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Season 1, Episode 12: The Matter of Antimatter: Answering the Cosmic Riddle of Existence
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You exist. You shouldn’t. Stars and galaxies and planets exist. They shouldn’t. The nascent universe contained equal parts matter and antimatter that should have instantly obliterated each other, turning the Big Bang into the Big Fizzle. And yet, here we are: flesh, blood, stars, moons, sky. Why? Come join us as we dive deep down the rabbit hole of solving the mystery of the missing antimatter.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Infinite Worlds: A Journey through Parallel Universes
Episode 2
Quantum Reality: Space, Time, and Entanglement
Episode 3
A Thin Sheet of Reality: The Universe as a Hologram
Episode 4
Beyond Beauty: The Predictive Power of Symmetry
Episode 5
Engineering the Brain: Deploying a New Neural Toolkit
Episode 6
Gravitational Waves: A New Era of Astronomy Begins
Episode 7
Hidden Dimensions: Exploring Hyperspace
Episode 8
Neutrinos, Matter, and Antimatter: The Yin Yang of the Big Bang
Episode 9
How Music Affects Your Brain: Notes on the Folds
Episode 10
Measure for Measure: Quantum Physics and Reality
Episode 11
The Illusion of Certainty: Risk, Probability, and Chance
Episode 12
The Matter of Antimatter: Answering the Cosmic Riddle of Existence