Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Quantum physicist Catalina Curceanu joins Zeeya Merali to host the latest FQxI podcast. She chats about FQxI's $53,000 essay competition, which asks "How Quantum is Life?" and about her own work on biophotons and the search for plant intelligence.
Cosmologists Niayesh Afshordi and Alice Chen return to discuss their survey of what physicists really think about controversial topics, including the black hole information paradox, quantum interpretations, the multiverse and fine tuning.
And reporter Geoff Marsh reports on experiments by the journals Critical Care Medicine and Biology Open and Research Hub to test whether peer reviewers should be paid. Plus, how Research Hub is trialing AI peer reviewers.
Quantum physicist Catalina Curceanu joins Zeeya Merali to host the latest FQxI podcast. She chats about FQxI's $53,000 essay competition, which asks "How Quantum is Life?" and about her own work on biophotons and the search for plant intelligence.
Cosmologists Niayesh Afshordi and Alice Chen return to discuss their survey of what physicists really think about controversial topics, including the black hole information paradox, quantum interpretations, the multiverse and fine tuning.
And reporter Geoff Marsh reports on experiments by the journals Critical Care Medicine and Biology Open and Research Hub to test whether peer reviewers should be paid. Plus, how Research Hub is trialing AI peer reviewers.
