omega tau - English only

omega tau - English only

How do scientists uncover phenomena and explain their connections? How do engineers design machines, methods and infrastructure? At omega tau, experts give detailed answers. Over the last ten years, we have produced over 350 episodes in which we dug deeper, until we ran out of questions. Join us on our journey through the world of science and engineering: the closer you look and listen, the more interesting things get.

Episodes

Title Duration Published Consumed
398 - Surroundings 01:16:00 2023-06-16 11:08
Update 2023 English 00:11:51 2023-02-20 21:02
392 - Helicopter Flight Test 2022-09-01 20:59
387 - Direct Air Capture 2022-05-20 11:36
385 - Solar Geoengineering 01:01:45 2022-03-18 12:15
383 - The LHC Beam Dump 01:30:55 2022-02-06 13:29
378 - Flying the F-18 Classic Hornet 03:40:04 2021-10-22 08:52
374 - Flying the F-22 01:47:35 2021-08-01 20:58
370 - Nixus, the Fly-by-Wire Glider 01:42:07 2021-06-04 20:13
368 - Nuclear Waste Disposal and Storage 03:15:43 2021-05-01 10:09
366 - The Viper Gliding Club 01:36:38 2021-04-02 18:40
364 - Physics beyond the Standard Model 01:42:17 2021-03-06 20:06
359 - Modern Fission Reactors 01:54:33 2021-01-04 20:43
355 - Supercomputing for COVID-19 02:28:47 2020-10-29 20:08
350 - Existential Risk 02:40:06 2020-08-22 09:32
348 - ATLAS Computing 02:46:06 2020-07-27 16:35
345 - ATLAS Science 03:02:57 2020-06-16 10:16
344 - History and Development of ATLAS 02:39:31 2020-06-02 18:29
343 - Flying and Testing the F-35 01:14:56 2020-05-20 18:46
341 - Emergency and Intensive Care, Ventilation 01:47:32 2020-04-29 16:12
340 - Plasma Wakefield Acceleration with AWAKE 01:07:11 2020-04-22 11:45
Special - Once You Start Asking 00:41:22 2020-04-11 10:47
150.5 - Controlling the ELT 01:07:12 2020-02-14 16:14
333 - (Flying and Simulating) The F-14 Tomcat 04:15:28 2020-01-03 11:35
332 - Attribution of Extreme Weather Events 01:22:48 2019-12-22 08:12
330 - Parabolic Flights at AirZeroG 01:33:38 2019-11-29 08:37
328 - Flying the P-3 Orion (and some other aircraft) 02:15:18 2019-11-12 20:45
326 - Weather Forecasting at the ECMWF 03:05:25 2019-10-19 15:36
324 - Air Traffic Control at Heathrow and RIAT 02:34:07 2019-09-27 12:38
321 - Societal Change and the Climate 00:58:41 2019-08-29 13:30
320 - The Event Horizon Telescope 01:30:14 2019-08-16 19:35
318 - (My Flight with) The USAF Thunderbirds 03:33:39 2019-07-19 18:13
317 - The ALICE Detector 02:02:26 2019-07-09 12:30
315 - Modeling Socio-Technical Systems 02:42:51 2019-06-14 12:02
314 - London Air Ambulance 02:13:57 2019-06-01 09:32
312 - The Wendelstein 7-X Fusion Experiment 03:27:50 2019-05-11 11:29
309 - Forensic Engineering 02:04:59 2019-04-09 21:55
306 - Flying the RC-135S Cobra Ball 01:33:30 2019-03-09 10:45
304 - The Past, Present and Future of Fusion Energy 02:15:36 2019-02-09 18:13
300 - How Processors Got So Fast 02:25:01 2018-12-17 14:49
299 - Gravity Storage 01:40:17 2018-12-02 10:02
297 - Flying the AH-64 Apache 02:28:50 2018-11-18 08:12
295 - BepiColombo 02:12:19 2018-10-26 20:19
292 - Gene Editing with CRISPR/Cas 01:31:35 2018-09-14 19:59
291 - Flying in the Papuan Bush 01:44:05 2018-08-31 20:37
289 - Music Production at Sandlane Studios 02:06:54 2018-08-01 12:50
288 - Flight Research at NASA Armstrong, Part 3: Historic 03:00:27 2018-07-17 17:59
286 - Software Analog Effects 02:04:24 2018-06-21 20:21
285 - Superconductivity 02:50:50 2018-06-08 18:31
