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Sabine Hossenfelder

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YouTube6h ago

Large Hadron Collider Sees Extra Dimension, Physicists Claim

One scam can cost you everything β€” protect yourself now. Get 71% off this Black Friday at https://coveron.com/sabinenews Two physicists in France say they have spotted something odd in data from the Large Hadron Collider: heavy particles that could only exist if space has an extra dimension. If they’re right, it would be one of the biggest discoveries in physics in decades. But there are some problems with their story. Let’s take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2610.31458 #sciencenews #physics #dimensions #cern πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTube2d ago

Plastic Isn’t The Problem You’ve Been Made To Believe

Want to restore the planet’s ecosystems and see your impact in monthly videos? The first 100 people to join Planet Wild with my code SABINE310 will get the first month paid for by me: https://planetwild.com/r/sabinehossenfelder/join/310 If you want to get to know them better first, check out their floating wetland mission: https://planetwild.com/r/sabinehossenfelder/m43/310 We’ve been told for decades that a plastic bottle lasts 450 years, or even that plastic never goes away. But how would anyone know, given that plastic has only been widely used for about a century? Recent research tells a different story, and it’s both better and worse. Let’s take a look. #sciencenews #microplastics #environment #plastic πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTube4d ago

New Climate Report Sparks Outrage

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. Climate sceptics are calling it β€œorganised crime,” a β€œcoup d’état,” and β€œworse than Climategate.” Their target is a new report from the US National Academies of Sciences about extreme weather attribution. I had a look at it, and I understand why they’re unhappy. #climatechange #climate #sciencenews #science πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 21, 2026

I’m Sorry But Small Nuclear Reactors Are Basically Over

Subscribe to IEEE Spectrum today for 20% off an annual subscription: https://spectrum.ieee.org/sabine and follow @ieeespectrum to stay ahead in tech and engineering. Small modular nuclear reactors were supposed to make nuclear power cheaper and faster to build. Governments from the US to the UK are now pouring billions into them. At the same time, one startup after another is going bankrupt. What’s going on? Let’s take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76077-3 #nuclear #energy #sciencenews #technologynews πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 20, 2026

A 14-Year-Old’s New Theory of the Universe

Beat brain rot with Matiks, the thinking sport. US viewers get 20% off the annual plan: https://lr.matiks.org/?offer=us-yearly-20off&c=CZyLMD A 14-year-old from Canada just won a prize for a new theory of dark energy. I had a look at what he submitted, and it ticks all the boxes of a typical journal paper. That’s more remarkable than it sounds. Let’s take a look. #physics #cosmology #darkenergy #sciencenews πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 19, 2026

It Shouldn’t Exist But it Does: Astronomers Find Green Star

Use the promo code SABINE for 15% off your personal copy that works forever. https://radicalpie.com/ Astronomers have found a green star. That’s not supposed to be possible, because stars hot enough to be green also mix all colours together and end up looking white. In today's video I explain why stars can be green nevertheless. Let’s take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1093/rasti/rzag069 #sciencenews #physics #space #astronomy #stars πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 17, 2026

Huge Problem With Our Universe Has Simple Answer, Physicists Say

Thank you to Bombas for sponsoring this video! Head to https://bombas.yt.link/4osaIC0 and use code SABINE at checkout for 20% off your first purchase. For a decade, two ways of measuring how fast the universe expands have given different answers, a problem known as the β€œHubble tension”. Now a group of physicists says the problem isn’t the supernovae but how we read the cosmic microwave background. The culprit, they say, is something we’ve ignored: magnetic fields from the birth of the universe. Crisis averted? Let’s take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02737-x #sciencenews #physics #space #cosmology πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 15, 2026

Global Warming Means Fewer Tropical Cyclones, Researchers Find

They can't harm you, if they can't find you! Use code SABINE at the link below and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/sabine This year's hurricane season has been unusually quiet, and a new study suggests this might become the norm. According to researchers at Princeton, the warmer the climate gets, the fewer tropical cyclones form. But fewer doesn't necessarily mean better. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.16521 #sciencenews #climatechange #hurricaneseason #weatherforecast πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 14, 2026

