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   12 Oct 2026 · 2 hr 17 minNew

   Philip Mannheim: Dark Matter and General Relativity Explained FROM SCRATCH

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   28 Sep 2026 · 2 hr 32 min

   Olaf Dreyer: This One Number Explains the Beginning

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   21 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 47 min

   Jim Al-Khalili: The Ontology of Time. We Had It Backwards

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   14 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 33 min

   She Says Spacetime Points Are Just Where Fields Meet

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   7 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

   Tanya Luhrmann: The Experience Is Real. But Is God?

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   31 Aug 2026 · 3 hr 19 min

   Tim Maudlin: Quantum Nonlocality Explained FROM SCRATCH

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