After World War II, J. Robert Oppenheimer was a world-famous scientist who people recognized. Over time, that celebrity status faded. Christopher Nolan's film and the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography that inspired it have once again made Oppenheimer a recognizable name to the average person.

Neutrinos are one of the most abundant subatomic particles in the universe. Despite their abundance, our knowledge of neutrinos is limited as their minimal interactions with matter make them very difficult to detect. Today we’re talking with Sowjanya Gollapinni, a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, about the elusive particle.

The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, changed the way Los Alamos National Laboratory thought about national security. In this special episode, we talk to three people from LANL who were deeply involved in national security efforts before, during and after 9/11.