3D Printed Rockets & We Might Be Getting Dumber
New Data Visualization App From Google & The U.N.
The Food and Agri...
2023-03-15 19:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Science News March 15
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Welcome everyone to this week’s science news. Today we’ll talk about a potential breakthrough in room temperature superconductivity, new ...
I believe chatbots understand some of what they say. Let me explain.
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Does an artificially intelligent chatbot understand what it’s chatting about? A year ago, I’d have answered this question with “clearly not”. It’s ...
Coming up on March 11
I used to think that today's "artificially intelligent" bots are actually pretty dumb, but I've recently changed my mind. On Saturday I want to argue that they partly understand what they do, if no...
2023-03-10 07:38:20 +0000 UTC View PostEarth's Innermost Core & is Marijuana Bad for You?
A Nanosatellite From RNA
It doesn’t fly, but researchers from Aarhus ...
2023-03-08 20:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostScience News March 8
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Welcome everyone to this week’s science news. Today we’ll talk about a new LHC anomaly, wakefield acceleration, nuclear fusion progress, h...
2023-03-08 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostMarijuana: Legalize or not?
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More than 200 million people use marijuana. It’s 2023-03-04 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Coming up on March 4
This weekend we'll talk about marijuana. What are the risks, what are the benefits, is it a good idea to legalize it? Despite never using it, I had many friends who did. I've always been in favor o...
2023-03-03 12:50:45 +0000 UTC View PostA One-Atom Computer & The Genetics of Mathematical Ability
Non-Dusting Surfaces
Researchers from the University of Texas have impr...
2023-03-01 20:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostScience News March 1
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Welcome everyone to this week’s science news. Today we’ll talk about computers made of human brain cells, galaxies that are too big to exi...
2023-03-01 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAn Air Condition for the Planet: How Would it Work?
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Imagine you come home on a cold winter day, take off the gloves, and turn on the heating. You heat with oil and feel a little bad about it, bu...
2023-02-25 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostComing up on Feb 25
All power plants create waste heat that contributes to global warming. At the moment, the contribution is fairly small, but if mankind flourishes it is bound to increase and eventually it will beco...
2023-02-24 13:12:56 +0000 UTC View PostDamage to the Ozone Layer & The Untapped Potential of Geothermal Energy
Scientists Concerned More Rocket Launches Might Damage Ozone Layer
The ...
2023-02-22 20:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostScience News Feb 22
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Welcome everyone to this week’s science news. Today we’ll talk about whether dark energy is made of black holes, four types of solar syst...
Coming up on Feb 18
There's a lot of energy below our feet. But how much can geothermal energy realistically help with reaching net zero? What are the risks, what are the problems, and is it carbon neutral in the firs...
2023-02-17 12:09:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Science News Feb 15
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Welcome everyone to this week’s science news. Today we’ll talk about a mysterious laser beam over Hawaii, brain scans in court, a link be...
Sponsor Troubles
The main bulk of our expenses, as probably those of many YouTubers, is covered by our sponsors. These a...
2023-02-14 17:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostWhat is going wrong in particle physics?
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If you follow news about particle physics, then you know that it comes in three types. It’s either that they haven’t found that thing they w...
Coming up on Feb 11
From various exchange that I have had on social media in the past months I got the unfortunate impression that particle physicists are attempting to misunderstand my criticism on their methodology....
2023-02-09 17:21:35 +0000 UTC View PostHoney Bees vs. Wild Bees and How the Greenhouse Effect Really Works
Nobel Prize Winners, Write For Kids, And It’s All Open Access
Science News Feb 8
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Welcome everyone to this week’s science news. Today we’ll talk about how to look inside a nuclear reactor with muons, eight new signals t...
How the Greenhouse Effect Really Works
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I thought I understood how carbon dioxide emissions cause global warming. Turned out I got it completely wrong. I was about to sweep my misund...
2023-02-04 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostComing Up On Feb 4
One of the things, if not THE thing, that bothers me most about science news is that journalists seem to have entirely given up explaining climate science. It's now just "the science is settled" an...
2023-02-02 17:23:39 +0000 UTC View PostShark Populations and Genetic Screenings
Data Presentation Affects Our Expectations
A study from the City Univer...
2023-02-01 20:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostScience News Feb 1
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Welcome everyone to this week’s science news. Today we’ll talk about changes in the Earth’s core, a quantum computer that folds a mini-pr...
2023-02-01 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostGenetic Screening: Risks and Benefits
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The American NBA player Shawn Bradley is 7 foot 6. A genet...
2023-01-28 13:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Coming up on Jan 28
Few technology have the potential to shape society as much as choosing the genes that we pass on to our children. While gene editing is still somewhat in the future, genetic screening is already re...
2023-01-26 12:10:34 +0000 UTC View Post