2017 Nobel Prize Special: Gravitational Waves

As you may already know, yesterday, the Nobel Prize in Physics,
2017 was announced: it went to Kip Thorne, Barry Barish, and
Rainer Weiss for their contributions towards the LIGO
collaboration that detected gravitational waves.

In this special episode, I'll talk a little bit about the history
of the Nobel prizes, explain what they were looking for at LIGO,
how they found it, and what it means. So if you ever wondered
what a gravitational wave was but were too afraid to ask,
hopefully, it'll help you out.

Stay tuned at the end for a marathon housekeeping session where I
once again appeal for listener questions.