How to Test String Theory?

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String theory is the ugliest theory known to science. It predicts dark matter, but we can only see it indirectly with our telescopes. Next generation of gravity wave detectors will be in outer space. They should pick up vibrations from the instant of the big bang. We want baby pictures of the universe as the universe was being born. And then maybe we'll find an embilical chord connecting our universe to a mother universe in the multiverse of universes.

Synthesizing relativity and quantum theory would be the crowning achievement of science, a profound merging of all the forces of nature into one beautiful, magnificent equation to unlock the deepest mysteries in science. In this episode, Michael Shermer speaks with professor of theoretical physics Michio Kaku about: the Big Bang, black holes, worm holes, the multiverse, time travel, dark energy and dark matter, gravity, string theory, ETIs, meaning, and God.