The Hyperfine Physics Podcast

September 3, 2019

The Physics of Hurricanes

Zak and Derek discuss the physics of hurricanes, including the energy involved, and rotating reference…

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July 27, 2019

Hadrons – Quark Systems

Zak and Derek discuss the composite systems of quarks in baryons and mesons, as well…

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May 22, 2019

Neutrinos

The podcast lives at https://www.thehyperfine.com/ Join our listener community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheHyperfine/ Follow the show on Instagram…

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May 12, 2019

The Standard Model Part 1

The first of a multi-part series on the Standard Model of particle physics. This is…

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April 13, 2019

Domino Amplifier

Zak and Derek discuss toppling larger and larger dominos in a chain reaction. How does…

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April 7, 2019

Bohmian Mechanics – Pilot Wave Theory

Zak and Derek follow up their Bell’s Theorm and EPR discussion with a survey of…

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March 31, 2019

Relative Motion (Not Relativity)

Zak and Derek discuss a drone flying in an accelerating car. Does it stay in…

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March 21, 2019

Bell’s Theorem and EPR

Zak and Derek discuss nothing less than the fundamental nature of reality. They start with…

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November 29, 2018

Climbing Magnets

Zak and Derek try to tackle the “climbing magnets” puzzle from Veritasium’s Youtube channel. Both…

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November 22, 2018

Balloons Inside Balloons and Sweet Spots

Zak and Derek first discuss what happens to a balloon which holds another balloon that…

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November 15, 2018

Fortnite and the Principle of Least Action

Zak and Derek discuss the physics of dropping in Fortnite and PUBG. Derek’s Epic name:…

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November 8, 2018

Encryption: Diffie-Hellman & RSA

Derek and Zak confirm they are talking to each other using the Diffie-Hellman protocol. Zak…

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November 1, 2018

Geosynchronous Orbits

Derek and Zak discuss why there is a specific geosynchronous orbit distance at all. Why…

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September 28, 2018

How Much Weight Do You Lift When Doing a Pushup?

Pushup discussion starts at 11:12. Our last episode on discussing the floating hourglass: https://www.thehyperfine.com/podcast/3-floating-hourglass/ Zak…

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September 21, 2018

Floating Hourglass

How does moving sand affect the buoyancy of the hourglass? Or does it? Derek takes…

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September 14, 2018

Does Data Have Mass?

Is your cell phone heavier when it has more data stored in memory? What about…

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September 6, 2018

Landing on Planets

Derek and Zak question how a bug zapper works, complete with testing on yourself…as only…

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August 30, 2018

Intro to The Hyperfine Physics Podcast

Derek and Zak introduce themselves and the podcast. Join our listener community on Reddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/TheHyperfine/…

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