The Kitchen Cloud Chamber with Prof. Anne White
[MUSIC PLAYING] ANNE WHITE: We're hurtling through space on our planet, and we're just bombarded by high-energy particles from the universe all the time. SARAH HANSEN: Today, on Chalk Radio, we're delving into the fascinating world of nuclear physics. I'm Sarah Hansen. For this episode, I sat down with Professor Anne White, physicist and professor in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT. ANNE WHITE: My research is on fusion energy, so I'm a plasma physicist hiding out in an engineering department. SARAH HANSEN: I so enjoyed this conversation with Anne. The information she shared in this interview changed the way I experienced the air around me. I mean, how often can you say that? The topics that she explains are complex, but she makes them so approachable, even showing us that we can learn about nuclear science using objects that we find in our own kitchens. So for this episode, we're going to do something a little differently f...