ABOUT THE FQXi PODCAST
The FQXi podcast brings you the latest ideas in foundational physics and cosmology—and includes interviews with our members and other leading scientists. It's hosted by Zeeya Merali and Brendan Foster. You can contact us at podcast@fqxi.org, and follow us on twitter: @FQXi. The podcast is produced by Zeeya, and music is provided by Baltimore-based Diefenbaker.
RECENT FORUM POSTS
W. Amos Carine: "1. Why the bad rep. on S.R.? The theory tries to conserve the laws of..." in THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING...
Vladimir Tamari: "Dear Jacek I enjoyed your essay and also read your "A Simple Spin..." in 3 worlds: Bit, It,...
Vladimir Tamari: "Marcus I was only marginally interested in philosophy, and as I mentioned..." in THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING...
Jason Wolfe: "Has anyone thought of toggling between particle and wave (particle-wave..." in The Tao of It and Bit by...
Leo Vuyk: "Hallo Marcus, You wrote: "So, it's perfectly *possible*, as you say, that..." in Hubble Redshift Despite...
Jason Wolfe: "Hi Cristinel, Looking at Wheeler's delayed choice experiment, do you get..." in The Tao of It and Bit by...
Anonymous: "Boy, for a guy who thinks the universe is an analog of 'Halo', you sure..." in An Essay Concerning Human...
Marcus Arvan: "Akinbo: I think the reasons you adduce in favor of something like Leibniz's..." in On The Road Not Taken by...
RECENT ARTICLES
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Discord in the Quantum World
An alternative quantum resource to entanglement could help physicists in the quest to construct a quantum computer.
A View From the Top
Thinking of causation as a "two-way street"—along which the passage of information can be inverted—could have implications for the origin of life.
Classic Article: Black Holes, Paradox Regained
In 2004, Stephen Hawking famously conceded that black holes do not devour all information when they swallow matter—seemingly resolving the "black hole information paradox" that had perplexed physicists for decades. But some argue that the paradox remains open, and we must abandon our simple picture of spacetime to unravel it.
Quantum Biology: Making Waves in the Natural World
Could quantum effects explain the mechanisms behind smell, photosynthesis and bird navigation?
The Accidental Universe
Have we been fooled into seeing one form of reality, with particular fundamental forces and laws, based on the peculiar way that we have chosen to measure time?
W. Amos Carine: "1. Why the bad rep. on S.R.? The theory tries to conserve the laws of..." in THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING...
Vladimir Tamari: "Dear Jacek I enjoyed your essay and also read your "A Simple Spin..." in 3 worlds: Bit, It,...
Vladimir Tamari: "Marcus I was only marginally interested in philosophy, and as I mentioned..." in THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING...
Jason Wolfe: "Has anyone thought of toggling between particle and wave (particle-wave..." in The Tao of It and Bit by...
Leo Vuyk: "Hallo Marcus, You wrote: "So, it's perfectly *possible*, as you say, that..." in Hubble Redshift Despite...
Jason Wolfe: "Hi Cristinel, Looking at Wheeler's delayed choice experiment, do you get..." in The Tao of It and Bit by...
Anonymous: "Boy, for a guy who thinks the universe is an analog of 'Halo', you sure..." in An Essay Concerning Human...
Marcus Arvan: "Akinbo: I think the reasons you adduce in favor of something like Leibniz's..." in On The Road Not Taken by...
RECENT ARTICLES
click titles to read articles
Discord in the Quantum World
An alternative quantum resource to entanglement could help physicists in the quest to construct a quantum computer.
A View From the Top
Thinking of causation as a "two-way street"—along which the passage of information can be inverted—could have implications for the origin of life.
Classic Article: Black Holes, Paradox Regained
In 2004, Stephen Hawking famously conceded that black holes do not devour all information when they swallow matter—seemingly resolving the "black hole information paradox" that had perplexed physicists for decades. But some argue that the paradox remains open, and we must abandon our simple picture of spacetime to unravel it.
