Know it Wall
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Know it Wall is a place for inquisitive minds. Let world-class researchers in humanities & sciences excite your curiosity through short audio-documentaries (audiodocs). From Stegosaurus to Shakespeare, protons to pandemics, there’s no limit to what you could encounter! | Based at UCL and Imperial | www.knowitwall.com
Categories: Education
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How do physicists know what will happen in situations that haven't been tested? How sure can we be that physical laws are constant? Katy Clough explains how we are pushing the limits of what we know about the universe. | Narrated by Agnes Donnelly and Vidish Athavale | Music by Lee Rosevere | Katy is a postdoctoral researcher in the Astrophysics Department at Göttingen University in Germany, having recently completed her Ph.D. at King's College London. Her research involves solving the Einstein equations of gravity on supercomputers, investigating the early universe and even making black holes.
Previous episodes
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22 - Am I crazy or is it physics? | Katy Clough Sun, 25 Jun 2017
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21 - Can we cure neurological disorders by modifying the genome? | Gabriele Lignani Sun, 23 Apr 2017
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20 - What can facial movement tell us about emotional expression? | Eva Krumhuber Mon, 10 Apr 2017
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19 - Why is the Earth habitable? | Philip Pogge von Strandmann Sun, 12 Feb 2017
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18 - Russia’s new rich and their attitudes to the West | Elisabeth Schimpfossl Fri, 30 Dec 2016
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17 - String theory: Must it be so? | Yang-Hui He Sun, 27 Nov 2016
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16 - The quantum foundations of life | Johnjoe McFadden Sun, 18 Sep 2016
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15 - The woman who unmasked the forger | Mary Wellesley Sun, 04 Sep 2016
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14 - It's at Tate but is it art? | Miguel Dos Santos Sun, 07 Aug 2016
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13 - Why Martin Luther King had the US Constitution on his side | Adam Smith Mon, 25 Jul 2016
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12 - Is sport really good for society? | Nick Piercey Sun, 10 Jul 2016
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11 - Could there be life around Jupiter? | Mehdi Ben Slama Sun, 26 Jun 2016
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10 - Dante on his 750th birthday | John Took Sun, 12 Jun 2016
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9 - Saharan dust: Sustaining the Amazon? | Ian Ashpole Sun, 29 May 2016
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8 - The shot without a bullet: Blast injury | Emily Mayhew Sun, 15 May 2016
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7 - The migrant crisis, Spanish America and the right to travel | Alexander Samson Sun, 01 May 2016
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6 - Antarctic discovery: Exploring the future of Earth | Martin Siegert Sun, 17 Apr 2016
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5 - Discovering the Higgs boson | Jonathan Butterworth Sun, 03 Apr 2016
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4 - Flying and spying: A Renaissance dream comes true | Zoltán Biedermann Sun, 20 Mar 2016
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3 - The structure of human language | Vieri Samek-Lodovici Sun, 06 Mar 2016
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2 - Viral pandemics | Michela Mazzon Sun, 21 Feb 2016
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