Migrating Parasites, Grenade Launching Jellyfish, and New Electronic Matter

enFebruary 27, 2020

Cell Cultured

About this Episode

In this episode of Cell Cultured, Sid and Neeshil discuss biological phenomenons such as parasites moving from mother to baby and jellyfish launching stinging cells. They also dive into the field of physics and talk about how a revolutionary discovery of a new electronic state of matter could change quantum physics and even lead to the future.

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