Topic

Physics

The physics coverage favors the honest shrug over the tidy answer. A Fermilab scientist spends thirty years hunting dark matter and admits he still has no idea what it is, and explains why time is stranger than intuition allows, while a veteran theorist leans on decades of hard physics to argue we are probably not living in a simulation.

The coverage
Brian Keating says UFO disclosure is “bread and saucers” distraction, not alien evidence
The Shawn Ryan Show·Culture

Brian Keating says UFO disclosure is “bread and saucers” distraction, not alien evidence

The physicist’s best point isn’t that aliens are fake. It’s that teasing civilization-shaking secrets while showing no data is a cheap trick with a saucer on it.

Sep 15, 2026
Don Lincoln says the speed of light comes out of Maxwell's equations for electricity and magnetism
Lex Fridman Podcast·Culture

Don Lincoln says the speed of light comes out of Maxwell's equations for electricity and magnetism

The Fermilab physicist makes the old physics story feel properly weird again, then uses it to defend basic research from the eternal question, what good is this?

Aug 14, 2026
Don Lincoln Wants You to Understand Why Time Is Weirder Than You Think
Lex Fridman Podcast·Interviews

Don Lincoln Wants You to Understand Why Time Is Weirder Than You Think

A Fermilab physicist walks Lex Fridman through the history of spacetime, and the most interesting part is what nobody actually understands.

Jun 2, 2026
Don Lincoln Has Spent 30 Years Looking for Dark Matter and Has Absolutely No Idea What It Is
Lex Fridman Podcast·Interviews

Don Lincoln Has Spent 30 Years Looking for Dark Matter and Has Absolutely No Idea What It Is

The Fermilab physicist makes a compelling case for something he cannot find, cannot name, and cannot stop thinking about.

Jun 2, 2026
Michio Kaku Will Not Tell You Whether Aliens Exist, No Matter What You Threaten
The Diary of a CEO·Culture

Michio Kaku Will Not Tell You Whether Aliens Exist, No Matter What You Threaten

The theoretical physicist comes prepared with one answer for every question: maybe.

Jun 2, 2026
Michio Kaku Says We're Probably Not in a Simulation, and He Has 71 Years of Physics to Back It Up
The Diary of a CEO·Culture

Michio Kaku Says We're Probably Not in a Simulation, and He Has 71 Years of Physics to Back It Up

The string theory co-founder visits Diary of a CEO and does something rare: he actually answers the big questions, then politely dismantles one of the internet's favorite cosmic theories.

Jun 2, 2026