Lawrence Krauss joins me today on The INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast It’s safe to say Lawrence Krauss is a liberal, if not actively on the left. He’s said the following about Donald Trump: “thanks to Trump, the Doomsday Clock advances toward midnight” and that “the Clock is closer to…

In his book AT THE EDGE OF TIME, theoretical astrophysicist Dan Hooper looks at the first few seconds after the Big Bang―and how research into these moments continues to revolutionize our understanding of our universe where there…

I was featured this month on Jordan Peterson’s podcast. The experience was quite illuminating and informative, especially considering what we did not speak about: culture wars, politics, and the physics of cancel culture. Subject: Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe — Episode Recap Jordan and I went deep into the…

Marc Kamionkowski: Cosmologists Cope With Tensions, Crises and Anxieties | INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast In this week’s episode of The INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast I chat with my good friend Marc Kamionkowski of Johns Hopkins University. (Why isn’t there an apostrophe on the ‘s’ in Johns?? …

String Theory: String Theory attempts to explain all the forces and particles of the universe as vibrations on a tiny, one-dimensional string. String theory is a popular theory of everything that suggests that all matter, energy, and the fundamental forces of nature are composed of incredibly small vibrating strings. …

Brian: What would you tell that 30 year old, 20 year old Jay to give him the courage to do as you’ve done, to go into the impossible? Jay: You know, it’s really easy for young people to be misled…

Monday M.A.G.I.C. (Memory, Appearance, Genius, Image, Conversation) “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from MAGIC!” Sir Arthur C. Clarke My New Years' Resolution: Stop Procrastinating. (Starting tomorrow) Greetings from rainy San Diego, where I am back from a week of skiing with the family. For me, like David Brooks: there were two mountains: one covered in…

Expansion of the Universe: The most compelling evidence for the Big Bang Theory is the observation that the universe is expanding. This means that in the past, the universe was smaller and denser, and that it has been expanding outward over time. Cosmic Background Radiation: The cosmic microwave background…

Monday M.A.G.I.C. (Memory, Appearance, Genius, Image, Conversation) “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from MAGIC!” Sir Arthur C. Clarke What’s Mike Tyson’s favorite holiday? Boxing Day, of course! Greetings from cloudy San Diego, where I am preparing to assault another mountain, this one for skiing, not for astronomy! Wish me luck. Just wanted to get…