Z3x6m8r2vEg sabine-hossenfelder-cold-fusion-idea-makes-comeback Sabine Hossenfelder | Cold Fusion Idea Makes Comeback Muon catalysed fusion is a type of cold fusion technology that’s been around for decades, but using muons in the fusion process proved tricky due to their instability and the energy needed to produce the subatomic particles. F4s_O6qnF78 sabine-the-ai-revolution-hiding-in-obscure-research Sabine | The AI Revolution Hiding in Obscure Research AI has become increasingly integrated into our lives. But progress in its technological development has slowed down in the past year. A lot. Let’s take a look at why that is, and where the AI industry might be headed next. JSvm9Zg2Xik sabine-researchers-find-major-clue-to-consciousness Sabine | Researchers Find Major Clue to Consciousness We still don’t know what “consciousness” actually means. Gm5nvLJoXCI sabine-the-entire-universe-seems-to-spin-new-data-reveal Sabine | The Entire Universe Seems to Spin, New Data Reveal Correction: When I say that there are 2/3 of galaxies that spin one direction and 1/3 the other, that should have been 3/5 one way and 2/5 the other. Or, to put it into percentages, it's 60% vs 40% (not 67% vs 33%). Sorry about that :/ nloGrjzXkAA sabine-hossenfelder-no-matt-this-is-no-crisis Sabine Hossenfelder | No Matt, This is No Crisis I find it extremely distressing that we are still discussing this even though it's abundantly clear that naturalness arguments have historically worked extremely badly. It's a pseudo-scientific method that physicists need to stop using. I9l8-m3rKco sabine-why-us-professors-are-talking-about-fascism Sabine | Why US Professors Are Talking About Fascism The political situation at US-American campuses has been developing quickly, with some claiming that Trump’s actions are signs of fascism, dictatorship, or authoritarianism. Today I have a quick summary of what has happened in the past weeks. cqCudopAz64 sabine-huge-structures-discovered-under-pyramids Sabine | Huge Structures Discovered Under Pyramids? On March 15, a group of researchers revealed some crazy news: using a new type of radar imaging technology, they claimed to have discovered new “internal artificial structures” beneath Egypt's three Great Pyramids in Giza. Re1ctwcCwgQ sabine-latest-data-challenges-25-years-of-cosmology Sabine | Latest Data Challenges 25 Years of Cosmology There’s something crazy going on in the world of physics right now. mfbRHhOCgzs sabine-hossenfelder-the-path-to-agi-is-coming-into-view Sabine Hossenfelder | The Path to AGI is Coming Into View Many AI developers think that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is but a few years or a handful of years away. In this video I summarize what I think are the likely next developments that we will see. vDsjeKo3u3o sabine-hossenfelder-why-i-took-down-my-climate-science-video Sabine Hossenfelder | Why I Took Down My Climate Science Video Just a brief explanation for what happened with last week's climate science video. Sorry for the confusion which, in hindsight, was rather unnecessary. hIQSkrGN3G4 sabine-china-discovers-60000-year-supply-of-thorium Sabine | China Discovers 60,000-Year Supply of Thorium Last week, the media reported that China had discovered 1 million tons of thorium – enough of the nuclear fuel to power the country for 60,000 years. How big is this news really? Let’s take a look. FO3_x7TCNfs sabine-time-can-run-in-two-directions-new-research-finds Sabine | Time Can Run in Two Directions, New Research Finds Why time passes is one of the biggest mysteries in physics, as the fundamental laws of nature don’t reflect a difference between moving forward and backward in time. pXx5Ziwh6is sabine-hossenfelder-trump-and-musk-take-on-academia Sabine Hossenfelder | Trump and Musk Take on Academia Donald Trump and Elon Musk are in full control of the U.S. government, and they’re using that power to attack “woke” DEI programs and slash federal funding for academic research. shFUDPqVmTg sabine-hossenfelder-i-was-asked-to-keep-this-confidential Sabine Hossenfelder | I Was Asked to Keep This Confidential I want to read you an email that I was asked to keep confidential because I think it explains some of my worries about academia. iNIp6AzUV8U sabine-hossenfelder-did-deepseek-burst-the-ai-bubble