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#305 – Martin Rees: Black Holes, Alien Life, Dark Matter, and the Big Bang
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Lord Martin Rees is a cosmologist and astrophysicist at Cambridge University and co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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() – Introduction
() – Understanding the universe
() – Human limitations and AI
() – Dark matter
() – Vast universe
() – Alien life
() – Space exploration
() – Future technology
() – Newton and Einstein
() – Black holes
() – Cosmological threats
() – Advice for young people
() – Mortality
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