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Dinosaurs might not have been the roaring beasts many imagine. Neuroscientist Erich Jarvis explains why modern birds—living dinosaurs—offer clues about vocal learning and why dinosaurs could have been singers.For more, check out the extended interview with Erich Jarvis. Learn mor ...  Show more

If the universe is expanding, why aren’t galaxies stretching apart? Cosmologist Adam Riess breaks down the physics behind cosmic expansion, the forces that resist it, and why dark energy dominates the vast spaces between.For more, check out the extended interview with Adam Riess. ...  Show more

Everyone knows about the Big Bang being the beginning of the universe and time - but when and how is it going to end? ask brothers Raffie and Xe from Rome. For this series, with lockdown learning in mind, Drs Rutherford and Fry are investigating scientific mysteries for students ...  Show more

Hear what proved to physicists that the universe started with the Big Bang - and the one person who was never convinced.

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We are all made of particles – but what are particles made of? It’s a question that’s been perplexing scientists for centuries - for so long, in fact, that listener Doug in Canada wants to know if there’s a limit to how much they can ever discover. CrowdScience heads out to CERN, ...  Show more

À la fin des années 1920, les astronomes Georges-Henri Lemaître et Edwin Hubble mettent au point deux théories qui sont à la base de notre conception actuelle de l'univers : le Big-Bang et l'expansion de cet univers.

Depuis cette époque, les spécialistes, forts de co ...