Quantum Biology: Making Waves in the Natural World
Could quantum effects explain the mechanisms behind smell, photosynthesis and bird navigation?
The Accidental Universe
Have we been fooled into seeing one form of reality, with particular fundamental forces and laws, based on the peculiar way that we have chosen to measure time?
Complete Podcast
The FQXi May 30, 2012 Podcast features:
- Did the Universe Have a Beginning?
- Launching the FQXi Essay Contest
- Quantum Words & Pictures
- The Secret (Quantum) Science of Scents
- Ask a Physicist: Strings & Sounds
INFO: MP3 file / 43 minutes / 41 MB
LISTEN: 
Featured video in this podcast:
Individual Stories
Did the Universe Have a Beginning?
Could the multiverse, the cyclic universe, or the "cosmic egg" universe have existed infinitely into the past? If the universe had a beginning, can we detect *where* it occurred? (Extended interview with Alex Vilenkin.)
INFO: MP3 file / 17 minutes / 16 MB LISTEN: 
RELATED LINKS:
- arXiv: Vilenkin & Mithani's paper
- FQXi article: Alex Vilenkin: When Universes Collide
Launching the FQXi Essay Contest
Tips for those planning to "Question the Foundations" in the 4th FQXi Essay Contest.
INFO: MP3 file / 3 minutes / 3 MB LISTEN: RELATED LINKS:
- FQXi: Essay Contest: How to Enter, Read & Vote
- Scientific American: Which of the Basic Physical Assumptions is Wrong?
Quantum Words & Pictures
Bob Coecke's quantum art could lead to a unified theory with gravity and to a new understanding of linguistics.
INFO: MP3 file / 8 minutes / 8 MB LISTEN: RELATED LINKS:
- FQXi article: The Quantum Linguist
- FQXi video: Bob Coecke Exhibits His Quantum Pictorial Framework
The Secret (Quantum) Science of Scents
Sniffing out a controversial quantum model of smell. Extended interview with Luca Turin discussing his latest human and animal tests and how to engineer fragrance.
INFO: MP3 file / 16 minutes / 16 MB LISTEN: RELATED LINKS:
- Twitter: Luca Turin
- Nature: Flies Sniff Out Heavy Hydrogen
Ask a Physicist: Strings & Sounds
*You* ask string theorist Joe Polchinski why extra dimensions should be interpreted as "real" & Nobel Laureate particle physicist Frank Wilczek about underwater sounds.
INFO: MP3 file / 9 minutes / 8 MB LISTEN: RELATED LINKS:
- FQXi article: Joe Polchinski Goes Behind the Shadows
- FQXi blog: Frank Wilczek Ponders What Foundational Questions Remain
PODCAST ARCHIVE
April 22, 2013
- Astro Results, Cosmic Conclusions
- Dark Energy Discovery
- DNA Computing
- Averting an Asteroid Apocalypse
- Our Unstable Universe
- Let There Be Light
- Quantum Roots of Photosynthesis
- Is God a Good Theory?
- Quantum Birds
- The Cosmic Clock Ambiguity
- The Year in Physics: 2012 Review
- Time & the String Multiverse
- The Building Blocks of Spacetime
- Testing the Quantum Limits
- Illusions of Time and the Self
- Unraveling Paradoxes
- Uncertainty about Quantum Uncertainty
- The Holographic Universe
- Jiggling Atoms
- Parallel Worlds, Parallel Beliefs
- The Ignominious History of the Higgs
- Discord in Quantum Computing
- Faster Than Light Cosmology
- The Higgs Goes to Ghana
- The Illusion of Time & The Dynamics of Shapes
- Mental Time Travel
- Knots in Space
- Predicting the End of Civilization
- The Quantum Fuel of Time Travel
- Did the Universe Have a Beginning?
- Launching the FQXi Essay Contest
- Quantum Words & Pictures
- The Secret (Quantum) Science of Scents
- Ask a Physicist: Strings & Sounds
- Splitting the Electron
- Neural Relativity
- Table-Top Tests for Quantum Gravity
- Time Twisting Tests
- Not So Fast Neutrinos
- The Sound of Physics