April 11, 2024 17:42 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
40 years ago, the six surviving Mercury 7 Astronauts (Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton), Betty Grissom, William Douglas, M.D., and Henri Landwirth established the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). Since its inception, the ASF had th...

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Vaporizing Planet

StarDate - April 11, 2024 05:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 205 ratings
Planets like Earth live in the “Goldilocks zone” — the region around a star where conditions are most comfortable for life. But most planets aren’t so cushy. They’re either far away and cold, or close in and hot. And some are so close that they’re being vaporized by their star. One example is WA...

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Episode 500: The Path of Totality

Science Faction Podcast - April 10, 2024 17:27 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 8 ratings
This episode contains: All three of your co-hosts are back to prove that 500 is just another number. We recorded on Rex Manning Day (you know, from Empire Records) and we missed First Contact Day (you know, from First Contact). Nobody remembers the Genetics Wars (you know, from nothing at all), ...

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Black Holes and the Technology to Find Them

Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures - April 10, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratings
A Non-technical Talk by Dr. Jessica Lu (University of California, Berkeley) on March 13, 2024 The population of black holes, objects left over from dead stars,  is almost entirely unexplored. Only about two dozen black holes are confidently known in our Galaxy. As a result, some of the most bas...

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89. Hot Spot: Ari Heckman + Xavier Donnelly of ASH NYC

On The Pass - April 10, 2024 13:20 - 1 hour
Step into a world where every hotel feels like a scene from a captivating movie, with you as the supporting cast member. Join us as we delve into the visionary minds behind Ash NYC, a trailblazing design firm and hotelier known for crafting unforgettable experiences in the boutique hospitality r...

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Episode 2: Think Seeing is Believing? Think Again

Science Talk - April 10, 2024 09:45 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 579 ratings
In this episode, we’ll talk with two researchers whose work probes the uncertainty surrounding how we perceive the world around us.  It turns out that what we see may not always be a perfect reflection of reality. 

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Seeing Giants

StarDate - April 10, 2024 05:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 205 ratings
If you heat up some alphabet soup, you shouldn’t end up with all the letters clumped together — they should be fairly evenly spread throughout the pot. According to the current understanding of the universe, the same thing should apply to galaxies. They may clump together on smaller scales, form...

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Moon and Planets

StarDate - April 09, 2024 05:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 205 ratings
Europa is one of the more intriguing bodies in the solar system — and one that scientists are especially eager to land a spacecraft on. The big moon of Jupiter may have a global ocean below its icy crust — an ocean that could host life. But landing on Europa won’t be easy. It’s hundreds of milli...

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This Week in Space

About Space Today - April 09, 2024 04:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
This Week In Space with John Gomez will feature the founder of Space X, Elon Musk.

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Ep. 715: Total Eclipse of the Science: Experiments During the Eclipse

Astronomy Cast - April 08, 2024 20:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.8K ratings
Astronomy Cast Ep. 715: Total Eclipse of the Science: Experiments During the Eclipse by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live April 1, 2024. NO JOKES! How to watch a solar eclipse and do some science!   The next great eclipse is upon us, with viewers across North America witnessing the moon ...

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Ep. 715: Total Eclipse of the Science: Experiments During the Eclipse

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition - April 08, 2024 20:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
How to watch a solar eclipse and do some science! The next great eclipse is upon us, with viewers across North America witnessing the moon passing in front of the Sun. It’s an amazing experience, but also an opportunity to do science. Let’s talk about what we can learn from this momentous event.