Big Oil’s Plan Is Working Beautifully

🌎 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›΅ Oil companies have found a way to keep using fossil fuels: capture the carbon dioxide and bury it underground. Governments around the world are now pouring billions into it. But does it actually work? Let's take a look. #sciencenews #climatechange #carboncapture #energy πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 10, 2026

Scientists identify what it takes for AI to become conscious

Click the link below or scan the QR code to get started with Brilliant’s 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/ One of the biggest debates in tech at the moment is the question of whether current AI models can become conscious. Whatever β€œconscious” means. According to a group of biologists, current AI models are far from it – but it’s not because consciousness can only appear in biological systems. They identify which key properties an artificial system would have to fulfill to become more like the human brain and hence have a chance at developing consciousness. Let’s take a look. Paper: DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106524 #sciencenews #AI #consciousness #neuroscience πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 09, 2026

Headache: New Milky Way Data Just Defies Explanation

Click this link https://boot.dev/?promo=SABINE and use my code SABINE to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev. For decades, astrophysicists have told us that the Milky Way sits inside a huge halo of dark matter. But new measurements of how the outer stars of our galaxy move don't seem to fit that picture, nor the main alternative, modified gravity. So what's going on? Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.10189 #darkmatter #astrophysics #space #sciencenews #physics πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 07, 2026

The Experts Were Wrong About AI. Again.

πŸ‘‰ Grab your free seat to the GPT 6 Astra Crash Course: https://links.outskill.com/SAHOOCT2 πŸ” 100% Discount for the first 1000 people πŸ’₯ Master GPT 6 Astra, Build Powerful AI Agent Workflows & Unlock the Astra Power Playbook β€” All for Free! 🎁 Bonuses worth $5100+ if you join and attend For years, experts have tried to predict how fast artificial intelligence would progress, and they've been wrong again and again. Benchmarks they expected in a decade fell in a year. But in some areas, they got it wrong in the opposite direction. Let's take a look. #artificialintelligence #technology #sciencenews πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 06, 2026

Physics Nobel 2026: You Will Hate Me for Saying This

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 Nobel Prize in physics 2026 has been awarded! Today I have a quick look at who won it and for what and what we have learned from it. #NobelPrize #physics #sciencenews πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 04, 2026

Human Thought Can Depend on Quantum Superpositions, Physicists Shows

Upgrade Your Shaving Experience With Henson (100 Free Blades): https://hensonshaving.com/sabine Nearly everything published about quantum physics in the brain is nonsense. This time a physicist in Istanbul has come up with something different, and the key move is that quantum effects don't need to last long to leave a permanent mark. No exotic new physics required, and there's a concrete way to test it. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.04069 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 03, 2026

Mystery Photon Might Be First Evidence for Quantum Gravity

Upgrade your online protection with an all-in-one security app! Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + 4 months extra ➼ https://nordvpn.com/sabine Risk-free thanks to NordVPN's 30-day money-back guarantee! In October 2022, a detector in Russia caught a single photon with an energy far beyond anything our particle colliders can produce. According to physics as we know it, it should never have made it to Earth. Now a team of physicists says it might be the first evidence for quantum gravity. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1103/zjh2-mc47 #sciencenews #physics #quantumphysics #space πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 02, 2026

Make AI Believe in God to Keep Humans Safe, Scientist Argues

Link: https://scispace.com/?via=mgsabine Code: SABINE: 35% off SciSpace plans Correction: At 00:35, I was referring to Hugging Face and should have said "last month". AI is getting more capable and more dangerous by the day, and nobody knows how to keep it on our side. One computer scientist has an answer as creative as simple: give AI a religion. Specifically, tell it that we're all living inside a computer simulation run by an omniscient programmer-god. Ingenious or stupid? Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.16987 #ai #aisafety #philosophy #technology #sciencenews πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeOct 01, 2026

One Million Dollars for Telling the Truth. Who Might Win It?

