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Elisa & Karim present the topic of supreconductivity, with great finesse and detail, going over the history of its discovery to some of the current and potential future applications that could revolutionise our society ! -- : : Chapters : : -- 1:30 - What is superconductivity 2:37 - The discovery of superconductivity 5:55 - What is the holy grail of superconductivity 8:00 - how can we explain...

Following up on last week's episode's introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Emma and Colombe dive into one of it's most ambitious and interesting applications : Quantum Computing ! Enjoy the listen and feel free to leave a comment. -- : : Chapters : : -- 1:50 - What is Quantum Computing (QC) 2:55 - A brief history of QC 5:22 - Difference between classical compters and quantum ones 10:58 -...

We launch the Senior Class's episode with some very advanced stuff from two of our science stars, Gabriel & Damien. They aim very high hoping to explain to us what some of the interpretations of Quantum Mechanics are and what they imply, heavy stuff. Enjoy ! --- :: Chapters :: --- 1:50 - Why do we talk about the “interpretations” of quantum mechanics rather than just “quantum mechanics”? 3...

So we have gone over all the science of the various aspects of the the SETI Project as well as a fair bit of speculation about what such E.T.I. civilisation might seem like or what traces they may have left behind that we could discover. But now it's time to turn to ourselves and wonder : What will human society be like if we were to discover an extra-terrestrial civilisation? That is exactly...

Luca & Stan talk about Astrobiology, the field of biology concerned with the idea of what life would look like on another planet, in anther solar system! :: Chapters :: 1:30 - What exactly is astrobiology 4:17 - How do we study Astrobiology 5:12 - Would life be the same on Earth as on Mars or some exoplanet? 6:17 - looking at life on earth to guess about life elsewhere  7:07 - have we actually...

Up until now we've been talking about passively staring into the cosmos, with out eyes and ears, and hoping to catch something and being able to interpret it. But what if we were to take the initiative ! be more active about things ! Well that is what METI is all about. METI (or Active SETI) is all about Messaging Extra-Terrestrial Intelligences. But with that very idea come a whole host of qu...

Technosignatures? XENOARCHAELOGY? We are definitely into the heart of the our SETI project, if we're talkgin about these things. But what exactly are ... technosignatures? That's what Augustin, Alice, Anahi and Mathias are here to tell you. They will go over all the variety of signs an extra-terrestrial civilisation may leave behind, anythign from atmopheric markers to giant structures in space !...

Having learned a bit about teh history of SETI, this week we set out to learn a bit of the science behind it and how scientists go about studying and searching for extra-terrestrial life. Sophia, Alice, Linh and Matilde take turns tellign us about everything from Radioastronomy to how AI can help. And in the end they share their thoughts, their excitement or reservatiosn about the potential of con...

We kick of the 5th season of Physics Bytes ! with a veritable bang : Josephine, Aude, Maya and Lena start off our SETI project with a lesson in history! What is SETI you say? it's the "Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence" which is basically the scientific ( and correct ) way of talking about looking for Aliens! It's the first of a series going over all the aspects of this e...

The 5th - and most magnificent to date - season of #PhysicsBytes! is upon us and starting soon. Here is the trailer for the all new things to come for this seasons ! Activate your alerts in order to note miss a single episode. See you soon. -- Credits -- Intro Music : "Quirky Dog" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativec...

In this, our final episode of season 4, our junior students, in their "Future Energies" project, talk about one of the most if not the most important topic when it comes to renewable energies and our energy future : the question of energy storage. Let Natacha, Damian, Matthieu and Ambroise take you on a tour of all the various technologies we have and are workign on that will allow us to...

A slight detour in this episode as we talk about one of the more polarizing topics when it comes to dealign with our carbon emission : the question of Carbon Capture and Storage. On its surface what is more positive and encouraging that finding and developign technologies that allow us to capture emitted carbon directly out of the atmosphere ! The chemistry and physics behind are fascinating. Howe...

