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Science news and updates from Sabine Hossenfelder. As simple as possible, but not any simpler.

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Weekly Digest: The AI Revolution Hiding in Obscure Research and more

4/28/2025
This is our weekly compilation of science news.00:00 - Meet the Reactors Set to Upend Nuclear Fusion5:59 - The AI Revolution Hiding in Obscure Research11:37 - The Next Clean Fuel Hype Is Likely Ammonia16:56 - This correction of Einstein’s theory fixes black holes

Duration:00:22:13

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There's Helium in Earth's Core, Researchers Say -- and other science news of the week

4/20/2025
This is our weekly compilation of science news.00:00 - "Impossible" Device Creates Free Electricity from Earth's Magnetic Field5:25 - Researchers find major clue to consciousness10:49 - Did One Single Neutrino Just Prove Stephen Hawking Right?15:57 - There's Helium in Earth's Core, Researchers Say21:08 - My Take On Stephen Hawking’s Final Theory

Duration:00:27:04

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Is CERN's $40 Billion Mega-Collider Already Doomed? -- and other science news of the week

4/13/2025
This is our weekly compilation of science news.00:00 - New Research Reveals How AI “Thinks” (It Doesn’t)5:02 - Is CERN's $40 Billion Mega-Collider Already Doomed?10:57 - Nuclear Renaissance? Or Just Wishful Thinking?15:50 - The Entire Universe Seems to Spin, New Data Reveal

Duration:00:20:49

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Amazon’s Quantum Breakthrough That Everyone Missed -- and other science news of the week

4/7/2025
This is our weekly compilation of science news.00:00 - Amazon’s Quantum Breakthrough That Everyone Missed5:27 - First Nuclear Fusion Rocket Design Unveiled11:27 - Why US Professors are talking about fascism17:45 - We Already Have Evidence Of Dark Matter, Researchers Say

Duration:00:22:59

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Huge Structures Discovered Under Pyramids? -- and other science news of the week

3/31/2025
This is our weekly ad-free compilation of science news.00:00 - Latest Data Challenges 25 Years of Cosmology6:09 - Sabotage AI Research, Google's Ex-CEO Recommends11:37 - New Nuclear Waste Battery Can Run For 5000 Years16:54 - US Military Wants to Grow Biological Structures in Space22:05 - Cosmology Crises are only Getting Worse27:45 - Huge Structures Discovered Under Pyramids?

Duration:00:35:27

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Dark Matter Could Be Due to Extra Dimensions -- and other science news of the week

3/24/2025
This is our weekly compilation of science news.00:00 - Atomic Anomaly Confirmed! Evidence for a “dark force”?5:22 - Dark Matter Could Be Due to Extra Dimensions11:23 - China Will Soon Lead World in Science and Tech16:49 - The Path to AGI is Coming Into View

Duration:00:24:44

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Is AI the Solution for Quantum Computing? -- and other science news of the week

3/19/2025
This is our weekly compilation of science news00:00 - Einstein-Tile Discovered in Nature5:47 - Is AI the Solution for Quantum Computing? 11:18 - China Discovers 60,000-Year Supply of Thorium16:42 - This Simple New Experiment Could Find First Evidence for Quantum Gravity

Duration:00:23:02

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Scientists Misreport Climate Cause of LA Wildfires -- and other science news of the week

3/10/2025
This is our weekly compilation of science news.00:00 - Microsoft’s Topological Qubits Probably Don’t Exist, Researchers Warn6:58 - Scientists Misreport Climate Cause of LA Wildfires13:01 - Is Gravity Quantum? New Experiment Could Test Oppenheim's Bold Alternative18:26 - Magnetic Charges Could Actually Exist, Physicists Find24:02 - Time can run in two directions, new research finds

Duration:00:29:52

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AI Gets Rapidly Smarter, And Makes Some of Us Dumber -- and other science news of the week

3/4/2025
This is our weekly ad-free compilation of science news. 00:00 - Earth’s Magnetic Field has a Hole, and it’s changing5:20 - AI Gets Rapidly Smarter, And Makes Some of Us Dumber11:58 - Our Universe Has Two Different Sides, Physicists Confirm17:15 - Geothermal Energy is Looking Better Than Ever

Duration:00:22:51

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Microsoft Reports Quantum Computing Breakthrough -- and other science news of the week

2/24/2025
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

Duration:00:32:54

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This New Idea Could Explain the Laws of Nature -- and other science news of the week

2/17/2025
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?

Duration:00:23:28

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Everyone Is Giving Up On Climate Goals -- and other science news of the week

2/10/2025
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.

Duration:00:23:11

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The case for String Theory just got stronger -- and other science news of the week

2/3/2025
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

Duration:00:29:08

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What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI -- and other science news of the week

1/28/2025
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

Duration:00:26:06

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Physicists Say They Know How Cold Fusion Works -- and other science news of the week

1/21/2025
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

Duration:00:23:01

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The Trouble with Carbon Dioxide Removal -- and other science news of the week

1/13/2025
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?

Duration:00:24:27

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Climate Scientists Are Very Confused -- and other science news of the week

1/6/2025
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

Duration:00:31:33

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Scientists Uncover Hidden Pattern in Quantum Chaos -- and other science news of the week

12/31/2024
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - Scientists Uncover Hidden Pattern in Quantum Chaos 5:21 - This Firm Says It’s 6 Years Away From Making Energy From Fusion 11:24 - Physicists Claim They Solved Schrödinger's Cat Problem 16:46 - Jeff Bezos’ Space Plans Make More Sense Than Elon Musk's

Duration:00:22:29

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This Physics Problem is Unsolvable -- and other science news of the week

12/16/2024
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - AIs Predict Research Results Without Doing Research 5:29 -Universe Had Two Big Bangs, Physicists Say 11:03 - Our Sun Can Make Superflares Once a Century, Study Finds 16:12 - This Physics Problem is Unsolvable

Duration:00:22:17

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Moore’s Law is So Back -- and other science news of the week

12/9/2024
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - Quantum Computing Is Dangerous and Must Be Regulated, Scientists Warn 5:30 - Moore's Law is So Back 11:40 - This Theory of Everything Actually Makes a Prediction: New Physics in Black Holes 17:50 - Life Began Much Faster Than We Thought

Duration:00:23:33