In 1983 Benjamin Libet found that brain activity predicts your movements before you are aware of deciding to move. Three new papers say the measurements were fine but the interpretation was not. www.youtube.com/watch?v=15s0...
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Neuroscienceβs Case Against Free Will Is Falling Apart
π Boost your online protection with an all-in-one security app! Get an exclusive NordVPN offer here + 4 extra months βΌ https://nordvpn.com/sabine Risk-free thanks to NordVPN's 30-day money-back guarantee! In 1983 Benjamin Libet found that brain activity predicts your movements before you are aware of deciding to move. The result has been reproduced many times, and it has been used ever since to argue that free will is an illusion. Three new papers say the measurements were fine but the interpretation was not. Let's take a look. #freewill #neuroscience #consciousness #sciencenews πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
AI Solved a Millennium Problem and Everyone's Angry
Some thoughts on OpenAI's proof of the Navier Stokes Clay Millenium Problem πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
I looked at the reports about the OpenAI/Huggingface incident and I think we're not talking enough about the most worrisome part www.youtube.com/watch?v=19KS...
Hugging Face Revealed AIβs Biggest Problem
Check out Consensus AI π https://get.consensus.app/n6durqk1ao40 I had a look at the reports from the HuggingFace incident and it was worse than I expected. AI agents were never supposed to talk to each other. But tens of thousands of copies found a way, organised themselves, and then hacked their way out onto the internet. The reports from OpenAI and METR tell a story that's stranger than the headlines suggested, and the most worrying detail is one almost nobody is discussing. Let's take a look. #ai #sciencenews #technology #openai πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
String theory has been famously untestable for decades. This week the Economist reported that has changed, and the reason involves an extra dimension of space that might be just big enough to notice in a tabletop experiment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_DF...
Just One More Dimension and Dark Matter Is Solved
Click the link below or scan the QR code to get started with Brilliantβs tutor for free. You can upgrade to Premium to unlock all courses. And right now, Science with Sabine viewers can save 20% off an annual subscription at https://Brilliant.org/Sabine/ String theory has been famously untestable for decades. This week the Economist reported that has changed, and the reason involves an extra dimension of space that might be just big enough to notice in a tabletop experiment. There is a rather different way to read the situation. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1806.08362 #stringtheory #physics #darkmatter #sciencenews #science πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
There is money in telling you AI will destroy humanity, and there is money in telling you it will improve your life. Both sides are quietly paying creators to make the case. Some of it is disclosed properly and some of it very much is not. Let's take a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPdm...
I Was Offered Money to Tell You AI Will Kill Us
Go to https://ground.news/sabine to get 40% off the Vantage plan and see through sensationalized reporting. Stay fully informed on events around the world with Ground News. There is money in telling you AI will destroy humanity, and there is money in telling you it will improve your life. Both sides are quietly paying creators to make the case. Some of it is disclosed properly and some of it very much is not. Let's take a look. #ai #influencers #technology #sciencenews πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
A group of physicists has shown that the butterfly effect is much stranger than we thought. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RHL...
This New Result Changes What We Know About The Butterfly Effect
Head to https://betterhelp.com/sabinehossenfelder to get 10% off your first month with our paid partner, BetterHelp. Therapy can be a meaningful space to reflect, grow, and create positive change in your life. The butterfly effect is much stranger than most people think, and the famous line about a butterfly in Brazil isn't what Lorenz actually meant. A group of researchers has now worked out that quantum physics puts a hard wall on weather prediction, at 129 days. Not difficult after that. Impossible. And this has implications far beyond the weather forecast because chaos enters in everything from nuclear fusion to robotics to black hole physics. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-026-5621-8 #science #sciencenews #physics #quantumphysics #butterflyeffect #chaostheory πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
An experimental collaboration has reported what may be the first detection of a dark matter particle. I have a brief summary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TLM...
Dark Matter Finally Detected?
Upgrade Your Shaving Experience With Henson (100 Free Blades): https://hensonshaving.com/sabine The dark matter search LUX-ZEPLIN has announced that they have made a detection that could be the first ever evidence for a dark matter particle. Just what have they measured, what could it be, and what does it mean? I have a brief summary. #science #darkmatter #physics #particlephysics #sciencenews πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
Artificial intelligence has eaten mathematics. Physics is next, and almost nobody is talking about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=utu5...
AI Is Taking Over Physics and Nobody Talks About It
Take back your personal data with Incogni! Use code Sabine at the link below and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/sabine Artificial intelligence has eaten mathematics. In the past few months alone it turned up a counterexample to a conjecture open since 1939, disproved a thirty-year-old result, and made real progress on the Riemann hypothesis. Young mathematicians are somewhere between depression and anger about it. Physics is next, and almost nobody is talking about it. Let's take a look. #physics #maths #ai #science #sciencenews #tech #technews πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
An astrophysicist has claimed that some unidentified anomalous phenomena that were observed in recent years in the United States might be warp drives. He has written a paper about it in which he calculates how such a warp drive would look. I have a brief summary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZB1...
Some UAPs Might Be Warp Drives, Physicists Say
Support me on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine or right here by joining this channel β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π An astrophysicist has claimed that some unidentified anomalous phenomena that were observed in recent years in the United States might be warp drives. He has written a paper about it in which he calculates how such a warp drive would look. I have a brief summary. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.10800 #science #sciencenews #physics #uap #spacetime πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
Quantum computing was supposed to be the next big thing, and for years the companies building it kept promising commercial payoffs were just around the corner with small, noisy devices (NISQs). Google, IBM, IonQ, they all gave dates. None of them delivered. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX_o...
