#Higgs himself disliked the term 'God Particle', for good reasons: his particles vanish in an instant, are found nowhere in the #universe , have no impact on human life, and are only observed when made artificially in laboratories. It's the Higgs *field* that matters.

How metal is the sun?

At just 12 years old, a budding scientist found their passion for physics through the words of Professor Daniel Whiteson on the Explain the Universe podcast. Years later, they're set to join the UCI Physics & Astro department as an undergrad majoring in physics. UC Irvine

Daniel and Jorge answer a question from a high school physics class.

EVERYONE GETS AN A!

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Why do opposite charges attract?

Awwwww, that's amazing.

Eclipsinos

Listener's husband is 787 pilot, took this pic from the cockpit while flying between NYC and NZ.

Can anyone help explain what we're seeing? Mick West

Explain the Universe could you explain a little more about why it doesn't make sense for electrons to have 0 volume? Wouldn't that be just fine - especially if it works in the math?Why does something need volume in order to have mass? Loved this recent episode!

I couldn’t agree more. This is my favourite podcast by far.

Are science and religion in harmony or conflict?

Daniel talks to Rabbi Jack Schlacter, a physicist at Los Alamos, about the movie Oppenheimer and the connections and conflicts between physics and judaism.

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Are we on the verge of revolutionary discoveries in particle physics?

Daniel talks to Harry Cliff, author of the new book 'Space Oddities', about the most intriguing unexplained particle physics experiments and what they might mean.

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Really good fun talking to Daniel Whiteson for this pod. So much fun in fact that we recorded it twice…