Science AMA Series: We’re Jorge Cham (creator of PhD Comics & PhD in
Robotics) & Daniel Whiteson (particle physicist & CERN researcher). We
wrote a book called WE HAVE NO IDEA about the biggest unanswered
questions in the Universe! Ask us anything!
Abstract
Hi, reddit! There are so many things we don’t know about the Universe.
For example: What is most of the Universe made of? What is dark matter?
Where does dark energy come from? Why does the universe have a speed
limit? What (or who) is attacking earth with tiny, super-fast particles?
And for that matter…what is matter? After generations of human
research, brilliant scientific minds, and crazy technological advances
we can confidently answer all of these questions the same way: we have
no idea. In our new book WE HAVE NO IDEA: A Guide to the Unknown
Universe we talk about why a vast portion of our universe (read: most of
it) is still a mystery, and what a lot of smart people are doing to
understand it. Ask us about physics, the universe – known and unknown,
the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (Daniel works with it), illustration
(Jorge’s the creator of PHD Comics), science in general, our deepest
hopes and fears – in other words…ask us anything! We will be
back at 4 pm ET (1 pm PT) to answer your questions.