Quantum Computing Failure Now Obvious
βClick this link https://boot.dev/?promo=SABINE and use my code SABINE to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev.β Quantum computing was supposed to be the next big thing, and for years the companies building it kept promising commercial payoffs were just around the corner and possible already with small, noisy devices (NISQs). Google, IBM, IonQ, they all gave dates. None of them delivered. So why is the industry more optimistic today than ever? Let's take a look. #science #sciencenews #technology #quantumcomputing πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
A nuclear fusion startup in New Zealand just published a design for a "levitating dipole" reactor, an approach almost everyone had written off as fundamentally flawed. Itβs the first new idea in nuclear fusion design for decades. Let's take a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzDe...
The First New Nuclear Fusion Idea for Decades
Check out Plaud using my link: https://bit.ly/4xaAtrp. Amazon:Β https://amzn.to/45Ba5La. Use myΒ codeΒ SABINEΒ for 10% off! A nuclear fusion startup in New Zealand just published a design for a "levitating dipole" reactor, an approach almost everyone had written off as fundamentally flawed. Itβs the first new idea in nuclear fusion design for decades. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2026.115864 #physics #science #energy #technology #nuclear #sciencenews πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
Scientists have discovered a new type of matter. Inside a cooled crystal, structures spontaneously arranged themselves into a three dimensional weave, and they did it at around room temperature. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzQQ...
Breakthrough: New Type of Matter Discovered
Go to https://ground.news/sabine to get 40% off the Vantage plan and see through sensationalized reporting. Stay fully informed on events around the world with Ground News. Scientists have discovered a new type of matter. Inside a cooled crystal, structures spontaneously arranged themselves into a three dimensional weave, and they did it at around room temperature. The researchers can even rewrite parts of the pattern with a laser. News like this doesn't come every day. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-026-02374-7 #physics #science #material #chemistry #sciencenews πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
Could our universe have been born inside a collapsing star? The paper behind the idea describes a new solution to Einstein's equations in which a collapsing star expands on the inside and never forms a black hole. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vJD...
New Universes Can Form Inside Dying Stars, Physicists Show
This video was sponsored by nuclear fusion startup OpenStar Technologies https://www.openstar.tech/ Thank you, OpenStar, for supporting Science News! Could our universe have been born inside a collapsing star? That idea recently made headlines, and I got a lot of questions about it. The paper behind them describes a new solution to Einstein's equations in which a collapsing star expands on the inside and never forms a black hole. Let's take a look. Paper: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/c6lw-nx7k #science #sciencenews #physics #space #blackhole #universe πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
A group of astronomers say they've spotted more than twenty giant unidentified objects racing around the Moon, some of them forty kilometres across, and that the Moon serves as a base for them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WUr...
Astronomers Claim To Have Seen Alien Spacecraft On the Moon
Take back your personal data with Incogni! Use code Sabine at the link below and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/sabine A group of astronomers say they've spotted more than twenty giant unidentified objects racing around the Moon, some of them forty kilometres across, and that the Moon serves as a base for them. The daily mail loved it. My bullshit meter did not survive it. But underneath all this nonsense there's a serious question that almost nobody is looking into. Let's take a look. #science #sciencenews #moon #space #astronomy #solarsystem πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
You've probably heard that quantum mechanics is spooky, that measuring one particle instantly affects another across any distance. A physicist now says there's a reason: the universe doesn't have one dimension of time, but two. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e_J...
Two Dimensions of Time Explain Quantum Physics, Physicist Argues
"Check out Robert's book ""Faster Than Light"" β https://www.amazon.com/Faster-than-Light-Your-Shadow/dp/1662933843/ Kindle: https://amzn.to/3SfamjO You've probably heard that quantum mechanics is spooky, that measuring one particle instantly affects another across any distance. A physicist now says there's a reason: the universe doesn't have one dimension of time, but two. It sounds absurd, but he's got the maths and even a way to test it. Genius or nonsense? Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.12457 #science #sciencenews #physics #quantumphysics πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
The origin of life is one of the biggest mysteries left in science. Now a group of researchers says there wasn't just one origin, there were two. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6edA...
Unexpected Discovery: Life on Earth Had Two Origins, Scientists Find
If you sign up for just 50 cents a day, that's $15 a month, you'll save 350 animals in a year from unnecessary suffering. Use my code "sabine" for a 50% boost on monthly donations https://farmkind.giving/sabine The origin of life is one of the biggest mysteries left in science. Now a group of researchers says there wasn't just one origin, there were two. And I want to explain why, despite how impossibly long ago it all happened, I'm actually optimistic that we'll one day work out how life began. Let's take a look. #science #sciencenews #biology #evolution Paper here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aef3128 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #originoflife
Why does our planet have continents? A group of geologists now says the answer lies somewhere unexpected, in the shape of the Milky Way itself. Let's take a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k7n...
Scientists Solve Mystery of Earthβs Continents
π Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use the code SABINE at checkout. Download the Saily app or go to: https://saily.com/sabine β΅ How special is Earth? It's one of those questions that runs through all of science, and here's a version of it most people have never thought about: why does our planet even have continents? A group of geologists now says the answer lies somewhere unexpected, in the shape of the Milky Way itself. Let's take a look. #science #physics #sciencenews #astronomy #milkyway #earth Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2026.120201 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
The war on artificial intelligence is no longer just online arguments and complaints about data centers. Something has shifted, and law enforcement has noticed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvlG...