283 - The Perlan Project 01:51:20 2018-05-10 12:07
279 - Microgravity Research at ZARM Drop Tower 01:46:56 2018-03-10 16:31
277 - Life and Work on HMS Enterprise 08:03:42 2018-02-07 14:09
276 - Linguistics, Conlangers and Game Of Thrones' Dothraki 02:11:48 2018-01-17 18:25
274 - The Shuttle's Achievements for Space Exploration 02:19:46 2017-12-25 10:03
270 - Nuclear Weapons 02:31:06 2017-11-26 19:34
267 - The Quantum Tron UAV 01:50:33 2017-10-22 19:42
266 - Secondary Surveillance Radar 02:14:47 2017-10-13 07:56
264b - Special Announcement EN 00:04:49 2017-09-27 19:19
258 - The History and Technology of Spy Satellites 02:05:54 2017-07-28 19:25
257 – Flight Research at NASA Armstrong, Part 2: Fullscale 02:56:48 2017-07-21 17:59
256 - Flight Research at NASA Armstrong, Part 1: Subscale 01:59:50 2017-07-16 20:49
255 - Aerial Refueling with the KDC-10 01:09:23 2017-07-08 18:54
252 - Red Flag 03:09:49 2017-06-17 16:17
251 - Flying the F-16 Viper 03:31:50 2017-06-09 20:15
249 - Plasma Physics 02:27:55 2017-05-20 21:29
248 - Distant Early Warning, SAGE and the F-106 Delta Dart 03:52:57 2017-05-13 18:11
247 - Bulk Metallic Glass 01:46:29 2017-05-07 09:44
245 - Glaciology Research at the Darwin Glacier 01:21:56 2017-04-22 10:37
243 - Formal Specification and Proof 02:02:51 2017-04-10 07:17
242 - Satellite Testing at ESTEC 01:24:13 2017-03-31 20:46
241 - Electric Propulsion of Spacecraft 01:38:42 2017-03-25 09:03
239 - The Saturn V Launch Vehicle 02:27:52 2017-03-12 00:24
238 - Societal Complexity, Part II: Today's Perspective 01:11:37 2017-03-05 11:25
237 - Synthesizers 03:28:41 2017-02-25 09:10
236 - Space Flight Software 01:47:34 2017-02-18 09:28
235 - A Walk in the Woods with Miami Rick and the Big Boeings 01:53:49 2017-02-11 10:41
233 - Bio-Inspired Systems at EPFL 01:19:41 2017-01-28 08:24
231 - The Future Circular Collider 01:42:32 2017-01-15 09:04
229 - (Ant-)Arctic Sea Ice 02:12:17 2017-01-01 10:38
226 - Tidal Power 01:35:39 2016-12-11 09:43
224 - Flying the F-15 Eagle 02:20:23 2016-11-27 09:06
219 - Flying the V-22 Osprey 01:05:54 2016-10-17 16:50
218 - A Life in Apollo 01:17:40 2016-10-07 20:33
216 - Airbus History 01:40:10 2016-09-20 20:43
212 - The Tornado ADV 01:50:16 2016-08-01 20:32
211 - Farnborough 2016 02:52:36 2016-07-20 21:31
210 - A350 Flight Testing 02:04:47 2016-07-13 17:34
209 - Satellite Development at OHB 02:42:31 2016-07-04 08:06
204 - Earth Observation at Planet Labs 01:22:41 2016-05-09 20:41
202 - Aviation Incident Reporting at CHIRP 01:48:30 2016-04-22 19:15
200 - Port Towage and Tugs 02:27:38 2016-03-31 12:24
199 - Mass Spectrometers 02:21:55 2016-03-20 09:52
198 - Ship Salvage 01:30:55 2016-03-09 20:34
197 - The European XFEL 01:57:24 2016-02-25 21:21
196 - Lasers 01:15:45 2016-02-13 11:45
195 - Flying the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 01:29:42 2016-02-05 19:19
Das Jahr The Year 2015 01:43:11 2015-12-29 14:11
191 - String Theory 02:43:07 2015-12-22 10:53
190 - SOFIA Part 2, The Flights 06:55:48 2015-12-08 19:20
189 - SOFIA Part 1, Basics 02:48:50 2015-11-30 15:27
185 - Nuclear Test Monitoring and the CTBT 01:53:59 2015-10-20 16:21
184 - Societal Complexity and Collapse 01:14:13 2015-10-13 20:28
183 - Aerobatics and Red Bull Air Racing 01:48:59 2015-10-05 08:51
181 - Why Megaprojects Fail (and what to do about it) 01:07:15 2015-09-17 07:40
176 - The Gemini Programme 02:34:50 2015-07-18 17:53
175 - Disordered Systems 01:48:37 2015-07-02 20:57