Science news and updates from Sabine Hossenfelder. As simple as possible, but not any simpler.
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - AIs Predict Research Results Without Doing Research 5:29 -Universe Had Two Big... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - Quantum Computing Is Dangerous and Must Be Regulated, Scientists Warn 5:30 -... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - AI Could Make Quantum Computing Obsolete, Nobel Prize Winner Says 6:57 -... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - AI Scaling Hits Wall, Rumours Say. How Serious is it? 6:16 -... more
This is our weekly ad-free compilation of science news 00:00 - New Theory: Dark Energy Might Be Black Holes 5:16 - This... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Scientists Discover a Law of Natural Laws 5:21 - The Problem with... more
This is our weekly ad-free compilation of science news00:00 - This new “AI Scientist” can “fully automate discovery"5:53 - Small... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Tiny Black Holes Might Have Left Holes in… Everything 5:17 - AI... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Scam or Breakthrough? Energy Saving with Electron Spins 6:23 - The Quantum... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Superconducting Cables are Coming. I’m Not Joking 6:05 - The 2024 Nobel... more
This is our weekly ad-free compilation of science news 00:00 - Who Will Win This Year’s Nobel Prize in Physics? My... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - This Lawsuit Could Change Science 6:12 - Yuval Harari's Warning About New... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - AI Feels the Data Crunch 6:15 - No, Einstein Didn't Solve the... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - This New Idea to Detect a Quantum of Gravity Might Just... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - The Nightmare Scenario for Dark Matter is Inching Closer 6:38 - Headline-Making... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Whistleblower Report Reveals Fermilab's Troubles 6:05 - Scientists Proprose to Preserve Species... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Energy from Nuclear Waste: Switzerland Approves first Accellerator-Driven Reactor 5:17 - Will... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Is the AI Left-Bias Real? 5:03 - Crazy New Physics Anomaly: Anti-Matter... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Time is an Illusion, And These Physicists Say They Know How... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - Faster than Light Particles Could Exist After All 6:00 - Small modular... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Costs explode for Nuclear Fusion Flagship project 5:10 - Americans Sue to... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - Quantum Computing Hype Goes Wild: Bullshit Headlines Everywhere 5:21 - This Climate... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Stop blaming fossil fuel companies – Climate Change is our own... more
This is our weekly ad-free compilation of science news. 00:00 - Why Bill Gates’ New Natrium Reactor is a Big Deal 4:57... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - String Theorists Have Calculated the Value of Pi 6:01 - Bad news... more
I was under the impression that Bitcoin mining was bad for the environment. It turns out that the situation is... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - This New Idea Could Explain Complexity 5:44 - Gravity Without Mass Could... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - AI Learned to Lie Deliberately 5:53 - This Could Test Stephen Hawking's... more
This is our ad-free compilation of science news 00:00 - AI's Dirty Little Secret 5:27 - Musk is Right: Neutrinos are Evidence... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - A Huge Cosmology Problem Might Just Have Disappeared 5:36 - Alien Megastructure... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Space-Based Solar Power is Dead 5:46 - Climate Change Violates Human Rights,... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - Geothermal Power Everywhere: Tech Advances Rapidly 5:33 - Time to Get Real... more
Einstein completed his theory of general relativity in 1915 when he was 37 years old. What did he do for... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - They Named an Asteroid After Me 5:46 - The Era of Nuclear... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - New Experiment Could Settle 100 Years-Old Debate about Quantum Tunneling 5:08 -... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news: 00:00 - Institute for Extinction Risk Shuts Down: What We Know 5:47 - Are... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - This Fusion Startup Is a Strong Newcomer 5:30 - Modified Gravity Strikes... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - New Superconductor Scandal 7:17 - Climate Change Makes Days Longer 11:49 - Musk:... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - Quantum Internet -- No One Needs This 5:55 - New Experiment at... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Should I be terrified of climate change? 5:43 - First Simulation Of... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - The Butterfly Effect is Much Worse Than We Thought 5:54 - We... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - New Idea Solves Three Physics Mysteries at Once 6:00 - Record Quantum... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news: 0:00 - Scientists warn of AI collapse 4:35 - New Compact Disks could exceed... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news:00:00 Quantum Inertia Drive Test Fails 07:28 A quantum measurement of gravity -- what... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 Chinese maglev breaks its own speed record 04:31 The hydrogen revolution might come... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 Aging is reversible -- in glass 06:16 AI survey among 3000 experts 11:53 Americans... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 Zuckerberg is right about the mental health risks of social media 06:17 String... more
