What kind of future is taking shape with current developments in science and technology? The Quantum Record publisher and host of the Plato's Pod podcast, James Myers, speaks with scientists, technologists, philosophers, and others about the latest discoveries and thinking at the frontiers of knowledge. In an increasingly complex and interconnected world, The Quantum Feedback Loop podcast aims to open the wonders of the scie ...
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Elisa Torres Durney is a high school student in Chile whose organization Girls in Quantum has attracted young participants around the planet. Hear how Elisa and her group are educating youth on quantum computing and quantum mechanics, and connecting with scientists in the field. Their ambitious plans for the future are helping to prepare for the technology and work of tomorrow.
Lindsay House is a PhD candidate and astronomer whose citizen science project uses light that took 9-11 billion years to reach Earth to search for signs of dark energy. Lindsay explains what we know so far about this force, which can't be directly observed but appears to be responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe. Learn how you too can become a Dark Energy Explorer.
NOIRLab astronomer Dr. Aaron Meisner discusses a new citizen science project, "Backyard Worlds: Cool Neighbors," searching for brown dwarfs in our solar system. As volunteers hunt for signs of elusive brown dwarfs in data from NASA's NEOWISE space telescope, what more will we learn about these astronomical objects as well as the process of star formation?