Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Science news and updates • AI developments • Quantum computing breakthroughs • Dark matter and cosmology • Physics anomalies • Climate science discussions • Energy innovations • Space exploration
The podcast "Science with Sabine" offers an eclectic mix of science news and updates, presented in an accessible manner by Sabine Hossenfelder. The show delves into a variety of scientific topics, consistently examining cutting-edge research and controversial ideas across multiple fields. A recurring theme is the exploration of breakthroughs and challenges in physics, astronomy, and cosmology, including discussions on quantum computing, dark matter, and the boundaries of our understanding of the universe. The episodes often tackle the implications of artificial intelligence, addressing its potential influences on science and society, as well as investigating if AI can indeed become conscious or capable of creativity.
Listeners will find discussions about innovative technological advancements, such as nuclear fusion, energy developments, and the future of quantum computing. The podcast also delves into the intersection of science and existential questions, such as the potential evidence of alien life, dark energy, or alternate theories explaining the fabric of our universe. Occasionally, the show highlights current scientific controversies and debates, reflecting on the evolution of scientific thought and skepticism surrounding established theories. By incorporating themes of AI, existential physics questions, and paradigm-shifting hypotheses, the podcast provides informed listeners a wide-ranging panorama of how modern science continuously seeks to unravel the mysteries of existence and challenge the status quo. The focus on both technological advancements and theoretical explorations offers an intriguing insight into the continuously merging boundaries between speculative science and emerging evidence.
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Episodes:
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Weekly Digest: Are We Using the Wrong Kind Of Electricity? and more
2025-Dec-29
23 minutes
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Weekly Digest: China Makes Breakthrough With Thorium Nuclear Reactor. Where is the West? and more
2025-Dec-22
21 minutes
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Weekly Digest: This Discovery Might Change What We Know About Life! and more
2025-Dec-14
30 minutes
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Weekly Digest: New Data Bring Trouble For Theory of Universe and more
2025-Dec-08
28 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Scientists may have detected dark matter and more
2025-Dec-01
22 minutes
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Weekly Digest: The Truth about Human-Caused Mass Extinction and more
2025-Nov-16
28 minutes
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Weekly Digest: This Is Why Humans Hate AI and more
2025-Nov-10
23 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Physicist Discover Hidden Rules of Life and more
2025-Nov-03
15 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Physicists Find Artificial Objects Around Earth Before We Had Satellites and more
2025-Oct-28
33 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Current AI Models have 3 Unfixable Problems and more
2025-Oct-21
27 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Mathematicians In Denial About AI Replacing Them and more
2025-Oct-12
27 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Academia’s Scam Problem is Getting Worse and more
2025-Oct-09
16 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Free Will Can Be Tested with Quantum Computer, Physicists Say and more
2025-Sep-29
33 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Physicists Find a Dark Matter Clump Near Us and more
2025-Sep-22
15 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Was Einstein Wrong about Randomness? and more
2025-Sep-15
21 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Crazy New Developments In Nuclear Battery Tech and more
2025-Sep-08
21 minutes
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Weekly Digest: This Is What Happens After A Nuclear War and more
2025-Sep-01
18 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Is AI Breaking Science Right Now? and more
2025-Aug-25
26 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Stunning! AI “Creativity” Is Highly Predictable, Researchers Find and more
2025-Aug-18
28 minutes
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Weekly Digest: New Theory: Space Has Memory, Stores Information and more
2025-Aug-11
20 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Mass Extinction Isn’t What We Thought and more
2025-Aug-04
20 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Leaking Nuclear Waste Barrels Found on Ocean Floor and more
2025-Jul-29
10 minutes
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Weekly Digest: The Cosmology Crisis Just Got Even Worse and more
2025-Jul-21
15 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Has One Man Just Saved String Theory? and more
2025-Jul-14
22 minutes
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Weekly Digest: AI’s Breakthrough on 125 Year-Old Physics Problem and more
2025-Jul-06
21 minutes
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Weekly Digest: AI’s “Intelligence Explosion” Is Coming and more
2025-Jun-29
28 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Does AI Already Have Free Will? and more
2025-Jun-23
29 minutes