In this episode I explain what climate sensitivity is and why it is important. Climate sensitivity is a number that... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 Does handwriting make us dumb? 05:54 A tsunami devastated stone-age Britain. Can it... more
This is our weekly summary of science news. In this episode: 00:00 Quantum Cheshire Cat Debunked 07:00 Icelanders plan to drill into Magma... more
In this episode: - Big Rip seems unlikely in light of new data - New Nuclear Battery might soon go onto the... more
In this week's episode: A new semiconductor, space-debris that could, AI could kill quantum computing, whether we could we get... more
Out of the many bad arguments against nuclear power, there are two good arguments: It's too expensive and the power... more
Just exactly what does it mean that gravity is not a force? In this episode, I will revisit the question... more
This is our weekly compilation of science news. In this episode: - Particle physicists make wishlist - Did life come from... more
Everyone loves to talk about complex problems and complex systems, but no one has any idea what it means. I... more
In this week's science news, we have a new contender for a theory of quantum gravity, claim that a famous... more
Science and the law come in to conflict more often than you might think. In this episode I want to... more
In this episode we have an experiment that wants to measure nothing, a particle accelerator that's just 10 cm long,... more
Welcome everyone to this week’s science news. Today we’ll talk about the leading theories for why Sam Altman got fired... more
Estimates say that as many as 1 in 10 people who had COVID were still affected more than 3 months... more
Is science coming to an end? On the one hand, it seems like scientific progress has slowed to a crawl... more
Today we’ll talk about why Mars glows green, an amazingly cool way to make magnets hover, a study which found... more
Everyone is talking about Net Zero. But Net Zero what? What does this even mean? Is it a reasonable goal?... more
Today we have an update on the biggest astrophysics drama of the year, that’s an observation which seems to be... more
This week we have new evidence that the dinosaurs were killed by the aftermath of an asteroid impact, then we... more
Science never rests and this week we have quite a selection of news. It looks like the sun’s magnetic field... more
The weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic seem god-sent solutions for everyone who has been struggling to lose weight, a miracle... more
Today we will talk about why coin flips are not fifty-fifty, starquakes, the most powerful solar storm ever, space debris,... more
In today's episode I explain why the many world's interpretation is neither simple nor local. This episode comes with a... more
Welcome everyone to this week’s science news. This week we’ll talk about three new laws of nature, one of which supposedly... more
What does physics say about time travel? Surprisingly enough it doesn't just say it's impossible, it's more complicated than that.... more
In this week's science news, I talk about a new candidate for a cosmic string, the mysterious shrinking of planet... more
What if we could harness the power of photons to process information? We can! It's called photonic computing. It's one... more
Today we’ll talk about the Nobel Prize in physics, yet another superconductor retraction, whether Integrated Information theory is pseudoscience, why... more
Today we talk about raisins. Yes, raisins. Quasars with dark matter halos, pink diamonds, the last moments of a dying... more
If people knew one thing about Steven Weinberg, it’d be a quote from one of his books: “The more the... more
Today we talk about the possibly first evidence for life on an exoplanet, with some caveats, chaos at the centre... more
Today I talk about how we talk, or how we communicate information on social media in general. Why is it... more
Today we talk about a bubble of galaxies, a climate scientist who made his own paper worse, double magic oxygen,... more
What is web3? I've tried to figure it out and here is my summary of what I have learned about... more
I’ve noticed that a lot of scientists on social media make jokes about people who do their own research. This... more
Today we talk about superchemistry, music in the brain, how to create matter from light, contrails, objects that take strange... more
I've seen a lot of headlines recently that we supposedly have a mental health crisis. Some say it's global, some... more
Today we talk about the muon anomaly at Fermilab, say good-bye to LK99, hear from scientists who say that sun... more
In the past 10 years or so, tech specialists have repeatedly voiced concerns that the progress of computing power will... more
Today I have an update on the reproduction efforts for the supposed room temperature superconductor, LK 99, the first images... more
You've heard physicists say that we know new physics is out there. You've also heard them say that there's no... more
Today we’ll talk about the new superconductor claim, bad news for new physics, a quantum radar, how to print origami,... more
Many companies try to appear environmentally friendly without making a real difference, a strategy that’s been dubbed “greenwashing”. So, is... more
Today we’ll talk about Einstein, who was right again, metals that heal, a new type of stellar object, a quantum... more
Have you ever taken a personality test? I certainly did. Recently I began wondering what the Myers Briggs and Big... more
Today we’ll fly 13 billion years back in time, talk about dark stars, quantum payments, the efficiency of solar cells,... more
Many companies try to appear environmentally friendly without making a real difference, a strategy that’s been dubbed “greenwashing”. So, is calling a... more