One of the best!!!! I love my weekly (sometimes daily) dose of you guys ^_^ makes me feel a little smarter each time. Thank you so much!

This is my new favorite thing! I really appreciate that this group of smart people can actually discuss science in a way that is both understandable and engaging. I never felt like any of the guests took pleasure in knowing more than their colleagues OR listeners, but instead everyone really just seemed focused on making the information accessible and enjoyable. I am in love with that photo, by the way. Truly made this nerd’s day!

Thank you, I love learning about how the universe works, I wish you had these shows every day !

Totally agree with artgirl below me! I love listening to Neil and the comedy is a plus too in my opinion. Learning while laughing, I honestly remember more of what I hear. Thank you guys for all your hard work!

Wonderful podcast. Great guests! Thank you.

I’m glad to see you guys made it through the storm. I love listening to your show while I’m at work.

i really enjoy that they simplify and have fun while explaining things that are very complicated. i do not have any degree in physics but i have always loved it. it’s hard to explain how i love something that i haven’t studied but every time i read an article about physics, astronomy, chemistry, or anything related i get an indescribable feeling, thats why i love listening to them.

Boom!!!!!!!15:20 Mind blown!!!!!!!! Pangaea everyone keep going. Pangaea=super epic. Epoch=Most epic Epoch rarely happens.

Is Neil saying that a bicycle is irreducibly complex?!?!

“Today, Particles- Tomorrow, Eugene!” I think that WOULD make an awesome slogan.

Please allow me to share with you all my “Ode to the Higgs”

The Higgs boson is my name
which to you might sound insane
I came to put order in some mess
as I give every particle its mass
I’ve been hidin’ for billions of years
but now I am in every mouth and ears
My potential looks like a Mexican hat
and on it now you know where I’m at
They made me come out in a cave
and they’re really kind of brave
LHC is the machine at CERN
which did so well since on was turned

It does not end with me getting to fame
Coz we’ve only started playing the game
You won’t wait long for some more fun
Coz in reality it’s only just begun
It took 50 years for an idea to test
Now for sure we can’t just rest
So much stuff we don’t know yet
We could call Hawking and make a bet
Most of the Universe is still obscure
We need imagination of the most pure
Our ignorance amounts to a grand 96%
So we hope for some strange particle event
To shed some light on the dark sector
We rely on some smart physics doctor

If all this doesn’t ring you any bell
There’s one more thing I’d like to tell
A weird connection called spinoff
that we should really not break off
What we discover due to curiosity
Turns out to benefit all humanity
Get then ready for some insanity
There’s something called hadron-therapy
That can cure people’s cancers
With best precision and least dangers
This is just one meaningful example
Of a pattern that is quite more ample

We explore Nature to understand
What is the picture the most grand
In trying to know of every piece its place
we get something you can’t quite replace
To discover a particle called Higgs Boson
We opened wide a brand new horizon
In conclusion that’s the story
Of why I deserve so much glory
So the moral of the story is
Don’t forget what my name is

[rhymes conceived by Umberto Cannella]

Sarah seems highly amused.

Why aren’t these being filmed? I like the audio, but we could totally film these things, and they would ROCK that much more! Please start filming these things. Thanks.

We are filming some of our StarTalk Live episodes, MM, and you can see them on StarTalk on The Nerdist Channel on YouTube. Here’s a post with a list of the upcoming shows: http://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-premiers-on-the-nerdist-channel-upcoming-episodes-list/

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Just wanted to say I enjoyed the show very much. Keep up the good work everybody! As for the discovery of the Higgs Boson at CERN, I’m convinced that it was just a demo of LHC’s capabilities. I’m not saying that it wasn’t a great scientific achievement – it took us 50 years to find the goddamn particle – but we must remember that the European accelerator doesn’t even operate at full speed yet. More particle and number crunching is still ahead of us…

BEST SHOW EVER!!!!! I will probably listen to this daily until I have it memorized word-for-word!

Neil deGrasse Tyson is Part-Particle & Part-Party Machine.

It’s very ignorant in my opinion of this Cramer guy to say that without the Higgs, the universe wouldn’t be “right” because when Neil brought up the bicycle analogy, stating that the universe would be messed up without any one of those particles, that instantly debunked the Higgs being “the particle”.

John, I get what you’re saying, that the universe needs all of its components to be “right.” I think what Professor Cranmer was saying was that until they’d found the Higgs, it was the last remaining piece needed to make it right.

I cannot tell you how many times I have listened to this podcast, its just brilliant and amazing You guys rock!!!