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Weekly Digest: AI is becoming dangerous. Are we ready? and more
2025-Jun-16
21 minutes
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Weekly Digest: The Quantum Internet Is Real And Coming! and more
2025-Jun-13
21 minutes
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Weekly Digest: AI Slop Is Spreading In Science, Too and more
2025-Jun-01
21 minutes
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Weekly Digest: The USA is crumbling at the bottom and more
2025-May-25
21 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Four Starlink Satellites Fell From The Sky Each Day, Creating New Worries and more
2025-May-20
21 minutes
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Weekly Digest: Four Starlink Satellites Fell From The Sky Each Day, Creating New Worries and more
2025-May-11
22 minutes
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Weekly Digest: The AI Revolution Hiding in Obscure Research and more
2025-Apr-28
22 minutes
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There's Helium in Earth's Core, Researchers Say -- and other science news of the week
2025-Apr-20
27 minutes
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Is CERN's $40 Billion Mega-Collider Already Doomed? -- and other science news of the week
2025-Apr-14
20 minutes
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Amazon’s Quantum Breakthrough That Everyone Missed -- and other science news of the week
2025-Apr-08
22 minutes
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Huge Structures Discovered Under Pyramids? -- and other science news of the week
2025-Mar-31
35 minutes
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Dark Matter Could Be Due to Extra Dimensions -- and other science news of the week
2025-Mar-24
24 minutes
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Is AI the Solution for Quantum Computing? -- and other science news of the week
2025-Mar-19
23 minutes
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Scientists Misreport Climate Cause of LA Wildfires -- and other science news of the week
2025-Mar-10
29 minutes
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AI Gets Rapidly Smarter, And Makes Some of Us Dumber -- and other science news of the week
2025-Mar-04
22 minutes
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Microsoft Reports Quantum Computing Breakthrough -- and other science news of the week
2025-Feb-25
32 minutes
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This New Idea Could Explain the Laws of Nature -- and other science news of the week
2025-Feb-17
23 minutes
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Everyone Is Giving Up On Climate Goals -- and other science news of the week
2025-Feb-10
23 minutes
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The case for String Theory just got stronger -- and other science news of the week
2025-Feb-03
29 minutes
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What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI -- and other science news of the week
2025-Jan-28
26 minutes
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Physicists Say They Know How Cold Fusion Works -- and other science news of the week
2025-Jan-21
23 minutes
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The Trouble with Carbon Dioxide Removal -- and other science news of the week
2025-Jan-13
24 minutes
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Climate Scientists Are Very Confused -- and other science news of the week
2025-Jan-07
31 minutes
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Scientists Uncover Hidden Pattern in Quantum Chaos -- and other science news of the week
2024-Dec-31
22 minutes
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This Physics Problem is Unsolvable -- and other science news of the week
2024-Dec-16
22 minutes
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Moore’s Law is So Back -- and other science news of the week
2024-Dec-09
23 minutes
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We’ve Been Searching For Aliens All Wrong, Researchers Say -- and other science news of the week
2024-Dec-02
23 minutes
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Webb Falsified Dark Matter Prediction -- and other science news of the week
2024-Nov-25
35 minutes
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New Theory: Dark Energy Might Be Black Holes -- and other science news of the week
2024-Nov-17
22 minutes
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Scientists Discover a Law of Natural Laws -- and other science news of the week
2024-Nov-11
23 minutes
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This new “AI Scientist” can “fully automate discovery" -- and other science news of the week
2024-Nov-04
23 minutes
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Tiny Black Holes Might Have Left Holes in… Everything
2024-Oct-29
23 minutes
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The Quantum Computing Collapse Has Begun -- and other science news of the week
2024-Oct-23
22 minutes
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Surprise Comeback: Dark Energy Could Be Holographic After All -- and other science news of the week
2024-Oct-14
28 minutes
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These physicists say they know what's inside a black hole -- and other science news of the week
2024-Oct-07
29 minutes
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This Lawsuit Could Change Science -- and other science news of the week
2024-Sep-30
34 minutes
