Category Archives: Science

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The US Government Sells Human Poop

This government warehouse keeps our entire society up to standard.  […]

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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

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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

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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

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