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Podcast: The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Episode: Stephen Wolfram Q&A, For Kids (and others) [August 21, 2020]
Description: Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series.
Questions include: Why does matter and anti-matter annihilate when they come together? What is the mechanism behind an electron and a positron to convert to energy when they meet? Saying that they are of opposite charges doesn't really explain it - So entropy always tends towards the lowest energy state? - What is the most "scientifically" interesting place you have visited? - How long does the "virtual photon" live before it converts into a pair of particles...