Between Two Nerds
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Athena & Raafae, aged 11, joins the nerds to have a little chat about relativity!Are space and time absolute? What is the theory of special relativity? And general relativity? How did Einstein come up with it? What is Length Contraction? What i
Athena & Raafae join one of the nerds to have a chat about one of the most mysterious areas in physics... quantum mechanics!This chat was really an overview of the major ideas in the field. Quanta and photons. Wave particle duality. Matter as a
The nerds debate the possibility of finding complex alien life somewhere else in the universe.We discuss the probabilities of finding extraterrestrial life elsewhere and the probability of it evolving into "intelligent life" by looking at from
Raafae & Athena, both aged 11, join the nerds remotely while we are all social distancing during the COVID 19 outbreak to talk about aliens!(Apologies for the uneven sound quality. It's the best we can do under the circumstances.)Are we alone
Oscar Blue, aged 6, returns to ask the nerds all about rainbows.How on earth do light and rain make a rainbow?! What's refraction? Can you catch a rainbow? Why are there only 7 colours in the spectrum? Can we make our own rainbows?This is a sim
James, aged 7, asks the nerds about the speed of light.He wants to know why light is the fastest thing in the universe and we tell him all about the weirdness revealed by Albert Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity. Objects get heavier. Spac
Muhammad, aged 8, is curious about the big bang and wants to know who discovered the Big Bang.As we discuss the contributions of Georges Lemaître and Edwin Hubble and how they discovered the evidence for the Big Bang theory, we end up having a
Hussein joins the nerds to talk about a pressing issue... the COVID-19 coronavirus!It's impossible to escape the news of the novel coronavirus outbreak, but with this, there are a lot of half "truths" and myths floating around, as well as peopl
In this episode, the nerds answer some of our subscribers' most pressing questions in the arena of science, with the help of Indiana, aged 9, who lent his voice and spoke for all our subscribers.What are our thoughts about the Flat Earth "theor
Selim, aged 9, came in to ask the nerds about how nerves work, but his natural curiosity led us into a discussion of artificial intelligence, the brain, consciousness and neuroscience.How do nerves work? What are reflexes? How can someone progr
Tia, aged 13, asks the nerds how much the Earth weighs and the conversation quickly leads to far more mysterious topics in astrophysics, like dark matter and dark energy. How much does the Earth weigh? What the difference between mass and weigh
Zaraar, aged 8, has questions about the Earth's magnetic field. Why is the Earth's magnetic field so weak, even though the Earth is so big? What causes the Earth's magnetosphere? Do other planets have magnetic fields around them? Great question
Ayla, aged 6, wants to know more about her favourite animal...tigers! What's the deal with tiger stripes? How do stripes help a tiger camouflage? Where would you find the most tigers in the world? Who would win in a fight, a tiger or a bear? Co
Marwan, aged 6, asks the nerds some great questions about gravity and orbits. He even throws in a random question about popcorn! Why does the Earth orbit the Sun? Why does it take a year? Why does the Sun bend spacetime? What is escape velocity
Shehrezad, aged 11, want to know more about some of the things kids are obsessed with... Slime, Blue Tack & Oobleck! How does slime work? Why does soap dissolve blue tack? How does oobleck work? Trying to answer these questions, the nerds discu
Athena, aged 11, wants to know if time travel is possible! We will be upfront and say that the nerds don't really have an answer to this one because there really isn't one yet. We discuss Einstein's theory of relativity and how it says that we
Indiana, aged 8, ask the nerds all about human evolution! How did human beings start? Did we evolve from apes? What are the milestones in human evolution? What were the other human species? Like the Neanderthals? Why did the other species go ex
Hussein, aged 9, ask the nerds all about DNA and genes! What is DNA? What is RNA? What is it made from? What are genes? What are chromosomes? What is a gene mutation? How can DNA be responsible for all this genetic variation we see? What is gen
Mia, aged 5, ask the nerds all about germs in this episode. Yuck! What are germs? Bacteria, viruses, fungi and protists? How do they spread and make us ill? Why do I keep getting the flu? What is our microbiome? What are good germs? How can th
Spatika, aged 6, gets electric with the nerds and asks them all about electricity. Who makes our electricity? How do we make it electricity? What is a generator? How does it work? How can we replace fossil fuels with renewable energy? How does
Allisah, aged 9, asks the nerds all about human bodies and we explore some of its mysteries. Dreams, eye colour, runny noses, burps and farts in particular. Some of those mysteries are a bit more embarrassing than others! What are dreams made o
James, aged 9, asks the nerds all about how we track time on our planet and the Gregorian calendar. Why do we have 24 hours in a day? Why do we have 365 days in a year? Why do we have a leap year every 4 years? Why are there 60 seconds and minu
Elyes, aged 11, asks the nerds all about black holes. What is a black hole? What is the event horizon? Why is it called a black hole? Can you see a black hole? What would happen if you fell into a black hole? What is spaghettification? We delve
Layla, aged 11, asks the nerds about the layers of the Earth, gravity and the fundamental forces. Why does the Earth have so many layers? What is the core, mantle and crust are made out of? Why is gravity different on other planets? What are th
Oscar Blue, aged 6, asks the nerds why isn't the Earth all ocean. Why does the Earth have land AND ocean? Where did the water on Earth come from? Can the sea levels rise? What would happen if the ice on Earth melts?
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