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No, Einstein Didn’t Solve the Biggest Problem in Physics -- and other science news of the week
2024-Sep-24
29 minutes
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This New Idea to Detect a Quantum of Gravity Might Just Work -- and other science news of the week
2024-Sep-17
17 minutes
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Nuclear Fusion Predictions are Nonsense -- and other science news of the week
2024-Sep-09
29 minutes
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Core Meltdown Emergency Test At Chinese Nuclear Reactor -- and other science news of the week
2024-Sep-02
35 minutes
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Will This Crazy Idea Make Mars Habitable? -- and other science news of the week
2024-Aug-26
24 minutes
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Are childless people a problem? -- and other science news of the week
2024-Aug-19
31 minutes
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Musk Promises Superhuman Vision, Experts Say It’s Nonsense -- and other science news of the week
2024-Aug-11
27 minutes
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Faster than Light Particles Could Exist After All -- and other science news of the week
2024-Aug-05
32 minutes
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The Trouble with Heat Pumps -- and other science news of the week
2024-Jul-29
31 minutes
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Fossil Fuels Don’t Come From Fossils? Tucker Carlson Fact Check - and other science news of the week
2024-Jul-29
35 minutes
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“The most dumb thing" for energy storage: Hydrogen -- and other science news of the week
2024-Jul-15
31 minutes
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AI could prove that reality doesn’t exist, physicists say -- and other science news of the week
2024-Jul-08
23 minutes
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I don't think we can control AI much longer -- and other science news of the week
2024-Jul-01
30 minutes
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Is Bitcoin Mining Good for the Environment?
2024-Jun-26
17 minutes
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This New Idea Could Explain Complexity -- and other science news of the week
2024-Jun-24
24 minutes
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AI Learned to Lie Deliberately -- and other science news of the week
2024-Jun-23
31 minutes
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The Benefits of Climate Change -- and other science news of the week
2024-Jun-17
23 minutes
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Actor Claims His New Theory of Everything Improves Physics -- and other science news of the week
2024-Jun-17
32 minutes
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Space-Based Solar Power is Dead -- and other science news of the week
2024-Jun-17
23 minutes
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Time to Get Real About Climate Change -- and other science news of the week
2024-May-19
24 minutes
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Einstein's Other Theory of Everything
2024-May-19
12 minutes
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Scientific Progress Has Slowed Down -- and other science news of the week
2024-May-19
28 minutes
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Fusion in Space: New Plasma Thruster Tested Successfully -- and other science news of the week
2024-May-19
24 minutes
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Scandal over Nuclear Phase-out in Germany -- and other science news of the week
2024-May-19
27 minutes
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Modified Gravity Strikes Back -- and other science news of the week
2024-Apr-26
23 minutes
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New Superconductor Scandal -- and other Science News of the week
2024-Apr-17
43 minutes
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Search for Quantum Gravity Begins at South Pole -- and other science news of the week
2024-Apr-17
39 minutes
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New Theory says Irrationality comes from Quantum Physics -- and other science news of the week
2024-Apr-17
28 minutes
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The Butterfly Effect is much Worse than We Thought -- And Other Science News
2024-Apr-17
42 minutes
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How I fell out of love with academia
2024-Apr-08
13 minutes
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New Theory of Gravity Needs No Dark Matter -- And other Science News of the Week
2024-Mar-23
36 minutes
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Scientists warn of AI collapse -- And other Science News of the Week
2024-Mar-10
33 minutes
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Black holes might have layers with dark energy inside -- and other science news of the week
2024-Mar-04
44 minutes
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A new type of magnetism -- and other science news of the week
2024-Mar-04
36 minutes
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Most robust time crystal ever -- And other Science News of the Week
2024-Feb-25
37 minutes
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String theory nonsense makes comeback -- And other news of the week
2024-Feb-11
43 minutes
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I wasn't worried about climate change. Now I am.
