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The Well | Finding the secret of human existence in an atom-smasher | Dispatches from The Well Ep. 2 @The-Well | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Our host Kmele went inside Fermilab, America’s premiere particle accelerator facility, to find out how the smallest particles in the universe can teach us about its biggest mysteries.

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According to Fermilab's Bonnie Flemming, the pursuit of scientific understanding is “daunting in an inspiring way.” What makes it daunting? The seemingly infinite number of questions, with their potentially inaccessible answers.

In this episode of Dispatches from The Well, host Kmele Foster tours the grounds of America’s legendary particle accelerator to discover how exploring the mysteries at the heart of particle physics help us better understand some of the most profound mysteries of our universe.

Featuring: Bonnie Fleming, Don Lincoln, Ricardo Mondragon.

Read the full video transcript: bigthink.com/the-well/dispatches-podcast-episode-2

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