talks
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Physics talk: From cosmology to climate change
Welcome to Physics 2 October 2020
Video talk. Cosmologist Professor Sarah Bridle explains how she went from looking for dark matter to researching the carbon footprint of our meals.
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Physics talk: The Hunt for the Higgs
Welcome to Physics 2 October 2020
Video talk. Professor Andrew Pilkington discusses the Higgs boson and the standard model of particle physics.
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Physics talk: The Big Bang ABC
Welcome to Physics 22 September 2020
Video talk. Particle physicist Dr Marco Gersabeck discusses one of the biggest mysteries around the Big Bang: why are we living in a Universe of matter, which seems all but devoid of antimatter?
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Physics talk: Exoplanets and the search for Earth 2
Welcome to Physics 10 September 2020
Video talk: astrophysicist Dr Eamonn Kerins explains his research on exoplanets. How do scientists find planets outside our solar system? And how do they know if those planets are like Earth?