2024-Feb-11
19 minutes
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AI Experts predict Megadeaths -- And other Science News of the Week
2024-Feb-02
29 minutes
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Icelanders plan to drill into Magma Chamber -- And Other Science News of the Week
2024-Feb-02
25 minutes
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Big Rip seems unlikely in light of new data -- And other science news of the week
2024-Jan-21
22 minutes
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AI could kill quantum computing -- And other science news of the week
2024-Jan-11
29 minutes
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Why is nuclear power so expensive?
2023-Dec-31
26 minutes
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Gravity is not a force. But what does this mean?
2023-Dec-31
14 minutes
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The experiment that could save physics (and other science news of the week)
2023-Dec-31
38 minutes
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The biggest gap in science: complexity
2023-Dec-17
16 minutes
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A new competitor for string theory (and other science news of the week)
2023-Dec-17
21 minutes
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These scientists got sued for doing their job
2023-Dec-17
15 minutes
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A particle accelerator that's just 10 cm long, and other science news of the week
2023-Dec-08
18 minutes
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Why was Sam Altman fired from Open AI? And other science news of the week.
2023-Nov-30
18 minutes
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All you need to know about Long COVID
2023-Nov-30
18 minutes
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Is Science Dying?
2023-Nov-22
14 minutes
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Mars glows green, and other science news of the week
2023-Nov-22
15 minutes
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Net Zero will Be Virtually Impossible To Reach Without Carbon Removal
2023-Nov-17
16 minutes
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New Data Spells Trouble for Dark Matter's Biggest Competitor
2023-Nov-17
16 minutes
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The lost continent of Argoland has been found -- And other science news of the week
2023-Nov-10
13 minutes
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Science News Nov 01: The sun's magnetic field will flip earlier than expected
2023-Nov-02
13 minutes
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Beyond the Hype: All you need to know about Ozempic and Wegovy
2023-Oct-30
14 minutes
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Science News October 25: Coin Tossing is Unfair, Science Proves It
2023-Oct-30
15 minutes
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Does the Many Worlds Interpretation make sense?
2023-Oct-23
7 minutes
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Three New Laws of Nature in One Week!
2023-Oct-20
14 minutes
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Is time travel possible?
2023-Oct-15
16 minutes
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Science News Oct 14: A New Candidate for a Cosmic String
2023-Oct-14
16 minutes
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Quantum Computing in 2023: Three Newcomers
2023-Oct-08
16 minutes
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Science News Oct 4: Nobel Prize in Physics 2023
2023-Oct-04
16 minutes
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Science News Sep 26: Quantum Computing at Room Temperature?
2023-Sep-26
17 minutes
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Is the universe pointless?
2023-Sep-24
15 minutes
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Science News Sep 18: Possible Signs of Life on an Exoplanet
2023-Sep-18
17 minutes
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Don't trust me, I'm an influencer!
2023-Sep-16
15 minutes
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Science News Sep 12, 2023
2023-Sep-12
16 minutes
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Web3: Next internet revolution or just a scam?
2023-Sep-09
16 minutes
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I do my own research. And so can you.
2023-Aug-26
17 minutes
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Science News Aug 22: Quantum Superchemistry!
2023-Aug-22
17 minutes
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Do we have a mental health crisis?
2023-Aug-19
14 minutes
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Fermilab Finds Feeble Fifth Force (Maybe)
2023-Aug-16
19 minutes
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Is Moore's Law Dead?
2023-Aug-12
20 minutes
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Science News Aug 8 2023: Superconductor LK 99 Update
2023-Aug-08
16 minutes
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Do we have evidence for new physics? Or not?
2023-Aug-05
18 minutes
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Science News July 31: A new room-temperature superconductor?
2023-Jul-31
17 minutes
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Greenwashing: Spot and Avoid It
2023-Jul-29
15 minutes
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Science News July 26: Einstein was right, again!
2023-Jul-26
18 minutes
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Are personality tests the new horoscopes?
2023-Jul-23
18 minutes
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Science News July 19 2023: Evidence for Dark Stars?
2023-Jul-19
16 minutes
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