The mathematician and author Steven Strogatz interviews leading researchers about the great scientific and mathematical questions of our time.
Does Nothingness Exist?
July 26, 2023
44:59
Can Math and Physics Save an Arrhythmic Heart?
July 12, 2023
46:12
What Can Jellyfish Teach Us About Fluid Dynamics?
June 28, 2023
43:43
What Causes Giant Rogue Waves?
June 14, 2023
40:15
What Is the Nature of Consciousness?
May 31, 2023
52:14
Are There Reasons to Believe in a Multiverse?
May 17, 2023
48:49
Is Perpetual Motion Possible at the Quantum Level?
May 3, 2023
36:40
How Can Some Infinities Be Bigger Than Others?
April 19, 2023
46:11
What Has the Pandemic Taught Us About Vaccines?
April 5, 2023
42:54
Is There Math Beyond the Equal Sign?
March 22, 2023
49:40
Can We Program Our Cells?
March 8, 2023
45:11
How Will the Universe End?
Feb. 22, 2023
43:54
The Joy of Asking About Infinity, Jellyfish and the End of the Universe
Feb. 9, 2023
2:32
Why and How Do We Dream?
Aug. 24, 2022
45:23
What Is Quantum Field Theory and Why Is It Incomplete?
Aug. 10, 2022
42:04
Why Do We Get Old, and Can Aging Be Reversed?
July 27, 2022
38:25
How Do Mathematicians Know Their Proofs Are Correct?
July 13, 2022
28:26
Can Computers Be Mathematicians?
June 29, 2022
32:50
What Is Life?
June 15, 2022
41:58
How Could Life Evolve From Cyanide?
June 1, 2022
39:23
Will the James Webb Space Telescope Reveal Another Earth?
May 18, 2022
49:44
Where Do Space, Time and Gravity Come From?
May 4, 2022
Why Is Inflammation a Dangerous Necessity?
April 20, 2022
40:13
Untangling Why Knots Are Important
April 6, 2022
44:15
Why Do We Die Without Sleep?
March 23, 2022
43:47
Trailer: The Joy of Why
March 17, 2022
2:43
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