How Visual Experience Rewires the Brain | Mark Bear on Neuroplasticity (01:55:42)
How does experience rewire the brain—and why is vision the ideal system for understanding neuroplasticity?In this episode, we speak with Mark Bear, MIT neuroscientist and a pioneer in the study of exp...
Snell's Law, Metasurfaces, and Metalenses | Federico Capasso (02:13:09)
How can flat surfaces shape light as powerfully as bulky lenses?In this episode, we speak with Federico Capasso, Harvard physicist and pioneer of metasurfaces, metalenses, and nanophotonics. Capasso t...
Graphene, Nanotubes, and Quantum Hall Physics | Philip Kim (02:47:03)
How do electrons behave when they’re confined to a single layer, and why do entirely new laws of physics emerge when dimensions shrink?Papers discussed in this episode:Experimental observation of the ...
Quantum Matter, Super-conductors, and Black Holes | Subir Sachdev on the SYK Model (02:34:48)
What makes high-temperature superconductors and “strange metals” some of the most perplexing systems in modern physics?In this episode, we speak with Dr. Subir Sachdev: Harvard physicist and one of th...
How to Build Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers | Austin Fowler on Surface Codes + TQEC (01:50:14)
Would we get a quantum computer sooner if everything was open source?In this episode, we speak with Austin Fowler, one of the architects of quantum error correction and a pioneer of the surface code u...
Why Syncing Atomic Clocks is Virtually Impossible | Judah Levine on UTC (02:04:26)
Why is syncing atomic clocks still one of the hardest problems in physics and engineering?In this episode, we speak with Judah Levine—legendary NIST physicist and one of the key architects of modern t...
Can We Predict History Like the Weather? | Peter Turchin on Cliodynamics (01:18:29)
Why do civilizations rise, prosper, and then collapse? Here's what the math tells us.In this episode, we sit down with Peter Turchin, complexity scientist and founder of the field of cliodynamics, whi...
Why Do Quantum Computers Make So Many Mistakes? | Mikhail Lukin on Quantum Error Correction (01:00:47)
You can’t copy a qubit. So how do quantum computers remember anything?In this episode, we sit down with Mikhail Lukin, Harvard physicist and co-director of the Harvard Quantum Initiative, whose lab is...
We Interviewed the Winners of the Ig Nobel Prize | Ig Nobel 2025 (01:05:36)
The scientific stories behind this year's research that made people LAUGH, then THINK.Watch the 2025 Ig Nobel Ceremony here: https://youtu.be/z1cP4xKd_L4In this episode, we bring together three of thi...
What Science can Learn from Startups | Adam Marblestone on Focused Research Organizations (01:41:22)
Science has stalled. And Adam Marblestone thinks he knows why.Check out the Research Gap Map here: https://www.gap-map.org/?sort=rankIn this episode, we sit down with Adam Marblestone, neuroscientist,...
What Optical Atomic Clocks Tell Us About Space-Time | Jun Ye (01:52:35)
Times have changed. And cesium clocks can't keep up.In this episode, we sit down with Jun Ye, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA) Fellow and pioneer of optical lattice clocks, whose wor...
Laser Cooling and Quantum Timekeeping | Bill Phillips (02:24:10)
How did cooling atoms with lasers revolutionize our understanding of time?In this episode, we speak with Bill Phillips, Nobel Laureate in Physics, about his groundbreaking work on laser cooling and tr...
Inside the Battle for Psychedelic Therapy | Rick Doblin (02:38:02)
What does it take to turn a banned psychedelic into an FDA-approved medicine?Visit MAPS to read about the latest progress is psychedelic research: https://maps.org/In this episode, we speak with Rick ...
Biology's Biggest Chicken and Egg Problem | Jacob Fine (01:31:04)
Life’s First Blueprint Wasn’t DNA; it was RNA.Read Jacob Fine’s latest publication here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022283625001901Today we spoke with Jacob Fine, graduate stu...
The Final Interview with MIT Physicist Keith Johnson (02:15:37)
One of Keith Johnson’s final interviews: a brilliant mind on dark matter, water, and fusion.Read about Keith’s legacy here: https://news.mit.edu/2025/keith-johnson-materials-scientist-independent-film...
How We Build Telescopes to Explore the Early Cosmos | Brian Keating (01:43:30)
Did the Big Bang really happen? Telescopes, dark matter & cosmic origins explored.Join cosmologist Brian Keating as we explore the mysteries of the universe, from building telescopes at the South Pole...
Quantum Complexity: Scott Aaronson on P vs NP and the Future (02:01:49)
In this episode of the 632nm podcast, Scott Aaronson shares his early fascination with calculus at age 11 and how “rediscovering” old mathematics led him toward groundbreaking work in complexity theor...
Science Memes, Epigenetic Inheritance, and Rethinking Peer Review (01:33:09)
In this episode of the 632nm podcast, we explore cutting-edge ideas in epigenetics and academic publishing. Oded Rechavi reveals how C. elegans worms defy conventional genetics by passing on traits th...
Quantum Diamond Sensing: The Surprising Power of NV Centers (02:21:20)
In this episode of the 632nm podcast, we explore how diamond-based nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers went from being a curiosity in gemstone physics to a transformative tool for precision magnetometry. Yo...
Origin of Life, Thermodynamics, and God: Jeremy England (02:19:27)
In this episode, Jeremy England reframes the origin of life debate by applying non-equilibrium physics, challenging the notion that life’s emergence must be purely biological or chemical. He describes...
Flux Grant by 1517 Fund: Backing Garage Science and Sci-Fi Tech (00:47:01)
In this episode of the 632nm podcast, we sit down with 1517 Fund’s Danielle Strachman and Michael Gibson to explore their Flux program, a unique pre-seed fellowship backing wild, unorthodox scientific...
Trapped Ion Quantum Computing: Christopher Monroe of IonQ (02:25:12)
In this episode of the 632nm podcast, our guest traces the evolution from the early days of Bose-Einstein condensation experiments to pioneering trapped ion quantum gateways. He reveals how breakthrou...
Maintaining Moore's Law: Lithography, Semiconductors, and Chip Fabrication with Mordechai Rothschild (02:07:52)
In this episode of the 632nm podcast, we explore how 193nm lasers unexpectedly overtook x-ray approaches and reshaped semiconductor manufacturing. Physicist Mordechai Rothschild describes the breakthr...
Quantum Cascade Lasers: Federico Capasso on Curiosity and Bell Labs (01:32:38)
In this episode, physicist Federico Capasso recounts his winding path from struggling undergrad to pioneering inventor of the quantum cascade laser. He reveals how openness, daring ideas, and the bott...
How Edison Inspired Eli Yablonovitch to Create Four World-Changing Inventions (03:00:34)
Eli Yablonovitch shares how Thomas Edison's approach of requiring "a thousand failed discoveries for every one that works" shaped his scientific philosophy. From solar cells to semiconductor lasers to...
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