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A panel of physicists and astronomers grapple with possible cracks in our modern creation myth, the standard model of cosmology.

Steven Weinberg aimed to distill the rules of physics down to their simplest, most beautiful essence.

Steven Weinberg was best known for his Nobel-prize winning work that unified two fundamental forces of nature — electromagnetism and the weak force.

A compilation from our previous episodes that we hope will help you find some solace right now: in rediscovering life, the people we're closest with and the universe.

We're celebrating the 150th anniversary of the periodic table. Join us as we tour the cosmos, from the microscopic to the telescopic, with four scientists studying the role of four elements—zinc, oxygen, palladium and gold—in life, the universe and everything.

Scientists often talk about the people who mentored them, and the students and postdocs they supervise, in ways that sound like a family.

Scientist Kip Thorne talks with his former graduate student Bill Press about what it's like to work on a major Hollywood film.

What is the sound of two neutron stars colliding over 1 billion light years away?

How particle physics can help explore the insides of ancient Mayan pyramids without digging