With Hydrogen, we're really looking into the future of our energy supplies. As Juliette, Lucy, Sara and Solene will explain, Hydrogen isn't just a new form of energy, not just a potential boon for clean energy but also a potential energy vector to rival electricity ... perhaps. I personally learned a lot about this that I did not expect and i hope you will too. Dont forget to leave a comme...

While it's been around for literally thousands of years, geothermal is probably one of the lesser knowns of renewable energies. Well Lina, Maroussia and Salomé are here to remedy that. They will go over the various forms of geothermal energy that are being exploited today for everythign from individual heating to electricity generation, and go over the good and the not-so-good of this natural...

So, if there's one renewable energy with a lot of ... uh... noise about it, it has to be wind energy. Easy to set up (relatively speaking) , cheap (relatively speaking) and yet controversial. Tatiana, Matilde and Alicia will go into all the details regarding this important yet divisive renewable energy, about the current state of things, and then they talk about some of the wild (and i mean wi...

So if you're wandering what water is doing here as a a form of 'future' enery, thenyou'd be right, partially. Water has indeed been a sourse of energy for us literally for thousands of years ... but ... we're talkign about new ways of exploiting this nearly unlimited source of energy to fuel humanity's need for energy and electricity. Lea, Sovann, Raphael and Elisa are goin...

In this, our first episode of the Junior class's "future energies" project, we're goign to talk about one of the most controversial means of producing electricity : Nuclear Energy. There is no form of energy more divisive, more misunderstood and yet with more potential to help us in our climate crisis than nuclear Energy. Emma, Celeste, Colombe and Clement will help us untangle a...

Einstein's theory of relativity, one of the most revolutionary scientific (and philosophical) ideas of the last century if not of all time ... time dilations ... length contractions ... mixing and re-arranging of simultaneity and potentially cause and effect ... !!! Rose and Rayan, two senior students, do a wonderful job of giving you an introduction to one of the most fascinating and mind blowing...

It's a topic we've broached before, but can't help to wonder about, especially in our day and age ... colonizing space, or at least our own solar system. Is it possible? How would we do it? Why would we do it? Should we do it? What are the ethics and politics of colonizing space? Well, Louise and Colombe are here to help answer those questions. Enjoy , and dont hesitate to give us your...

In a more down-to-earth topic in this season, we're going to be talking about aviation and the basics of atmospheric physics behind it. Myriam and Maelys two of our 'certified' pilots in the class take us on a ... flight ... through some of the basics of flying a light aircraft, the dangerous of various meteorological conditions and where their passion for flying got its start. Listen...

You've heard of "the butterfly effect" ... right ? Did you ever wonder where that comes from (and what it means? ) Well wonder no more because Carla and Jeanne, two new senior level students of ours, are here to explain it to you as clearly as you can hope for. On the way there you will learn all about "Chaos Theory" (and much better than Jeff Goldblum it in Jurassic Park),...

Oh boy, are you in for a heck of an episode ! Vadim and Alexandre take us on a journey, where they talk to us about blinkers, guns, crabs, turing-complete machines and so on ! If you're wondering, like we were at teh beginning what those words mean then listen all the way to the end. The Game of Life, the brainchild of mathematician John Conway, is, i suppose, what would happen if mathematics...

So it's rays like radiation, and cosmic like the cosmos ?! Yes, pretty much : this is radiation is coming from outer space, full of energy, dangerous and yet, as Luca and Noe will tell us, they can also be one of the most important factors that lead to the appearance and evolution of life on Earth! Listen to the episode to learn about one of the most ubiquitous phenomena in the universe. -- Cr...

to some, it's a controversial subject, to others is the key to solving our energy problems, and yet to others. it could be the end of humanity , Yes, we are talking about nuclear energy today. Marion and Lily, two of our Senior students talk to us about the current state of civil nuclear technology, where it stands, where it's going. Listen and learn how to demystify this controversial yet importa...

We take a break this week from the ethereal, esoteric and theoretical world of pure physics to look at something much more down to earth : The physics of crime solving. Lola and Pauline take a brief look at how physics, applied through various techniques and technologies allows to solve the most enigmatic of crimes, and even reconstruct a crime scene and its perpetrators usign techniques borrowed...