Episodes

  • Guess Who's Back? (for Season 7)
    Nov 1 2024

    Join Patrick, Pheely, and Liam as we recap our summer of research as we start our seventh season of the Hyperthesis. We provide updates about our summer, going a little bit in depth from everything we did. This includes using dams as inspiration for ultracold atom theory, creating digital twins of forests, and talking about the publication from some of our hosts and past guests. We end the episode with an update from the world of science over the summer.


    Check out Liam, Pheely, and Dean's paper here: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1751-8121/ad74be


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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Scientific Method in Theoretical Physics
    Jun 8 2024

    Join the Hyperthesis team as we wrap up our sixth season for a summer break filled with research and travel. To start, we discuss a publication put out by Pheely based on work done during his Master's degree. He goes into the intricacies of clustering and the idea of no free lunch as he examines trade-offs of clustering and avoiding clustering. As we segue into our main topic, we discuss the details around the scientific method and how it differs from what people are taught. We also delve into the philosophy surrounding creating hypothesis and theories, and how we know where to start doing research. Finally, Liam ends with a story on Unruh and his discovery of analogue gravity.


    Go check out Pheely's paper here (on the Nature website): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63278-3


    Listen to Pheely talk about his research in our third episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis/episodes/Gutting-Warships-with-Statistical-Physics-e1jeivt


    Colour blind accessible palette: https://jfly.uni-koeln.de/color/


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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Give Us Some Space (Exploration)!
    Jun 1 2024

    Space! The final frontier. Join the Hyperthesis team on our one hour mission to explore space and what the future of space exploration holds for humanity. Before delving into the topic of space exploration, including the why and how, Liam shares his thoughts on the recent Canadian Association of Physicists Congress, including some great presentations and the quality of the food. Pheely ends off the episode with a story about Voyager and just how we keep it going and when it might die.


    Congratulations to Dean! Listen to his episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/710ca2ya5UtnP0Qx4Tkv9J


    Want to know how space probes and rovers get up there? Listen to our episode on rockets! https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TSFeUsmEBmGJbbiyxy0Ws


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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Can Biology be Quantum? Also... Dancing Raisins
    May 24 2024

    Join the Pheely, Liam, and Patrick for episode 82 of The Hyperthesis podcast! In this episode we discuss the field of Quantum biology which proposes that certain functions in living organisms may only be explained through quantum mechanics. Some particular examples that are covered include our sense of vision and smell, enzyme catalysis inside of the cells of organisms, and the ability for birds to detect magnetic fields through quantum entanglement. Before this, we discuss a paper that studies raisin dynamics in a carbonated beverage (yes, we know this sounds weird), and after we end the episode with some history about biological taxonomy.


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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Understanding Nature Through Statistics with Dr. Jonathon Riddell
    May 10 2024

    Join the Pheely, Liam, and Patrick as they welcome Dr. Jonathon Riddell to the show. Johnathon is a quantum many-body physicist at the University of Birmingham in the UK who studies the foundations of statistical mechanics. We dive into everything from thermalization and quantum many bodies to how chaotic systems can be described as we explore the complex research involved in Jonathon's work. Before then, Pheely looks at aging in glass and Patrick ends the episode with the history of thermodynamics.


    Check out Johnathon's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JonathonRiddell


    Find Johnathon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonathonRiddell


    Join Johnathon's Discord: https://discord.com/invite/QK9HhuXBEF


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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Science of Spectral Analysis
    May 5 2024

    Join us for the 80th episode of the Hyperthesis as we discuss everything from spectroscopy and water walkers to a poem about spectres. Patrick talks about a spectroscopy conference he attended recently while Liam discusses a paper about bugs on top of water and how that relates to micro plastics. Finally, Pheely sends us off with some etymology and a poem.


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    53 mins
  • The Ethical Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence with David Eliot
    Apr 27 2024

    Join the Hyperthesis team (including Patrick this time) as we welcome our guest David Eliot, a PhD student at the University of Ottawa. David researches the social impact of artificial intelligence along with the idea of a data economy. We discuss the intricacies of what is needed to train popular AI models while also touching on the social aspects of using AI programs and how our data is used. Before then, we discuss the use of machine learning in spectral imaging and end with a story about the history of research in AI.


    See David's profile: https://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/member/david-eliot


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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Two Theorists on a Random Walk
    Apr 20 2024

    In this episode of the Hyperthesis Podcast we have a more relaxed conversation in store for our listeners! We are missing 1/3 of our brainpower because Patrick is away at a conference in Spain. Lucky man! Without our favourite experimentalist to keep everything on track, Liam and Pheely decide to take a random walk through various topics ranging from logic to relativistic quantum mechanics.


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    1 hr and 3 mins