They can't harm you, if they can't find you! Use code SABINE at the link below and get 60% off annual plans: https://incogni.com/sabine A billionaire investor has put up a million dollars a year for scientists who stuck with unpopular results and turned out to be right. I think it's a timely idea and a good one. I also have a list of people who might deserve it, and one name on that list comes with a complication you have to hear to believe. Let's take a look. #sciencenews #science #academia #socialscience πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 30, 2026

This $15 Billion Nuclear Fusion Machine Can’t Work, Physicists Say

πŸ‘‰ Grab your free seat to the GPT 6 Astra Crash Course: https://links.outskill.com/SAHOOCT1 πŸ” 100% Discount for the first 1000 people πŸ’₯ Master GPT 6 Astra, Build Powerful AI Agent Workflows & Unlock the Astra Power Playbook β€” All for Free! 🎁 Bonuses worth $5100+ if you join and attend Fusion startups keep postponing their dates, but it's becoming clear who is doing well and who isn't. Helion is valued at fifteen billion dollars, and three groups have now said their machine cannot work, one of them the researcher whose work it is based on. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-026-00554-2 Paper 2: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-026-00565-z #sciencenews #physics #nuclearfusion #energy #technology πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 27, 2026

Room-Temperature Superconductor Finally Found?

πŸ‘‰ Support me on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg There's a new candidate for a room temperature superconductor, and it isn't some exotic compound, it's graphite, just ground up and baked. A team in Russia says they have found one of the key signatures of superconductivity that survives well above room temperature. The good news is that anyone can try to reproduce this. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.15712 #superconductor #physics #sciencenews #materialsscience #science πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 24, 2026

FINALLY: A Proof that Particles Take All Paths At Once?

Click this link https://boot.dev/?promo=SABINE and use my code SABINE to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev." Eighty years ago Richard Feynman said that a quantum particle takes every possible path at the same time. A team of physicists in China now says they have experimentally shown this is not just an interpretation but physical reality, and the headlines duly followed. I had a look at what they actually measured. Paper: DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aeh1011 #science #sciencenews #physics #quantumphysics πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 22, 2026

AI Might Be Conscious, But Not As We Thought

Try out the visual possibilities of AI on Higgsfield: https://higgsfield.ai?fpr=sabine-dc6d6d There are new rumors that today's AI might be conscious, and this time it's not just talk. Anthropic says it found a hidden part of Claude that works like an internal notepad, one it can use to reason without revealing it. Not everyone's convinced. And I think most of these papers are asking the wrong question entirely. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2512.12802 #AI #consciousness #sciencenews #technology πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 22, 2026

AI Could Be Conscious During Training, Not When You Use It, Scientist Says

Try out the visual possibilities of AI on Higgsfield: https://higgsfield.ai?fpr=sabine-dc6d6d There are new rumours that today's AI might be conscious, and this time it's not just talk. Anthropic says it found a hidden part of Claude that works like an internal notepad, one it can use to reason without revealing it. Not everyone's convinced. And I think most of these papers are asking the wrong question entirely. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2512.12802 #AI #consciousness #sciencenews #technology πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 21, 2026

Degrowth Just Got a Brutal Reality Check

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 Guardian recently ran a piece by a group of economists, one of them a Nobel laureate, arguing that economic growth is a doomed strategy. I went and looked at what this movement actually publishes, and I fell into a rabbit hole I did not expect. I think these people are dangerous. Let's take a look. #degrowth #economics #climatechange #sciencenews πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 19, 2026

AI Will End Philosophy, Physicist Claims

🌎 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›΅ A physicist has written an entire book arguing that artificial intelligence will soon make philosophy obsolete. A philosopher disagrees. I think they're both missing the point. Let's take a look. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-17756-8 #philosophy #ai #sciencenews #physics πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 18, 2026

We Finally Know How the Dinosaurs Died. It Was Worse Than We Thought

"Edit, convert, OCR, sign, summarize, translate, and research PDFsβ€”all in UPDF. One license can be used on all platforms to edit and sync PDFs! Get UPDF Pro with a limited offer: https://updf.com/go/SabineHossenfelder-2609" 66 million years ago an asteroid hit Earth and the dinosaurs died. The story we usually tell is that the impact dimmed the sun, plants died, food chains collapsed, and everything starved over years. A new calculation says something much faster and much worse happened first. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1029/2026JG009837 #dinosaurs #science #sciencenews #extinction #asteroid πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 15, 2026

Einstein’s Biggest Blunder Might Have Been Even Bigger!

