From PBS Space Time. Head to https://brilliant.org/Spacetime/ to start learning for free for 30 days. Plus, our viewers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription for unlimited daily access to everything Brilliant has to offer. To progress to the next level in understanding reality, we need to combine quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general relativity. And…
From hankschannel. There are different kinds of lies. Some lies only work if the person hearing them might reasonably believe them. They depend on uncertainty, confusion, or missing information. If the lie is exposed, it fails. But there’s another kind of lie that works even if everyone knows it’s false. The teller assumes that whether…
From NileRed. A little while ago I got a really powerful laser welder from China, and I’m just really curious to see what would happen if I were using it, and I were to accidentally pass it over my finger or something. #shorts
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From Undecided with Matt Ferrell. BEST Things I Saw in Vegas at CES 2026. Ignite the Senses, Amplified by DREO AI. To learn more about DREO’s new line of products, go to https://bit.ly/3NxpQNa At CES 2026 I encountered tech that really stopped me in my tracks. A solid state battery claim so bold that even…
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From PBS Eons. While we often think of brains as some kind of triumph over brawn, it turns out that those two things might not be mutually exclusive, and in fact, they’ve been linked for far longer than we might imagine. ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station,…
From Computerphile. Newcomb’s Problem is a thought experiment which, on the surface, seems obvious, but what if you’re trying it out on your identical twin? Which choice is best? Aric Floyd demonstrates it, then tries it on Anthropic’s Claude, which doesn’t always play ball! Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and…