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Podcast: The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Episode: Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [January 16, 2026]
Description: Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: Three-body problem and computational irreducibility - Climate and radiation on planets with multiple suns - Cherenkov radiation and why it doesn't break relativity Proton decay, particle physics and "how bad would it be?"