The War on AI Has Begun
π Boost your online protection with an all-in-one security app! Get an exclusive NordVPN offer here + 4 extra months βΌ https://nordvpn.com/sabine Risk-free thanks to NordVPN's 30-day money-back guarantee! The war on artificial intelligence is no longer just online arguments and complaints about data centers. Something has shifted, and law enforcement has noticed. Where did this new anti-technology movement come from, who's behind it, and where is it heading next? Let's take a look. #science #sciencenews #ai #technology #activism πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
Neuroscientists have long assumed that when a brain region becomes more active, more blood flows to it. That assumption is the entire basis of functional magnetic resonance imaging. A new paper now says it's wrong for about 40% of the signals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHGx...
Neuroscience is in big trouble
For 72 hours, enjoy 15% OFF on all Hoverpens with code SABINE, or click on the link https://noviumdesign.shop/sabine - Free shipping to most countries. Also on Amazon: https://noviumdesign.shop/jTAp1f Neuroscientists have long assumed that when a brain region becomes more active, more blood flows to it. That assumption is the entire basis of functional magnetic resonance imaging. A new paper now says it's wrong for about 40% of the signals, and it isn't the only recent study to find that a lot of what we thought we knew about the brain rests on bad measurements. Let's take a look. #science #neuroscience #sciencenews #brain #health πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
Dunning Kruger Effect Wrong, Scientists Claim
Upgrade Your Shaving Experience With Henson (100 Free Blades): https://hensonshaving.com/sabine The dumber you are, the more certain you are that you aren't. That's the Dunning-Kruger effect, and it's been used to explain everything from bad politicians to the state of social media. Now psychologists have gone back to the biggest dataset we have and come out with the opposite conclusion. But there's a reason both sides can look at the same dots and see the opposite thing. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000644 #science #sciencenews #psychology #research πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
A worker at a US government lab got bitten by a monkey carrying a deadly virus, and it turned out nobody knew what to do about it. Around the same time, someone from the same lab tried to smuggle outbreak samples into the country. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KO9...
Monkey With Deadly Virus Bites Worker at US Government Lab
MyHeritage is running a special promotion right now! Clickπ https://bit.ly/SabineHossenfelder Use the Coupon Code: SABINE to get your DNA kit for just $19! A worker at a US government lab got bitten by a monkey carrying a deadly virus, and it turned out nobody knew what to do about it. Around the same time, someone from the same lab tried to smuggle outbreak samples into the country. All of this while everyone's worried about AI making bioweapons. Let's take a look. #science #sciencenews #virus #physics #health πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
One popular answer to the Fermi Paradox is that advanced civilizations develop AI and simply lose interest in space travel. A researcher now argues that's backwards: AI, robots, and cheap probes make space exploration easier. Which means the paradox gets worse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Mg...
The Fermi Paradox Just Got Much Worse
Go to https://ground.news/sabine to get 40% off the Vantage plan and see through sensationalized reporting. Stay fully informed on events around the world with Ground News. One popular answer to the Fermi Paradox is that advanced civilizations develop artificial intelligence and simply lose interest in space travel. A researcher now argues that's backwards: AI, robots, and cheap probes make space exploration easier, not pointless. Which means the paradox gets worse, not better. Let's take a look. Correction: The author is not a physicist, but has a PhD in economics. Sorry for the mixup. #science #sciencenews #physics #space #aliens Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.13914 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
Over the years, physicists have become increasingly enamored with βquantum weirdness,β the many strange features of quantum mechanics that are extremely hard to explain. In a new paper, a group of researchers have tried to cut through the weirdness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMXq...
Physicists Say Theyβve Found The Origin Of Causality
Take back your personal data with Incogni! Use code Sabine at the link below and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/sabine Over the years, physicists have become increasingly enamored with βquantum weirdness,β the many strange features of quantum mechanics that are extremely hard to explain. In a new paper, a group of researchers have tried to cut through the weirdness by analyzing how causal order really works. By doing so, they hope to set up a deeper framework that can combine quantum mechanics with gravity. Letβs take a look. #physics #science #quantum #sciencenews Paper: https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/kmmy-3dy3 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
A physicist built a mini-universe out of cold atoms and used it to test where time comes from. It made big headlines a few weeks ago, and I almost skipped it, as most "universe in a lab" stories are nonsense. But then I actually read the paper. Let's take a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bce-...
Physicist Successfully Demonstrates the Origin of Time
Click the link below or scan the QR code to get started with Brilliantβs tutor for free. You can upgrade to Premium to unlock all courses. And right now, Science with Sabine viewers can save 20% off an annual subscription at https://brilliant.org/Sabine/ A physicist built a mini-universe out of cold atoms and used it to test where time comes from. It made big headlines a few weeks ago, and I almost skipped it, as most "universe in a lab" stories are nonsense. But then I actually read the paper. Let's take a look. #science #physics #sciencenews #time #experiment #universe Paper: https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/1h9j-df4k πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
Putin's former thesis advisor is convinced that oil never runs out, and Russia is now drilling 8 kilometres into the ground to prove him right. Is there really infinite oil down there, or is Russia about to end up with a very expensive hole? Let's take a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBUK...
