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Hossenfelder: Why Latest Dark Matter Detection Claim Falls Short
Sabine Hossenfelder analyzes a bold claim about detecting dark matter and reveals why the evidence doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
Amphetamines Promise to Master Reality But Extract a Hidden Price
Millions of brains now run faster than evolution planned, but this cognitive enhancement comes with psychological and physical costs.
Penrose on Witten's Cosmological Constant Problem and Feynman's Hotel Detective Work
Roger Penrose recalls how Edward Witten sought his approval for a negative cosmological constant, and how Richard Feynman solved a Cold War hotel...
Professor Hannah Fry: AI Court Rulings and Relationships by 2035
A mathematician reveals why AI judges might be more consistent than humans, but warns against AI relationships as 'junk food' for the soul.
Ozempic's Hidden Effects: Five Things Doctors Aren't Telling You
Semaglutide isn't just changing blood sugar and weight - it's rewiring multiple body systems in ways scientists are still discovering.
The Graviton Mystery: Why Physics' Most Important Particle Remains Hidden
The particle that should unite quantum mechanics and relativity exists in theory but breaks every attempt to find it.
Why Mathematicians Say the Universe Cannot Be a Simulation
UBC physicists use Godel's incompleteness theorem to argue reality contains truths no algorithm can reach, challenging the simulation hypothesis.
Smudge Attack: Why Repeating a Digit Makes Your Passcode Safer
Your phone's fingerprint smudges can betray your PIN. Presh Talwalkar explains why repeating a digit mathematically increases your passcode security.
When Will Betelgeuse Explode? What Astronomers Actually Know
Betelgeuse supernova could happen within 100,000 years. Neutrino detectors would give hours of warning, but a companion star discovery pushes the timeline further...
AI Slop: When AI Cites AI, Nobody Checks
AI slop is flooding YouTube and science publishing with fabricated facts that look credible. Kurzgesagt tested AI fact-checking and found a disturbing loop.
