plus.maths.org podcasts http://plus.maths.org/content/Podcast en Supergravity to the rescue? http://plus.maths.org/content/supergravity-rescue-0 <div class="rightimage" style="width:150px"><img src="http://plus.maths.org/content/sites/plus.maths.org/files/news/2012/hawking70/kallosh_stanford.jpg" width="150" height="195" alt="Renata Kallosh"/><p>Renata Kallosh</p><p><a href='/content/sites/plus.maths.org/files/podcast/Hawking70/renata_edit.mp3'>Supergravity to the rescue? Interview with Renata Kallosh</a></p><p><a href="http://plus.maths.org/content/supergravity-rescue-0" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://plus.maths.org/content/supergravity-rescue-0#comments mathematical reality Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:36:21 +0000 mf344 5644 at http://plus.maths.org/content Bang, crunch, freeze and the multiverse http://plus.maths.org/content/bang-crunch-freeze-and-multiverse-0 <div class="rightimage" style="width: 350px;"><img src="http://plus.maths.org/content/sites/plus.maths.org/files/articles/2012/multiverse/cmb.jpg" alt="CMB" width="350" height="175" /><p>The cosmic microwave background temperature fluctuations. Find out more in our podcast. Image courtesy <a href="http://www.nasa.gov">NASA</a>.</p><p><a href='/content/sites/plus.maths.org/files/podcast/Hawking70/mulit.mp3'>Listen to the interviews</a></p><p><a href="http://plus.maths.org/content/bang-crunch-freeze-and-multiverse-0" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://plus.maths.org/content/bang-crunch-freeze-and-multiverse-0#comments mathematical reality Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:25:19 +0000 mf344 5648 at http://plus.maths.org/content Happy 70th birthday Stephen Hawking! http://plus.maths.org/content/happy-70th-birthday-stephen-hawking-0 <div class="leftimage"><img src="http://plus.maths.org/content/sites/plus.maths.org/files/news/2012/hawking70/rees.jpg" width="250" height="341" alt="Rees"/><p style="width:250px">Martin Rees explaining the interconnectedness of the microworld and cosmos</p><p><a href='http://plus.maths.org/content/sites/plus.maths.org/files/podcast/Hawking70/hawking.mp3'>Listen to our podcast from Stephen Hawking's birthday symposium</a></p><p><a href="http://plus.maths.org/content/happy-70th-birthday-stephen-hawking-0" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://plus.maths.org/content/happy-70th-birthday-stephen-hawking-0#comments mathematical reality Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:36:59 +0000 Rachel 5634 at http://plus.maths.org/content Science fiction, science fact: What is time? http://plus.maths.org/content/science-fiction-science-fact-what-time <div class="rightimage" style="width: 280px;"><img src="/issue36/features/davies/pauldavies.jpg" width="280" height="210" alt="Paul Davies"/><p>Paul Davies</p></div><p>As part of our joint project with <a href="http://www.fqxi.org/community">FQXi</a> called <a href="http://plus.maths.org/content/science-fiction-science-fact-reports-frontiers-physics">Science fiction, science fact</a>, we've been asking you what question on the frontiers of physics you'd like to have answered. The question that topped our first poll was 'What is time?'. </p><p><a href='http://plus.maths.org/content/sites/plus.maths.org/files/podcast/davies_final.mp3'>Listen to "What is time?"</a></p><p><a href="http://plus.maths.org/content/science-fiction-science-fact-what-time" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://plus.maths.org/content/science-fiction-science-fact-what-time#comments Frontiers of physics general relativity gravity quantum mechanics relativity special relativity time time dilation time travel Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:02:44 +0000 mf344 5536 at http://plus.maths.org/content How the velodrome found its form http://plus.maths.org/content/how-velodrome-found-its-form-0 <div class="rightimage" style="width: 300px"><img src="http://plus.maths.org/content/sites/plus.maths.org/files/articles/2011/velodrome/chrishoy.jpg" width="300" height="212"><p>Sir Chris Hoy leads the GB Cycling Team during the official opening of the Velodrome (Photograph by David Poultney)</p><p><a href='http://plus.maths.org/content/sites/plus.maths.org/files/podcast/velodrome_podcast.mp3'>Listen to "How the velodrome found its form"</a></p><p><a href="http://plus.maths.org/content/how-velodrome-found-its-form-0" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://plus.maths.org/content/how-velodrome-found-its-form-0#comments engineering mathematics in sport Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:07:56 +0000 Rachel 5532 at http://plus.maths.org/content Making gold for 2012: The podcast http://plus.maths.org/content/making-gold-2012-podcast <br><br><div class="rightimage" style="width: 250px;"><img src="http://plus.maths.org/content/sites/plus.maths.org/files/news/2011/sporteng/williams.jpg" alt="Amy Williams" width="250" height="188" /><p>Amy Williams, who won gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and her specially designed skeleton bobsled. Image: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Départ_de_skeleton_Amy_Williams.jpg">johnwick04</a>.</p><p><a href='http://plus.maths.org/content/sites/plus.maths.org/files/podcast/sporteng_final.mp3'>Listen to Making gold for 2012</a></p><p><a href="http://plus.maths.org/content/making-gold-2012-podcast" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://plus.maths.org/content/making-gold-2012-podcast#comments aerodynamics engineering finite elements mathematics in sport Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:40:41 +0000 mf344 5461 at http://plus.maths.org/content