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Podcast: The Politics of Everything
Episode: 185: The Politics of the Dark Universe - Tamara Davis
Description: Professor Tamara Davis AM is an astrophysicist at the University of Queensland with over two decades experience studying the dark side of the Universe -- black holes, dark matter, and dark energy. While leading major international surveys she also tries to figure out deep questions such as whether dark energy can be used to make hoverboards, and if time travel is possible. She is an avid communicator of science and occasional host of ABC TV’s Catalyst, including the American Institute of Physics Science Communication Award-winning “Black Hole Hunters”.Amongst her accolades are the Astronomical Society of Austra...