The Rings of Saturn – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. How a quiz question led to a rabbit hole involving James Clerk Maxwell and the rings of Saturn. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Professor Ed Copeland is a physics professor at the University of Nottingham. More Ed on Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNtF1y-sneLuyCTE-Mda561 Ed on Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJwf-59lYWThTpSj2Ivt5jB On the stability of…

Marking Exam Done by A.I. – Sixty Symbols

From Sixty Symbols. Physics Professor Phil Moriarty puts ChatGPT to the test with a second-year quantum mechanics exam… Extra footage from this interview here: https://youtu.be/OOBJh6jyXxU – More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Phil has written a blog to accompany this video and the extra video – https://muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/2026/01/12/in-quantum-physics-chatgpt-thinks-outside-the-box-just-a-little-too-much/ The Hull paper by Pimbblet and…

How to use JWST as a direct detector of DARK MATTER

From Dr. Becky. How do we actually detect dark matter? Matter that doesn’t give out light, doesn’t reflect light, doesn’t absorb light: nothing. The only reason we know its there and have so much evidence for its existence is because of our observations with telescopes when we see its gravitational pull and effect on other…