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Physical Attraction

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Interviewed by Richard Foster-Fletcher (Boundless AI)

Nov 14, 2019

Hi all - something a little different this week.

I was recently interviewed by Richard Foster-Fletcher, of the Boundless AI podcast, on topics as varied as artificial intelligence, nuclear fusion, and self-driving cars.

As a bonus for those that just can't get enough, this is the full, unedited interview, where you...

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Who Wants to Live Forever?

Nov 7, 2019

On this episode of Physical Attraction, we take a massively tangential dive into wild philosophical speculation.

If I offered you the choice of immortality - but with no possibility of reversing the decision once you made it - would you?

Answers on a postcard to www.physicspodcast.com

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Bonus: Google Investigates Cold Fusion?

Nov 2, 2019

A recent review paper in Nature showed some Google-backed academic research, conducted across several institutions, which investigated the claims made by the Cold Fusion community. Agonisingly, it came out a day or two after I'd taped the Cold Fusion episode for our fusion series. But I decided to talk about it...

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