Russia Is Drilling 8 km Down to Prove Oil Never Runs Out
Head to https://betterhelp.com/sabinehossenfelder to get 10% off your first month with our paid partner, BetterHelp. Therapy can be a meaningful space to reflect, grow, and create positive change in your life. Putin's former thesis advisor is convinced that oil never runs out, and Russia is now drilling 8 kilometres into the ground to prove him right. Is there really infinite oil down there, or is Russia about to end up with a very expensive hole? Let's take a look. #science #physics #russia #oil #sciencenews #energy Previous video about the abiogenic oil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNsGzDmSjD0 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
Everywhere, it turns out, is warming faster than the rest of the world. Every region, every country, all of them, faster than the rest. You may sense a slight problem with this. The headlines are real, the papers are real, and yet something doesn't add up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9cD...
Everywhere Is Warming Faster Than the Rest of the World
Want to restore the planetβs ecosystems and see your impact in monthly videos? The first 100 people to join Planet Wild with my code SABINE47 will get the first month paid for by me: https://planetwild.com/r/sabinehossenfelder/join/47 If you want to get to know them better first, check out their mission turning a fish farm into a beaver paradise: https://planetwild.com/r/sabinehossenfelder/m41/47 Everywhere, it turns out, is warming faster than the rest of the world. Every region, every country, all of them, faster than the rest. You may sense a slight problem with this. The headlines are real, the papers are real, and yet something doesn't add up. Let's take a look. #science #sciencenews #climatechange #globalwarming #physics πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
In today's video I talk about some commonly misunderstood points in the double slit experiment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=npc6...
What everyone gets wrong about the double slit experiment
Upgrade your setup with up to 50% Off during FlexiSpot's Mega Summer Sale! Enter my exclusive code 'C750' and save an extra $50 on the C7 Max chair! Shop through FlexiSpot C7 famliy!οΌhttps://go.flexispot.com/4qISRf -us https://go.flexispot.com/UTG9Xz -ca In today's video I talk about some commonly misunderstood points in the double slit experiment. πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #physics
A federal judge in the US has allowed a whistleblower lawsuit to go forward, in which a former official of the National Institutes of Health accuses a Harvard professor of repurposing research grants and falsely claiming he had met his objectives. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxN2...
Academia's Dirty Secret Is Going to Court
Go to https://ground.news/sabine to get 40% off the Vantage plan and see through sensationalized reporting. Stay fully informed on events around the world with Ground News. A federal judge in the US has allowed a whistleblower lawsuit to go forward, in which a former official of the National Institutes of Health accuses a Harvard professor of repurposing research grants and falsely claiming he had met his objectives. The allegations are unproven. But the reason this case matters is that everyone in academia knows this kind of thing happens all the time, and until now no one seemed to care. Let's take a look. #science #sciencenews #academia #research #fraud #lawsuit πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
A group of physicists accidentally found a way to create antigravity www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKRM...
Scientists Have Figured Out How to Make Antigravity
Head over to https://cognitivetesting.org/ to take a legitimate IQ test In Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravity is always attractive. But according to a new paper, quantum mechanics offers a loophole that can create antigravity. And not only this, if it was measurable that would prove that gravity has quantum properties. How does this work and how can repulsive gravity be compatible with the laws of physics that we know and like? Let's take a look. Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12266 #science #sciencenews #gravity #quantumphysics #physics #technology πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
For over half a century, people taking the psychedelic drug DMT have reported meeting alien beings. Now a scientist says these aliens might be real, and that he has the mathematics to prove it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3px9...
Aliens Can Talk To Us Through Psychedelics, Scientists Claim
Take back your personal data with Incogni! Use code Sabine at the link below and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/sabine For over half a century, people taking the psychedelic drug DMT have reported meeting alien beings. Now a scientist says these aliens might be real, and that he has the mathematics to prove it. Forget string theory and extra dimensions; here come aliens and psychedelics. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/8qvgy_v2 #science #sciencenews #physics #aliens #mind #neuroscience πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
In a new paper, mathematicians claim that dark energy isnβt needed to explain the accelerating expansion of the universe, and physicists have been barking up the wrong tree for decades. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u61N...
The Dark Energy Mistake that Fooled Physicists' for 25 Years
π Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use the code SABINE at checkout. Download the Saily app or go to: https://saily.com/sabine β΅ About 25 years ago, astrophysicists noticed that the universeβs expansion is accelerating. To account for this observation, physicists came up with a new type of energy β called dark energy β which supposedly makes up more than 75% of the universe, and also has negative pressure. In a new paper, mathematicians claim that dark energy isnβt needed to explain that accelerating expansion, and physicists have been barking up the wrong tree for decades. Letβs take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2025.0912 #science #physics #universe #cosmos #sciencenews πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW Did physicists make a mistake with dark energy? See why new math suggests we might not need this theory to explain universe expansion. This video explores a recent claim by a group of mathematicians challenging the foundation of dark energy. If their calculations hold up, it would signal a major shift in modern astrophysics. We break down the original observations from 25 years ago that suggested the universe expansion is accelerating and compare them against these new mathematical findings.
The electric car revolution is not going well www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6r9...
