Join Patrick, Pheely, and Liam as they discuss how particles can change form, and even be created seemingly out of nothingness. This process of particle-production (or destruction) is described by quantum field theory, which tells us that the vacuum of space is not as empty as we once thought. We also discuss the recent development of new artificial intelligence like "ChatGPT", and finish off the episode with a story about the biggest physics experiment of all time: the Large Hadron Collider.
CORRECTION: Liam says multiple times that the vacuum energy is zero, but this is incorrect, the vacuum energy is small but finite. It is actually a current topic of hot research in the physics community, and there is not an agreed upon value (this is known as the cosmological constant problem or vacuum catastrophe).