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 years the expansion of the universe looked like it was speeding up at a steady rate. The latest observations say otherwise, and one physicist thinks the explanation has been hiding in quantum mechanics all along. And if that holds, we are looking at gravity revealing its quantum nature for the first time. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1103/zgnd-h2xv #science #sciencenews #physics #darkenergy #quantumphysics πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 10, 2026

Neuroscience’s Case Against Free Will Is Falling Apart

🌏 Boost your online protection with an all-in-one security app! Get an exclusive NordVPN offer here + 4 extra months ➼ 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 09, 2026

AI Solved a Millennium Problem and Everyone's Angry

Some thoughts on OpenAI's proof of the Navier Stokes Clay Millenium Problem πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 08, 2026

Hugging Face Revealed AI’s Biggest Problem

Check out Consensus AI πŸ‘‰ 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 06, 2026

Just One More Dimension and Dark Matter Is Solved

Click the link below or scan the QR code to get started with Brilliant’s 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 05, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 03, 2026

The Butterfly Effect is Much Stranger Than We Thought

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 02, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeSep 01, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 29, 2026

Some UAPs Might Be Warp Drives, Physicists Say

Support me on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine or right here by joining this channel ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ™ 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 25, 2026

Quantum Computing Failure Now Obvious

β€œClick this link https://boot.dev/?promo=SABINE and use my code SABINE to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev.” 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 23, 2026

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. It’s 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 20, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 19, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 18, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 17, 2026

Two Dimensions of Time Explain Quantum Physics, Physicist Argues

"Check out Robert's book ""Faster Than Light"" ➜ 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 16, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #originoflife

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YouTubeAug 15, 2026

Scientists Solve Mystery of Earth’s Continents

🌎 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 13, 2026

The War on AI Has Begun

🌏 Boost your online protection with an all-in-one security app! Get an exclusive NordVPN offer here + 4 extra months ➼ 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 12, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 11, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 07, 2026

Monkey With Deadly Virus Bites Worker at US Government Lab

MyHeritage is running a special promotion right now! ClickπŸ‘‰ 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 06, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 04, 2026

Physicists Say They’ve 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 β€œquantum weirdness,” 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. Let’s take a look. #physics #science #quantum #sciencenews Paper: https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/kmmy-3dy3 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 02, 2026

Physicist Successfully Demonstrates the Origin of Time

Click the link below or scan the QR code to get started with Brilliant’s 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeAug 01, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeJul 31, 2026

Everywhere Is Warming Faster Than the Rest of the World

Want to restore the planet’s 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeJul 20, 2026

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!：https://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. πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #physics

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YouTubeJul 19, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeJul 17, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeJul 16, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeJul 14, 2026

The Dark Energy Mistake that Fooled Physicists' for 25 Years

🌎 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 universe’s expansion is accelerating. To account for this observation, physicists came up with a new type of energy – called dark energy – which supposedly makes up more than 75% of the universe, and also has negative pressure. In a new paper, mathematicians claim that dark energy isn’t needed to explain that accelerating expansion, and physicists have been barking up the wrong tree for decades. Let’s take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2025.0912 #science #physics #universe #cosmos #sciencenews πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ 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.

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YouTubeJul 12, 2026

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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ 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.

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YouTubeJul 11, 2026

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. Let’s take a look. Paper: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202517466 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #physics #blackhole #sciencenews

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YouTubeJul 09, 2026

Physicists Just Broke One Of Quantum Physics’ Biggest Restraints

Click the link below or scan the QR code to get started with Brilliant’s 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 β€œno cloning” 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 there’s a way around the β€œno cloning” limitations. Let’s take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.10695 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ 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.

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YouTubeJul 08, 2026

Our Solar System Lost Two Planets!

🌏 Boost your online protection with an all-in-one security app! Get an exclusive NordVPN offer here + 4 extra months ➼ 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 Uranus’s axis and scrambled up its moons. Let’s have a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2026.117056 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #physics #planet #space #solarsystem

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YouTubeJul 07, 2026

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? Let’s take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1103/lmq8-nsty #science #physics #sciencefacts #quantum #gravity πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeJul 03, 2026

β€œThe Hum” 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. β€œThe Hum” 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 it’s a persistent low-frequency sound with no obvious source. It’s been attributed to everything from atmospheric phenomena to power lines to secret government operations and aliens. Researchers now say they’ve discovered the cause of the Hum, let’s take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326818 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #tech #sound

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YouTubeJul 02, 2026

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 – the Bullet Cluster – disappeared. This isn’t 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ 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.