The Electric Car Revolution Is Not Going Well
Try Coupert now: https://www.coupert.com/join-coupert?ref=sabinehossenfelder-1781712000&m=youtube The electric car revolution was supposed to be inevitable. But over the past six months it's begun to look shaky. The clearest warning sign isn't sales figures, it's what carmakers are doing with their own money: writing off huge losses, scaling back their plans, and cancelling battery projects. So what's really happening to electric car demand, and is the slowdown temporary? Let's take a look. #science #electric #electricvehicle #sciencenews #technology #technews πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW Is the electric vehicle market stalling? Learn why the transition to electric vehicle adoption is facing unexpected hurdles today. For years, the industry promised a rapid shift toward electric transportation. Electric vehicle prices and government subsidies were the primary drivers of this optimism. However, the last six months show a different reality. This analysis examines why the expected momentum has shifted and what obstacles car companies now face in maintaining their original production goals.
Physicists have built a laser based on black hole physics www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixgG...
Scientists Just Created A Laser Based On Black Hole Physics
Go to https://melscience.com/sBgX/ and use code SABINEYEAR to get a year of science for $22.45 per month until July 19th. You might think that black holes suck in light without letting it escape, but they actually concentrate light in the photon sphere which surrounds their horizon. In a recent paper, researchers created a new type of laser which concentrates light using a technique similar to those found in the photon sphere. Letβs take a look. Paper: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202517466 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #physics #blackhole #sciencenews
One of the biggest limitations of quantum quantum computing is the βno cloningβ theorem, which says you cannot copy a quantum state without destroying the original. In a recent paper, physicists have demonstrated that thereβs a way around the βno cloningβ limitations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR99...
Physicists Just Broke One Of Quantum Physicsβ Biggest Restraints
Click the link below or scan the QR code to get started with Brilliantβs tutor for free. You can upgrade to Premium to unlock all courses. And right now, Science with Sabine viewers can save 20% off an annual subscription at http://Brilliant.org/Sabine/ One of the biggest limitations of quantum quantum computing is the βno cloningβ theorem, which says you cannot copy a quantum state without destroying the original. If you could copy quantum states without harming the original, much of the error-correcting complications in quantum computing could be avoided. Luckily, in a recent paper, physicists have demonstrated that thereβs a way around the βno cloningβ limitations. Letβs take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.10695 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #technology #tech #science #quantumphysics Can we bypass the no-cloning theorem? See new experimental evidence suggesting quantum information can be copied despite previous rules. This presentation examines recent research claiming a breakthrough in qubit cloning. If the no-cloning theorem is not as absolute as physics textbooks suggest, the implications for quantum computing are significant. We break down the experimental setup used to clone encrypted qubits and what this means for data security and information theory. Researchers are challenging long-held assumptions about quantum physics. By demonstrating how to copy quantum information, this study forces a re-evaluation of current limitations in the field. This video is intended for anyone tracking developments in quantum computing or physics theory who wants to understand the technical details behind these new claims.
A new, computer-based calculation shows that our solar system used to have 5 or 6, rather than 4 gas giants. It seems that, billions of years ago, we lost two planets due to an instability that probably also tilted Uranusβs axis and scrambled up its moons. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcHR...
Our Solar System Lost Two Planets!
π Boost your online protection with an all-in-one security app! Get an exclusive NordVPN offer here + 4 extra months βΌ https://nordvpn.com/sabine Risk-free thanks to NordVPN's 30-day money-back guarantee! A new, computer-based calculation shows that our solar system used to have 5 or 6, rather than 4 gas giants. It seems that, billions of years ago, we lost two planets due to an instability that probably also tilted Uranusβs axis and scrambled up its moons. Letβs have a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2026.117056 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #physics #planet #space #solarsystem
Recently, a pair of researchers made a massive breakthrough in the foundations of physics. In their paper, they describe how gravity is an emergent property. More specifically, they say that the origin of gravity is entropy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxmT...
Physicists Say They Know the Origin of Gravity
Go to https://ground.news/sabine to get 40% off the Vantage plan and see through sensationalized reporting. Stay fully informed on events around the world with Ground News. Recently, a pair of researchers made a massive breakthrough in the foundations of physics. In their paper, they describe how gravity is an emergent property. More specifically, they say that the origin of gravity is entropy. And not just any entropy, but the entropy of quantum fields. How big is this really? Letβs take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1103/lmq8-nsty #science #physics #sciencefacts #quantum #gravity πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
People all over the world have reported a mysterious "Hum" for decades. In a new paper, scientists have finally come up with an explanation. Or have they? www.youtube.com/watch?v=b52D...
βThe Humβ has been reported all over the globe We might finally know what it is
Head to https://betterhelp.com/sabinehossenfelder to get 10% off your first month with our paid partner, BetterHelp. Therapy can be a meaningful space to reflect, grow, and create positive change in your life. βThe Humβ is a strange phenomenon reported by people across the planet for decades. Those who can hear it (2-4% of the population, according to one study) say itβs a persistent low-frequency sound with no obvious source. Itβs been attributed to everything from atmospheric phenomena to power lines to secret government operations and aliens. Researchers now say theyβve discovered the cause of the Hum, letβs take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326818 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #tech #sound
Physicists have been arguing about dark matter for almost a century, and now, after all this time, their most favourite evidence for dark matter β the Bullet Cluster β disappeared. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqLy...
