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What It Means To Be Curious With Nobel Laureate Barry Barish

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Nobel Laureate and physicist Barry Barish, professor at UC Riverside, reflects on his life in science, being curious, experiencing imposter syndrome, and working in the field of physics with Brian Keating, host of the "Into the Impossible" podcast and professor of physics at UC San Diego.

Neil Turok: Physics is in Crisis

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Renowned physicist Neil Turok, Holder of the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh, joins me to discuss the state of science and the universe. is Physics in trouble? What hope is there to return to more productive and Simple theories? What is Peter Higgs up to?

What’s the Matter of Everything? Particle Physicist Suzie Sheehy on the INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast

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Suzanne Sheehy is an Australian accelerator physicist and is currently a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, where she also teaches graduate-level accelerator physics, and an Associate Professor in Medical Accelerator Physics at The University of Melbourne.

Alien Debate: Garry Nolan & Avi Loeb

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Garry Nolan is a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. His research is in microbiology, immunology, bio-computation, and analysis of UFO artifacts, materials, and he is actively investigating reports of UFO encounters.

Avi Loeb is an astrophysicist at Harvard, the director of the Galileo Project, and the author of Extraterrestrial. In 1993 he moved to Harvard University where he was tenured three years later. He is now the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science and former chair of the department.

Astrophysics Professor Explains James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Pictures. What do they mean?

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Today NASA released the first images and data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Here's my reaction to this treasure trove of light, including: Carina Nebula.

AstroPhysicist: I Don't Believe in Gravity!

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The concept of the Multiverse is an old one, one that has been approached primarily as a matter of metaphysics or philosophy. But is it scientific? And, if it is scientific, why do so many of its most ardent supporters describe their 'faith' in the Multiverse?

Knowledge ≠ Wisdom

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#FollowTheScience​ #TheScientificMethod​ #ListenToScientist​ Watch My Prager University video FOLLOW THE SCIENCE!!!! 👉 https://youtu.be/XCM-QFyzI8U​ Look out for false consensus, authority bias, and the halo effect.

Follow the Science!

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Brian Keating is an astrophysicist at a major university. Science is his life. But when he hears someone say to “follow the science,” he gets nervous. Because that’s not how science works. And never has.

Microstrategy’s Michael Saylor: The Physics of Bitcoin.

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Patrick Bet-David: Got Fired? Make these Your Next Five Moves!”

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Losing the Nobel Prize | Brian Keating | Talks at Google

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Losing the Nobel Prize | Brian Keating | Talks at Google

Going to the ends of the Earth to discover the beginning of time | Brian Keating | TEDxSanDiego

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. From Galileo's refracting telescope, which fits in a pocket yet revolutionized the world’s view of planet earth and the solar system, to the massive BICEP2 polarization telescope deployed at the South Pole, Professor Brian Keating takes us on a journey back to the big bang, some 13.8 billion years ago.

Brian Keating on Tom Bilyeu’s IMPACT THEORY

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This episode is a wide-ranging conversation that touches on everything from the scientific method and first principles thinking, to the motivations that drive people to pursue the highest level of achievement.


Interviews with Brian

347: Brian Keating | Losing the Nobel Prize
Jordan Harbinger

Brian Keating’s Quest for the Origin of the Universe
Quanta Magazine: Steven Strogatz

No, No Nobel: How to Lose the Prize
by Steve Mirsky for Scientific American on May 19, 2020

Brian Keating on Vox’s UNEXPLAINABLE Podcast
by Byrd Pinkerton and Noam Hassenfeld for Vox Magazine on Oct 6, 2021


Classic Content

Patrick Bet-David: MOVE like a Grandmaster! TRAILER

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Patrick Bet-David: MOVE like a Grandmaster! TRAILER

Theories of Everything: Cosmic Controversies, Great Debates, and Scientific Speculations -- Part 2

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Theories of Everything: Cosmic Controversies, Great Debates, and Scientific Speculations -- Part 2

Microstrategy’s Michael Saylor: The Physics of Bitcoin.

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Brian Keating’s The INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast featured in WIRED Magazine

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Brian Keating’s The INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast featured in WIRED Magazine

Brian Keating | The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special Ep. 67

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Joins Ben to discuss the relationship between science and religion, his journey from Catholicism to Atheism to Judaism, the creation of the universe, almost winning the Nobel Prize, and much more.

Deepak Chopra’s interview with Brian Keating about Science vs. Spirituality, cosmology, and the Nobel Prize.

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Deepak Chopra’s interview with Brian Keating about Science vs. Spirituality, cosmology, and the Nobel Prize.

Writings

The Beginning to the End of the the Universe: Inflating the cosmos

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In a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second, our universe underwent a growth spurt that shaped the structure we see today.

Are Parallel Universes Real?

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In this Gizmodo series, we ask questions about everything and get answers from a variety of experts.

Tribute to Margaret Burbidge

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Though I was understandably nervous being in the presence of astronomical royalty, she had a way of immediately disarming young scientists with her characteristically gracious presence...

Should All Nobel Prizes Be Canceled For A Year?

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If you ever meet someone who claims to have nearly won the Nobel Prizes in mathematics, walk away: You're dealing with a deeply delusional individual. While there...

There's Nothing Noble About Science's Nobel Prize Gender Gap

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We scientists are pretty good with numbers. Whether it's tallying the number of galaxies in the universe or probing reagent reactions that last mere femtoseconds...

10 Drafts Later: Making it to Amazon's Top 10 Best Books!

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Nine of the ten drafts of Losing the Nobel Prize. I couldn't bring myself to print out the first draft! When I began writing Losing the Nobel Prize,...

Must Read Articles

Nobel Prizes Still Struggle With Wide Gender Disparity

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Nobel Prizes are the most prestigious awards on the planet, but the aura of this year's announcements have been dulled by questions over why so few women have...

Why Nobel Prizes Fail 21st-Century Science

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A small group of scientists will achieve international stardom this week. They will learn they have won Nobel prizes in physiology, chemistry, and physics...

Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2016

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Source: APS Physics | https://www.aps.org/ : Keating, Brian [2016] University of California, San Diego Citation: For his role in designing the Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP) experiment to...

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2007

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Source: National Science Foundation | https://www.nsf.gov/ : Brian Keating Affiliation: Astronomical Sciences NSF Directorate: MPS Gender: M Award Year: 2006 Citation: For his work on the Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic...

Angel Flight West Event Features Volunteer Pilot, Astrophysicist Brian Keating

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Angel Flight West command pilot and UCSD astrophysicist, Brian G. Keating, PhD Read article in CISON PRWeb: "Dr. Keating's presentation lived up to its title: "Extreme Astronomy...

Exploring the South Pole Telescope

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Image Credit: Jeffery Donenfeld By far one of the most impressive structures here at the south pole is the South Pole Telescope. This gigantic microwave telescope...

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