Sabine Hossenfelder | Did DeepSeek Burst The AI Bubble? Today I have a brief recap of the Stargate Project, recently announced by the Trump administration and OpenAI, DeepSeek r1 and Janus Pro releases, what experts have said about it, and why I am reasonably confident that this isn't the end of the AI Bubble yet. PjXNzEshZUc sabine-ai-super-agents-are-coming-what-does-this-mean Sabine | AI Super Agents Are Coming, What Does This mean? OpenAI recently released a research preview of their first AI agent “Operator”. But that’s not all. U068p4RMgew sabine-a-new-ice-age-for-europe-is-becoming-more-likely Sabine | A New Ice Age For Europe Is Becoming More Likely As humanity appears all too happy to keep warming up the planet, the consequences of our actions are catching up with us. BNJEOTouhvs sabine-hossenfelder-what-everyone-gets-wrong-about-ai Sabine Hossenfelder | What Everyone Gets Wrong about AI Most politicians totally misunderstand the trouble that artificial intelligence is going to bring. This isn’t a race for profit, it’s a race for power. And that power will be in the hands of a few very rich people. Does that sound like a good future? JwzKDgBjqlU sabine-hossenfelder-community-notes-are-a-bad-idea Sabine Hossenfelder | Community Notes are a Bad Idea As the Trump inauguration approaches, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta is changing its content moderation policies. UqIjhcEb-MU sabine-i-believe-the-universe-might-be-able-to-think Sabine | I Believe The Universe Might Be Able To Think In my second book, I wrote about the possibility that the universe might be able to think. You might think I’m joking, or gone off the deep end, or both, but hear me out. pz9FQ1gwh3g sabine-hossenfelder-will-we-get-agi-in-2025 Sabine Hossenfelder | Will We Get AGI In 2025? The recent announcement of OpenAI’s o3 has caused rumours that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has arrived. hOYwGttVRDQ sabine-hossenfelder-quantum-hype-goes-crazy-but-why Sabine Hossenfelder | Quantum Hype Goes Crazy... But Why? Late last year, quantum computing stocks saw a massive spike in value, with companies like D-wave, Rigetti, and Ion Q jumping by more than 600%. frJy-sSriHM sabine-dark-energy-is-not-real-new-data-analysis-finds Sabine | Dark Energy is Not Real, New Data Analysis Finds According to our current understanding of astrophysics, the universe is not only expanding, but also growing at an ever-increasing rate. 8HNgIJqeyDw sabine-hossenfelder-why-musk-is-wrong-about-mars Sabine Hossenfelder | Why Musk Is Wrong About Mars Elon Musk wants to build a colony on Mars with at least 1 million people. AFmBq1Hg9os sabine-maths-cannot-describe-everything-physicists-prove Sabine | Maths Cannot Describe Everything, Physicists Prove According to physicists, everything in the universe is physics. Chemistry, biology, why you crave cake at 11:00 pm – you name it, it can eventually be explained by physics. wHWKfa7PdOE sabine-life-began-much-faster-than-we-thought Sabine | Life Began Much Faster Than We Thought Scientists believe that all life on Earth originated from one single organism, the Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA. qaGup_agmuo sabine-hossenfelder-moores-law-is-so-back Sabine Hossenfelder | Moore’s Law is So Back. According to Moore’s law, the number of transistors on a microchip should double every year. kKhDyj8XXLA sabine-the-crisis-in-cosmology-just-got-so-much-worse Sabine | The Crisis in Cosmology Just Got So Much Worse In the past decade, astrophysicists have found a lot of evidence that our large-scale theory for how the universe works has some large-scale problems as well. nQm6JC4ruEk sabine-hossenfelder-weve-been-searching-for-aliens-all-wrong Sabine Hossenfelder | We’ve Been Searching For Aliens All Wrong Civilizations need energy to expand. You’ve probably heard of the Kardashev scale, which classifies civilizations based on their ability to generate and use energy (if you’re interested, humans are barely on the scale). IXzV7zdl4oU sabine-we-are-unlikely-to-be-in-this-universe-new-study-finds Sabine | We are Unlikely to be in This Universe, New Study Finds According to the multiverse theory, we are likely to find ourselves in a universe particularly suited to the emergence of life.