The Universe

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Science, the final frontier, with astrophysics, neuroscience, computer science, mathematics and more speculation than on morning television, with fledgling computer scientist host Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad.

21 episodes · 2012–2013

The Universe #21: Stay High!
00:43:43

For a little fun, Matthew Petschl, Ian Buck and Ryan Rampersad join forces once again to create a big bang in The Universe, with discussion on storms on Saturn, a cloning registry for horses, book plugs, some comics, a good review of Stargate Universe and a preview Gravity.

The Universe #20: Oh, Confidence!
00:47:39

Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad discuss the Google Hangout with the International Space Station, two trolling Senators, satellites and telescopes and so much more.

The Universe #19: Reaching For My Marshmallow Mateys
00:58:03

Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad with guest Matthew Petschl discuss what we're doing in school, Sam's cellular automata, the Chelyabinsk Meteor among others, Solving for X, Golden Spike's odd campaign, and more.

The Universe #18: The World Didn’t End
00:34:52

Sam Ebertz returns just one last time before the new year to review the big news of 2012: shuttles, asteroid mining, guys jumping out of balloons, five sigmas and so much more.

The Universe #17: Earth Is Like A Big Nice McMansion
00:53:23

Sam Ebertz, returning for his second in-studio appearance in a row, and Ryan Rampersad share tons of Curiosity news, from gravel and water to a named rock, a little information on a theoretical 4D-clock. another small step for SpaceX, some great videos and photos of bombs under water.

The Universe #16: Area of Effect Coffee

14 billion years later, Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad finally do another episode of The Universe with discussion on the late Neil Armstrong, Endeavour's final journey, news on ancient arctic forests, a dark energy telescope and some thoughts with Bill Nye on Creationism in school and more!

The Universe #15: Gravitational Slingshotting
00:35:20

On a rare short episode of The Universe, Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad chat about developing and github, some lingering curisosity, some books that are worth looking forward to, a discussion on femto-photography, the meteor shower that was rained out and more!

The Universe #14: I Can't Grow Facial Hair
01:00:27

The Universe returns Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad with news on the Mars Curiosity Rover, a discussion on how Fighting for Space is the right thing to do, sub-phases of Ice, a belated Higgs festival, some fascinating imagery of the sun and so much more!

The Universe #13: Recursive Balloons
00:47:50

Ryan Rampersad hosts The Universe along with returning guest Matthew Petschl and special guest Nick Petschl, and discuss new incredibly technical wireless technology, rabbits without oxygen, erasing memories, another NASA video and more!

The Universe #12: The Dark Side Of The Sun
00:59:40

Ryan Rampersad is joined by Ian Buck and Matthew Petschl in the spur of the moment and discuss the Japanese Flood, Voyager 1 finally hitting the heliopause, China's first female astronaut, impending sigma-decisions for the Higgs Boson particle, girls and science, and more!

The Universe #11: Using Bare Eyes
01:01:40

Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad discuss Halo 4's E3 trailer, the know-it-all syndrome, why it sucks to see something technically wrong in a movie, lost lights in Detroit, the rare Venus crossing, a black home falling out of its galaxy, Iron Man 3 screenshots, and more!

The Universe #10: Low Chance of Mutiny
01:02:33

Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad discuss Sam's travel plans for the summer - world traveler, along with towel day, the SpaceX launch and docking, a pointless Bell clone, job openings, creepy nuclear photos, organic rocks on Mars, a supernova where you may not expect, fantastical music and more!

The Universe #9: A New Era
1:07:31

Sam Ebertz returns to The Universe with Ryan Rampersad to discuss the SpaceX launch, an impending solar eclipse event, science fiction books galore, more black hole news that you could ever want, pop scientists' role in understanding, new free university courses and more!

The Universe #8: By Accident In The Name Of Science
00:53:25

Sam Ebertz, Ryan Rampersad and guest Matthew Petschl discuss Sam's final project in scheme, our favorite AES alternative, dinosaur eggs, potential energy recovery through nanotech, bomb sizes, disappearing sharks, shuttle Discovery's final flight, Planetary Resources introduction of the real space age and more!

The Universe #7: Quantum Pop
00:54:49

Mr. Universe, Sam Ebertz, returns with Ryan Rampersad to honor Yuri's night and mankind's future, stars spewing everywhere, a super special spectrometer, a bunch of books, a better source for random data, rants reaching the multiverse, dark matter in your body, an introduction into Looper and more!

The Universe #6: How Much Would You Pay For The Universe?
00:57:20

Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad discuss the new Angry Birds and our addiction, the Hunger Games, springbreak, an entrapped NASA-spy, robotic jellyfish, Einstein's collection, Neil deGrasse Tyson's video on NASA, and more on The Universe.

The Universe #5: An Organ Builder
01:00:18

Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad talk about NASA news, a dark matter blob far far away, the Elegant Penguin you have been waiting for, a new video from the hacked NASA, a special video that is a call to action for spacial reinvigoration, and more on The Universe!

The Universe #4: Who Would Cut Off Their Arm?
01:27:35

Sam and Ryan talk about fierece winds from a black hole, the new source of buckyballs and their purpose, the interesting Euclidean algorithm and they have a fantastic debate about units, consistency and rightness.

The Universe #3: Science for Americans
01:48:22

With life supporting metals, Sam, Ryan and Matthew lament more sad NASA news, discuss new breakthroughs in DNA robotics and hypernucleus discoveries, variable ice melting, exo-planets, Drake's equation and more!

The Universe #2: Competition We're Afraid Of
01:07:31

This week Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad return a few days late to discuss WolframAlpha Pro, the Milky Way's size and the future of beautiful space pictures, NASA's need for a taxi, budget cuts and a moon landing by a presidential prospective, the infamously unsolved P=NP problem, all that and more, on The Universe.

The Universe #1: Spark A Revolution
01:24:49

On the first episode of The Universe with Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad discuss the next step in theory and experiment, neuroscience's future, jetpacks and cellphones back in the 1950's, NASA's lack of funding and interest, and more!