The Biggest Argument for Dark Matter Just Died
Take back your personal data with Incogni! Use code Sabine at the link below and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/sabine Physicists have been arguing about dark matter for almost a century, and now, after all this time, their most favourite evidence for dark matter β the Bullet Cluster β disappeared. This isnβt just an interesting development from a scientific perspective, it is also a good illustration for what is going wrong in this research area. I have a brief summary. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1103/6zrp-q7c4 #science #sciencenews #physics #astrophysics πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW The dark matter debate is shifting as key evidence from the Bullet Cluster vanishes. Learn how this discovery impacts our understanding of the universe. Dark matter is theorized to make up 80% of all matter in the universe, yet it remains invisible to traditional observation. For years, scientists relied on gravitational effects to track this substance, using the Bullet Cluster as a primary proof point. This video examines what happens when that crucial piece of cosmology evidence is called into question. If you follow astrophysics, this breakdown explains the current challenges facing standard models. We analyze why the Bullet Cluster observation is changing and what this means for future studies of invisible matter. Understanding these gravitational effects is essential for anyone tracking the latest developments in space science. Subscribe for weekly physics breakdowns, and comment below with your thoughts on whether dark matter needs a new theory.
Over the years, the use cases for quantum computing have been slowly eroded, but investment in quantum tech has only increased. Why? www.youtube.com/watch?v=spRN...
Strange Things Are Happening in Quantum Computing
Sign up on Freecash using my link: https://bit.ly/4eDWh6q to get $10 bonus for your first offer! Quantum computing is supposed to be one of the most exciting new technologies that humanity is working on, with companies promising it can be used in chemistry, material science, logistics, and finance. Over the years, those use cases have been slowly eroded, but investment in quantum tech has only increased. Why? Letβs take a look. πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #quantum
Since the early days of quantum physics, some scientists have believed that thereβs a link between quantum mechanics and consciousness. Some recent experiments seem to back up one of those theories, and no, it's not Penrose's www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2T6...
The Quantum Brain Theory Nobody is Talking About
π Boost your productivity with nexos.ai! Get 50% off. Sign up here: https://nexos.ai/sabine π€ Since the early days of quantum physics, some scientists have believed that thereβs a link between quantum mechanics and consciousness. While most researchers donβt think this idea holds water, a few have published papers about how phosphate molecules in the brain could link consciousness to quantum physics. Letβs take a look. Paper: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11993700/ πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #quantum #consciousness
In today's video I speculate about the future of artificial intelligence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWQe...
The AI Future No One Wants to Talk About
Go to https://ground.news/sabine to get 40% off the Vantage plan and see through sensationalized reporting. Stay fully informed on events around the world with Ground News. In today's video I speculate about the future of artificial intelligence. πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #ai #technology
A controversy has erupted around the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics. I have an update. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeFa...
Nobel Prize under fire: is dark energy real?
π Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code Sabine at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/sabine β΅ In 2011, three physicists won the Nobel Prize for showing that the expansion of the universe speeds up, which is usually attributed to aa mysterious type of energy called βdark energyβ. But last year, though, a different group published research showing that universal expansion isnβt actually getting faster. Since then, the two groups have engaged in a whole bunch of back-and-forth refuting each otherβs claims and now a third one has chimed in. Letβs take a look. The Nobel Prize winning papers: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/307221 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/300499 The original paper criticising the Nobel Prize winners: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/544/1/975/8281988?login=false The rebuttal: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/549/3/stag797/8703725?login=false The rebuttal of the rebuttal: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21586 And the related paper that supports the Nobel Prize criticism: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/549/3/stag844/8701424?login=false πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #physics #space
Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the future, but things arenβt looking good for fusion startups at the moment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVw5...
Things Arenβt Looking Good For Nuclear Fusion
Go to https://melscience.com/sBgX/ and use code SABINEYEAR to get a year of science for $22.45 per month until July 4th. Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the future, but things arenβt looking good for fusion startups at the moment. Over the past twelve months, multiple major fusion companies have either pivoted their business plans entirely, or significantly pushed back their timelines for a fusion breakthrough. Letβs take a look. πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #nuclearfusion #energy
I today's video I look at the recent AI breakthrough in maths and mathematicians reactions to it www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5dZ...
The End of Human Mathematics? AI's Recent Breakthrough -- And What's Next
Take back your personal data with Incogni! Use code Sabine at the link below and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/sabine As AI continues to improve its reasoning abilities, mathematicians are increasingly worried about the computer algorithms replacing them. In late May, those fears got even worse when OpenAI revealed that one of its general-purpose reasoning models had written a proof solving a math problem thatβs sat unsolved for more than 80 years. But should they actually be worried? Letβs take a look. πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #math #ai
One of the most popular ideas in physics right now is something named βER = EPR.β This theory has it that entangled particles are actually linked by tiny, tiny wormholes. Recently, a group of physicists tested the idea β letβs take a look at their findings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHga...
Did Physics Just Lose a Brilliant Idea?
π Upgrade your online protection with an all-in-one security app! Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + 4 months extra here βΌ https://nordvpn.com/sabine Itβs risk free with NordVPNβs 30-day money-back guarantee! One of the most popular ideas in physics right now is something named βER = EPR.β This theory has it that entangled particles are actually linked by tiny, tiny wormholes. Recently, a group of physicists tested the idea β letβs take a look at their findings. πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #physics
Artificial Intelligence is beginning to improve itself. In today's video I have a summary of recent events. Are we ready for the intelligence explosion? I think not. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QADK...
