Turning Grief into Physics: Dr. Ronald Mallett’s Journey Through Time

Turning Grief into Physics: Dr. Ronald Mallett’s Journey Through Time

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS Gabrielle Bir­chak I just fin­ished edit­ing this fan­tas­tic inter­view with Dr. Ronald Mal­lett, Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus of Physics at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut. This episode of Math Sci­ence His­to­ry is all about explor­ing one of physics most dar­ing fron­tiers, time trav­el. Dr. Mal­lett has spent a life­time inves­ti­gat­ing whether light itself can twist space time enough to form loops

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The Math and Science of Efficiency

The Math and Science of Efficiency

It’s Flash­cards Fri­day here on Math Sci­ence His­to­ry, where we take big ideas and pack them into small, pow­er­ful moments. I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak, and I have a back­ground in sci­ence, math and jour­nal­ism, and today, we’re flip­ping through the math and sci­ence behind one of life’s biggest chal­lenges: sav­ing time. Because here’s the truth, time is the only thing you

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Time Travel IRL!

Time Travel IRL!

Time Trav­el Imag­ine step­ping into a machine, an elab­o­rate cham­ber of brass, gears, and hum­ming coils. You sit down, pull a lever, and sud­den­ly the world out­side your win­dow blurs. The clock on the wall no longer ticks in neat, famil­iar sec­onds. Instead, time itself bends and stretch­es like taffy. Days whirl past in moments, cen­turies col­lapse into a single

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The Engineer’s Proximity Effect and the Pauli Effect

The Engineer’s Proximity Effect and the Pauli Effect

As Hal­loween is upon us in the Unit­ed States and in Cana­da, today we are talk­ing about some creepy things, like why the tech guy can make your com­put­er work as soon as he enters the room, why some peo­ple have bad juju wher­ev­er they go, and what spells you can do to either imple­ment or break tech­ni­cal bad spells.

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FLASHCARDS! Protecting Our Oceans

FLASHCARDS! Protecting Our Oceans

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS Wel­come to Flash­cards Fri­days on MATH! SCIENCE! HISTORY!. I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak and today we’re tack­ling a sub­ject that’s both urgent and empow­er­ing. How each of us can play a part in con­serv­ing our oceans. The ocean cov­ers more than 70% of the earth­’s sur­face. It pro­duces over half of the oxy­gen we breathe and sup­ports a rich web

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Washington, Adams, and Smallpox: An MHS Interview

Washington, Adams, and Smallpox: An MHS Interview

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS [Gabrielle Bir­chak] I believe in the Unit­ed States. I believe in our resilience and I believe that this exper­i­ment that is known as Amer­i­ca can do so much bet­ter if we trust sci­ence. And after today, I hope you have the same rev­e­la­tion. Today’s very spe­cial episode includes an inter­view with the Direc­tor of Research at the Massachusetts

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