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2026-06-03The Unification of Physics · Don LincolnHost Lex Fridman speaks with Don Lincoln, a particle physicist at Fermilab, about the history and future of physics through the lens of unification. The central theme is the centuries-long quest to sh…
2026-06-03The Three Realms of the Universe · Hakeem OluseyiAstrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi discusses three fundamental "realms" of the universe from his book, Why Do We Exist?. The talk follows a logical arc from the smallest scale to the largest and most specu…
2026-06-03Rampant Natural Selection in the Bronze Age · David ReichThe host interviews guest David Reich, a professor of ancient DNA at Harvard, about a new preprint from his lab. The central topic is the detection of natural selection in human populations in Europe …
2026-06-02The Four Problems of Time · Jim Al-KhaliliPhysicist Jim Al-Khalili discusses the physics of time, outlining what he calls the four distinct "problems of time": whether time flows, how to reconcile quantum field theory with general relativity,…