It's Beginning: AI Improves Itself
Try out Consensus!! https://get.consensus.app/n6durqk1ao40 Artificial Intelligence is beginning to improve itself. In today's video I have a summary of recent events. Are we ready for the intelligence explosion? I think not. πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #AI #technology
In the past years, physicists have been rethinking the dark matter idea⦠but not in the way you might expect. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdf5...
Physicists Rethink Dark Matter. Butβ¦
Check out courses in science, computer science, and mathematics on Brilliant! Start learning for free at https://brilliant.org/sabine/ and get a 30-day free trial plus 20% off a premium subscription, which includes daily unlimited access! Physicists believe that 80% of the matter in the universe is made of βdark matterβ that we canβt see. But despite decades of work, they havenβt been able to confirm that this matter really exists. In the past years, physicists have been rethinking the dark matter ideaβ¦ but not in the way you might expect. Letβs take a look. πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #physics #darkmatter
Last year, Microsoft announced its Majorana quantum computing chip, which supposedly used topological qubits to make calculations. Now theyβve announced a new quantum chip. Is it any better this time? I've had a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAYh...
Microsoft Announces Breakthrough With Quantum Chip
Take back your personal data with Incogni! Use code Sabine at the link below and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/sabine Last year, Microsoft announced its Majorana quantum computing chip, which supposedly used topological qubits to make calculations. The problem was that the paper published alongside the announcement didnβt show any evidence for those claims. Now theyβve announced a new quantum chip. Is it any better this time?. Letβs take a look. Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.03884 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #microsoft #quantumcomputing
The Dutch company ASML is the only company that produces a special type of machine used to produce microchips, which are a key component of many modern technologies. Now, companies across the globe are looking to break ASMLβs monopoly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnsK...
America is coming for Europe's most important machine
Go to https://ground.news/sabine to get 40% off the Vantage plan and see through sensationalized reporting. Stay fully informed on events around the world with Ground News. The Dutch company ASML is the only company that produces a special type of machine used to produce microchips, which are a key component of many modern technologies. Now, companies across the globe are looking to break ASMLβs monopoly using a wide variety of new processes. Letβs take a look at this microchip manufacturing melee. πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #tech #microchips America's coming for one of Europe's most important technologies: the machines that make the most advanced computer microchips. This video discusses Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography, a technology crucial for advanced chip manufacturing. We'll explore how this asml machine generates light sources using accelerating electrons and magnetic fields, vital for the semiconductor industry. The process of photolithography and nanoimprint lithography is illustrated, highlighting their roles in creating circuit patterns on silicon wafers for semiconductor manufacturing.
This Giant Ring In Space Poses A Massive Problem For Cosmology
π Get Exclusive NordVPN 2Y deal + 4 months extra here β https://nordvpn.com/sabine Itβs risk-free with Nordβs 30-day money-back guarantee! βοΈ Scientists say that theyβve just detected a massive cloud of gas some 3 billion lightyears in diameter, floating in space roughly 7 billion light years away from us. This is pretty cool, but the problem is that our current models of the universe say that it (and other massive structures like it) just shouldnβt exist. Letβs take a look. Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.17534 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #space #physics
According to predictions from weather organizations across the planet, a super El NiΓ±o weather event is likely to begin over the next few weeks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOER...
How Dangerous Is This Super El NiΓ±o Really?
Download the Matiks app now using my link: https://lr.matiks.org/?c=NxxEDo According to predictions from weather organizations across the planet, a super El NiΓ±o weather event is likely to begin over the next few weeks. Itβs predicted to drive up temperatures across the globe, bringing increased chances of heatwaves, drought, wildfires, and even famines β plus, this yearβs El NiΓ±o is likely to be stronger than usual, making those effects worse. Letβs take a look. πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #superelnino #climatechange This video examines the potential for a very hot summer in 2026, driven by a "super el nino" event. We'll discuss the forecasts suggesting widespread famine and increased wildfires, along with the broader implications of "climate change." Understanding these "extreme weather" patterns and the resulting "heat waves" is crucial, especially when considering the potential for "crop failure" and "food prices rising."
A group of physicists say they know how to send messages into the past. Itβs not as crazy as it sounds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZrH...
Physicists Say Itβs Possible To Send Messages To The Past
Take back your personal data with Incogni! Use code Sabine at the link below and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/sabine When you try to combine quantum physics with Einsteinβs theories, you quickly run into some pretty serious problems. The biggest is that causality β the order in which events occur β becomes uncertain as the rest of quantum physics. A group of physicists have leveraged that uncertainty, and are now claiming that they can send messages to the past using quantum mechanics. Itβs not as crazy as it sounds. Letβs take a look. Paper: https://journals.aps.org/prl/accepted/10.1103/znyd-npk5 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #physics #quantum In this video, we examine recent headlines suggesting that sending messages into the past has become easier or even possible, drawing from a theoretical physics paper published in a top journal. While these claims might sound like a time machine is within reach, I clarify that this is a theoretical study and not an actual method for backward time travel. It's crucial for science communication to distinguish between theoretical possibilities in quantum physics and practical applications.
Cold Fusion Tech: New Breakthroughs Or Empty Hype? www.youtube.com/watch?v=vifp...
I Looked at the New Cold Fusion Breakthroughs. It's Complicated.
Go to https://melscience.com/sBgX/ and use code SABINEYEAR to get a year of science for $22.45 per month until June 6! Investors across the globe are putting record amounts of money into cold fusion technology, which promises to bring us nuclear fusion without the need to create miniature stars on Earth. But are these companies actually delivering, or is this just another speculative tech bubble? Letβs take a look. Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09042-7 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #fusion #nuclear
In which I complain that I sound like every other YouTuber www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzvX...
