Quantum Computing at Room Temperature?

From Sabine Hossenfelder. Learn Maths and Science with Brilliant! First 200 to use our link https://brilliant.org/sabine will get 20% off the annual premium subscription. This video comes with a quiz: https://quizwithit.com/start_thequiz/1695678098699×163569370773043680 Today we talk about raisins. Yes, raisins. Quasars with dark matter halos, pink diamonds, the last moments of a dying satellite, a new type…

How Dead is Moore’s Law?

From Sabine Hossenfelder. 🌏 Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://NordVPN.com/sabine It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌ In the past 10 years or so, tech specialists have repeatedly voiced concerns that the progress of computing power will soon hit the wall. Miniaturisation has physical limits, and then what? Have we reached these…

Superconductor LK99 Update

From Sabine Hossenfelder. Expand your scientific horizon with Brilliant! First 200 to use our link https://brilliant.org/sabine will get 20% off the annual premium subscription. Today I have an update on the reproduction efforts for the supposed room temperature superconductor, LK 99, the first images from the Euclid mission, more trouble with Starlink satellites, first results…

How to Spot and Avoid Greenwashing

From Sabine Hossenfelder. Here are the videos from my friends at Planet Wild, in which they’re reviving a river after an eco disaster: https://planetwild.com/sabinehossenfelder/5 or saving one of the cutest birds from the brink of extinction: https://planetwild.com/sabinehossenfelder/4 Many companies try to appear environmentally friendly without making a real difference, a strategy that’s been dubbed “greenwashing”.…

I don’t believe the 2nd law of thermodynamics. (The most uplifting video I’ll ever make.)

From Sabine Hossenfelder. Learn more about differential equations (and many other topics in maths and science) on Brilliant using the link https://brilliant.org/sabine. You can get started for free, and the first 200 will get 20% off the annual premium subscription. The second law of thermodynamics says that entropy will inevitably increase. Eventually, it will make…