Episodes

  • Microsoft Reports Quantum Computing Breakthrough -- and other science news of the week
    Feb 25 2025

    This is our weekly compilation of science news.00:00 - Trump and Musk Take On Academia6:16 - Large Hadron Collider can reveal how Universe Will End, New Director Says12:24 - 37 Dimensional Quantum Paradox To Improve Quantum Computing21:14 - Microsoft Reports Quantum Computing Breakthrough26:43 - No Audible Boom from First Test Flight of Supersonic Passenger Plane

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    33 mins
  • This New Idea Could Explain the Laws of Nature -- and other science news of the week
    Feb 17 2025

    This is our weekly compilation of science news00:00 - “I'm pretty terrified by the pace of AI development” says OpenAI researcher who left company6:17 - A Big Nuclear Bomb Could Fix Climate Change, Physicist Says11:53 - This New Idea Could Explain the Laws of Nature17:20 - What’s Different About Helion Energy, the Nuclear Fusion Startup Backed by Sam Altman?

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    23 mins
  • Everyone Is Giving Up On Climate Goals -- and other science news of the week
    Feb 10 2025

    This is our weeklycompilation of science news00:00 - Sam Altman Thinks We Need To Change Our Social Contract6:00 - The Wave-function of the Universe Might Finally Be Calculable12:52 - Everyone Is Giving Up On Climate Goals17:59 - Good news for faster-than-light travel. Bad news for time travel.

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    23 mins
  • The case for String Theory just got stronger -- and other science news of the week
    Feb 3 2025

    This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - AI Super Agents are coming. Allegedly. What does this mean? 6:42 - The Case for String Theory Just Got Stronger 11:37 - Did DeepSeek burst the AI bubble or will the Stargate Project make it worse? 17:38 - Countries sign up for vaccines against bird flu in humans. 22:46 - New startup wants to build a conscious quantum computer

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    29 mins
  • What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI -- and other science news of the week
    Jan 28 2025

    This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - There’s a Third Type of Particle and We Never Knew 6:22 - What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI 13:43 - Fact Check: Did Physicists Really "Quash" the Multiverse Idea? 20:01 - A New Ice Age For Europe Is Becoming More Likely

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    26 mins
  • Physicists Say They Know How Cold Fusion Works -- and other science news of the week
    Jan 21 2025

    This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - Physicists Say They Know How Cold Fusion Works 5:57 - Climate Engineering Is Coming, But Not Like You Think. 11:39 - Physicists Claim This $2 Billion Experiment Can Tell Us Why We Exist 17:16 - New Study Finds Alien Life Must Be Similar To Us

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    23 mins
  • The Trouble with Carbon Dioxide Removal -- and other science news of the week
    Jan 13 2025

    This is our weekly compilation of science news

    00:00 - Will We Get AGIs in 2025? 8:30 - String Theory is Falsifiable After All, String Theorists Say 14:00 - The Trouble with Carbon Dioxide Removal 19:26 - Have Researchers Found The First Evidence For String Theory?

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    24 mins
  • Climate Scientists Are Very Confused -- and other science news of the week
    Jan 7 2025

    This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Civilization as we know it is ending, prominent forecaster says 6:00 - Dark Energy Is Not Real, New Data Analysis Finds 23:03 - Climate Scientists Are Very Confused 17:57 - Quantum Hype Goes Crazy. But Why? 26:00 - Hydrogen Hype is Dying, And That's a Good Thing

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    32 mins