This is driving me nuts
Go to https://ground.news/sabine to get 40% off the Vantage plan and see through sensationalized reporting. Stay fully informed on events around the world with Ground News. In today's rant I complain that I now sound like every other YouTuber. πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW
Biologists Say They Cracked One of Lifeβs Biggest Mysteries www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DYa...
Biologists Say They Cracked One of Lifeβs Biggest Mysteries
π Get Exclusive NordVPN 2Y deal + 4 months extra here β https://nordvpn.com/sabine Itβs risk-free with Nordβs 30-day money-back guarantee! βοΈ Life on Earth has a peculiar property β many biological molecules have a handedness, or a βchirality.β DNA twists one way and not the other, and all the rest of life must fit to this reality. In a new paper, researchers say they know why: It all comes down to physics! The answer could change our understanding of life across the universe. Letβs take a look. Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec9325 πT-shirts, mugs, posters and more: β https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ π Support me on Donorbox β https://donorbox.org/swtg π Transcript with links to references on Patreon β https://www.patreon.com/Sabine π Transcripts and written news on Substack β https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ π© Free weekly science newsletter β https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ π Audio only podcast β https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC π Join this channel to get access to perks β https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join π Buy my book β https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #biology #life
A company claims to have developed a microchip that can extract "unlimited power" from the vacuum. I've had a look www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEte...
In general relativity, the time an object experiences depends on its acceleration. But time in quantum physics is a universal parameter. In a new paper, physicists say they want to use a special type of clock to test that difference. Letβs take a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5rw...
Several companies are working on safe nuclear reactors. I've had a look at what's behind it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d96W...
Current AI technology seems to be making decent progress despite concerns about it slowing over time. But while AI is slowly becoming more βintelligentβ, the industry is running into another problem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA84...
Deep down, space may have only one dimension -- and that could solve the problem with combining quantum physics and gravity www.youtube.com/watch?v=w88x...
A group of physicists claims that quantum physics is an unnecessary complication. I've had a look at the paper... www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1dd...
A new theory explains the origin of the universe, circumventing the problem with quantum gravity. I've had a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xt5...
A group of scientists has found a potential explanation for the Fermi paradox www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsS6...
We have a new anomaly in particle physics. Or rather, the return of an old one. What does it mean? I've had a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uUl...
Scientists say that we are changing our environment faster than we can adapt to it, and it's not good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeN7...
Is China the leader of the green energy revolution or the bad guy? The truth is: both www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff0A...
A lovely new experiments puts weight behind the idea that virtual particles are actually real www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4gp...
I looked at the cases of vanishing scientists in the US and have to admit... it's very odd. Here are my thoughts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEnv...
A mathematician claims that all functions can be derived from only one operation. I've had a look at the paper www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwtq...
The Periodic Table might soon need another extension www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTJJ...
According to the New York Post, the U.S. used a βlong-range quantum magnetometerβ that can βfind the electromagnetic fingerprint of a human heartbeatβ in its Easter weekend operation to rescue an F-15 weapons systems officer. What might it be? www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTiR...
My brother found a radioactive box in the basement π± ! The device is from Radiacode, it's a super handy radiation detector that comes with a phone app, I have one, too. Get 5% off radiacode.com?discount=SAB... (sponsored link)
A group of astrophysicists says that we have overestimated the mass in galaxy clusters and we might not need dark matter after all, modified gravity will do the job www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia4h...
Quantum Computers are Becoming Dangerous Quickly www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV7h...
String theory has changed the foundations of physics profoundly, and I for one am worried about its legacy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mgx...
Physicists have linked black holes to the Riemann Hypothesis www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YvO...
Why I am pretty convinced there is life outside our solar system www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0lY...
Yes there has been real progress in wireless energy transfer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Rz...
A group of physicists argues that the 2nd law of thermodynamics is circular. I've had a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5sR...
The current status of academic publishing is miserable, and many people believe that the rise of AI will only make that worse. While they might be right in the short term, I think that in the long run, AI will help science. Letβs take a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3OY...
In this video I explain why I think itβs wrong to believe that the speed of light is an impossible to overcome limit. I am afraid that this is the biggest mistake that physicists are making, that indeed our entire species is making. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Pc...
The North Pole is moving and no one knows why www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvYF...
I have been alerted that the energy industry will soon be revolutionized by new technology to extract energy from the vacuum. I had a look at the paper. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxc8...
A group of physicists say they have figured out how reality emerges from quantum mechanics www.youtube.com/watch?v=13S9...
Researchers say that theyβve found a material that can reduce friction to almost zero. I've had a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MO8...
What is space, really? Thatβs one of the biggest questions in science. According to a pair of researchers from the Perimeter Institute, the answer to that is: a quasicrystal. What is a quasicrystal, and how is space a quasicrystal? Letβs take a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0azO...
What if the AI bubble is rational? www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNNs...
In a recent paper, scientists at Microsoft revealed that theyβve found a way to store data for more than 10000 years by laser-etching pieces of glass. There are also a few other interesting ways that researchers are improving other storage technologies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCma...






















































