They Built the Quietest Place on Earth to Find Dark Matter

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating by Brian Keating

Sep 17, 2026125:24Science & Medicine

They Built the Quietest Place on Earth to Find Dark Matter One event in 220 days. That is what the search for dark matter looks like right now. In this episode I talk with Rick Gaitskell, professor of physics at Brown Un...

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