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YouTubeJun 30, 2026

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? Let’s take a look. πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #quantum

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YouTubeJun 27, 2026

The Quantum Brain Theory Nobody is Talking About

πŸš€ Boost your productivity with nexos.ai! Get 50% off. Sign up here: https://nexos.ai/sabine πŸ€– Since the early days of quantum physics, some scientists have believed that there’s a link between quantum mechanics and consciousness. While most researchers don’t think this idea holds water, a few have published papers about how phosphate molecules in the brain could link consciousness to quantum physics. Let’s take a look. Paper: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11993700/ πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #quantum #consciousness

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YouTubeJun 24, 2026

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. πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #ai #technology

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YouTubeJun 23, 2026

Nobel Prize under fire: is dark energy real?

🌎 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 β€œdark energy”. But last year, though, a different group published research showing that universal expansion isn’t actually getting faster. Since then, the two groups have engaged in a whole bunch of back-and-forth refuting each other’s claims and now a third one has chimed in. Let’s 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 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #physics #space

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YouTubeJun 20, 2026

Things Aren’t 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 aren’t 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. Let’s take a look. πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #nuclearfusion #energy

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YouTubeJun 17, 2026

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 that’s sat unsolved for more than 80 years. But should they actually be worried? Let’s take a look. πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #math #ai

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YouTubeJun 15, 2026

Did Physics Just Lose a Brilliant Idea?

🌏 Upgrade your online protection with an all-in-one security app! Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/sabine It’s risk free with NordVPN’s 30-day money-back guarantee! One of the most popular ideas in physics right now is something named β€œER = EPR.” This theory has it that entangled particles are actually linked by tiny, tiny wormholes. Recently, a group of physicists tested the idea – let’s take a look at their findings. πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #physics

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YouTubeJun 13, 2026

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. πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #AI #technology

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YouTubeJun 11, 2026

Physicists Rethink Dark Matter. But…

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 β€˜dark matter’ that we can’t see. But despite decades of work, they haven’t been able to confirm that this matter really exists. In the past years, physicists have been rethinking the dark matter idea… but not in the way you might expect. Let’s take a look. πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #physics #darkmatter

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YouTubeJun 09, 2026

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 didn’t show any evidence for those claims. Now they’ve announced a new quantum chip. Is it any better this time?. Let’s take a look. Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.03884 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #microsoft #quantumcomputing

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YouTubeJun 05, 2026

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 ASML’s monopoly using a wide variety of new processes. Let’s take a look at this microchip manufacturing melee. πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ 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.

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YouTubeJun 03, 2026

This Giant Ring In Space Poses A Massive Problem For Cosmology

🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN 2Y deal + 4 months extra here β†’ https://nordvpn.com/sabine It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌️ Scientists say that they’ve 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 shouldn’t exist. Let’s take a look. Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.17534 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #space #physics

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YouTubeMay 31, 2026

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. It’s predicted to drive up temperatures across the globe, bringing increased chances of heatwaves, drought, wildfires, and even famines – plus, this year’s El NiΓ±o is likely to be stronger than usual, making those effects worse. Let’s take a look. πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ 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."

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YouTubeMay 26, 2026

Physicists Say It’s 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 Einstein’s theories, you quickly run into some pretty serious problems. The biggest is that causality – the order in which events occur – 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. It’s not as crazy as it sounds. Let’s take a look. Paper: https://journals.aps.org/prl/accepted/10.1103/znyd-npk5 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ 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.

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YouTubeMay 23, 2026

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? Let’s take a look. Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09042-7 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #fusion #nuclear

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YouTubeMay 21, 2026

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. πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW

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YouTubeMay 19, 2026

Biologists Say They Cracked One of Life’s Biggest Mysteries

🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN 2Y deal + 4 months extra here β†’ https://nordvpn.com/sabine It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌️ Life on Earth has a peculiar property – many biological molecules have a handedness, or a β€œchirality.” 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. Let’s take a look. Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec9325 πŸ‘•T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ πŸ’Œ Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg πŸ‘‰ Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine πŸ“ Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ πŸ“© Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ πŸ‘‚ Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC πŸ”— Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join πŸ“š Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW #science #sciencenews #biology #life

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