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3 ways to end a virus
Explore the three main ways viruses can be driven to extinction, and dig into the possibility of COVID-19 dying out. — Viruses are wildly successful organisms. There are about 100 million times as many virus particles on Earth as there … Continue reading
Breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy announced | BBC News
By Esme Stallard BBC News Climate and Science The interior of the target chamber at LLNL, where nuclear fusion takes place US researchers have overcome a major barrier to achieving low-carbon nuclear fusion. A major breakthrough has been announced … Continue reading
The Other Side of Physics | Sabine Hossenfelder | TEDxNewcastle
For some physics is all about helping us nail down how the natural world works. And of course this is a hugely valuable and important effort. In Sabine’s talk, however, she wants to discuss how physics is a catalyst and … Continue reading
The Passage of Time and the Meaning of Life | Sean Carroll
What is time? What is humankind’s role in the universe? What is the meaning of life? For much of human history, these questions have been the province of religion and philosophy. What answers can science provide? In this talk, Sean … Continue reading
The Southern Hemisphere is stormier than the Northern, and we finally know why | Phys.Org
by University of Chicago The Southern Hemisphere is stormier than the Northern, and we finally know why1 / 1A new study by the University of Chicago and University of Washington lays out for the first time why the Southern Hemisphere … Continue reading
The tiny COVID mistake with deadly implications | Katie Randall | TEDxKC
Dr. Katie Randall was a graduate student in medical rhetoric when COVID-19 changed the world. Her talk describes how she discovered the origins of a fundamental mistake in public health officials’ understanding of the virus, and why we mishandled our … Continue reading
How Physicists Created a Wormhole in a Quantum Computer
Almost a century ago, Albert Einstein realized that the equations of general relativity could produce wormholes. But it would take a number of theoretical leaps and a “crazy” team of experimentalists to build one on Google’s quantum computer. Read the … Continue reading
The US Government Sells Human Poop
This government warehouse keeps our entire society up to standard. […]
The Greatest Science Experiment That Never Happened | Answers With Joe
[…] The Superconducting Supercollider was set to be the largest particle accelerator in the world, by a long shot. In fact, it would still to this day be the biggest and most powerful. But history had other plans. This is … Continue reading
How Plate Tectonics Gave Us Seahorses
[…] How did seahorses — one of the ocean’s worst swimmers — spread around the globe? And where did they come from in the first place? Thanks to Franz Anthony (http://franzanth.com) for the incredible syngnathid reconstructions used in this episode! … Continue reading
A Molecule-Thick Coating Changes What a Surface Does, Thanks to Nanoscience
This episode was made in partnership with The Kavli Prize. The Kavli Prize honors scientists for breakthroughs in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience — transforming our understanding of the big, the small, and the complex. From removing glare in windows to … Continue reading
How cold can it get?
Cryogenics is the science of cold. But how cold is cold? In this video, Fermilab scientist Dr. Don Lincoln tells us about some of the most amazing achievements in cryogenic science. And there is no truth to the rumor that … Continue reading
