Science with Sabine
Episodes
Modified Gravity Strikes Back -- and other science news of the week
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - This Fusion Startup Is a Strong Newcomer 5:30 - Modified Gravity Strikes Back 12:24 - AI More...
New Superconductor Scandal -- and other Science News of the week
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - New Superconductor Scandal 7:17 - Climate Change Makes Days Longer 11:49 - Musk: Are Quantum C...
Search for Quantum Gravity Begins at South Pole -- and other science news of the week
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - Quantum Internet -- No One Needs This 5:55 - New Experiment at CERN to look for "hidden ...
New Theory says Irrationality comes from Quantum Physics -- and other science news of the week
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - Should I be terrified of climate change? 5:43 - First Simulation Of Quantum Physics Near Rotat...
The Butterfly Effect is much Worse than We Thought -- And Other Science News
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly compilation of science news. 00:00 - The Butterfly Effect is Much Worse Than We Thought 5:54 - We Need to Stop Lying About Plastic...
How I fell out of love with academia
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New Theory of Gravity Needs No Dark Matter -- And other Science News of the Week
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 - New Idea Solves Three Physics Mysteries at Once 6:00 - Record Quantum Computation at D-Wave: M...
Scientists warn of AI collapse -- And other Science News of the Week
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly compilation of science news: 0:00 - Scientists warn of AI collapse 4:35 - New Compact Disks could exceed petabytes of memory stora...
Black holes might have layers with dark energy inside -- and other science news of the week
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly compilation of science news:00:00 Quantum Inertia Drive Test Fails 07:28 A quantum measurement of gravity -- what does it mean?15...
A new type of magnetism -- and other science news of the week
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 Chinese maglev breaks its own speed record 04:31 The hydrogen revolution might come after all 11...
Most robust time crystal ever -- And other Science News of the Week
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 Aging is reversible -- in glass 06:16 AI survey among 3000 experts 11:53 Americans surprisingly ...
String theory nonsense makes comeback -- And other news of the week
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 Zuckerberg is right about the mental health risks of social media 06:17 String theory nonsense m...
I wasn't worried about climate change. Now I am.
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I explain what climate sensitivity is and why it is important. Climate sensitivity is a number that roughly speaking tells us how fast...
AI Experts predict Megadeaths -- And other Science News of the Week
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly compilation of science news 00:00 Does handwriting make us dumb? 05:54 A tsunami devastated stone-age Britain. Can it happen again...
Icelanders plan to drill into Magma Chamber -- And Other Science News of the Week
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly summary of science news. In this episode: 00:00 Quantum Cheshire Cat Debunked 07:00 Icelanders plan to drill into Magma Chamber (...
Big Rip seems unlikely in light of new data -- And other science news of the week
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode: - Big Rip seems unlikely in light of new data - New Nuclear Battery might soon go onto the market - Extreme Weather Events Underesti...
AI could kill quantum computing -- And other science news of the week
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode: A new semiconductor, space-debris that could, AI could kill quantum computing, whether we could we get a runaway greenhous...
Why is nuclear power so expensive?
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Out of the many bad arguments against nuclear power, there are two good arguments: It's too expensive and the power plants take too long to build....
Gravity is not a force. But what does this mean?
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Just exactly what does it mean that gravity is not a force? In this episode, I will revisit the question and explain why you are currently acceleratin...
The experiment that could save physics (and other science news of the week)
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is our weekly compilation of science news. In this episode: - Particle physicists make wishlist - Did life come from molecular gas clouds in ou...
The biggest gap in science: complexity
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone loves to talk about complex problems and complex systems, but no one has any idea what it means. I think that understanding complexity is THE...
A new competitor for string theory (and other science news of the week)
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's science news, we have a new contender for a theory of quantum gravity, claim that a famous proof is wrong, bad climate news, the fi...
These scientists got sued for doing their job
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Science and the law come in to conflict more often than you might think. In this episode I want to tell you about several cases that I have followed w...
A particle accelerator that's just 10 cm long, and other science news of the week
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we have an experiment that wants to measure nothing, a particle accelerator that's just 10 cm long, a nucleus the shape of a dumbb...
Why was Sam Altman fired from Open AI? And other science news of the week.
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome everyone to this week’s science news. Today we’ll talk about the leading theories for why Sam Altman got fired from OpenAI, cosmic rays wi...
All you need to know about Long COVID
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Estimates say that as many as 1 in 10 people who had COVID were still affected more than 3 months later. This health condition has become known as lon...
Is Science Dying?
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is science coming to an end? On the one hand, it seems like scientific progress has slowed to a crawl and no big breakthroughs are happening any more....
Mars glows green, and other science news of the week
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’ll talk about why Mars glows green, an amazingly cool way to make magnets hover, a study which found that a supposed piece of alien tech is...
Net Zero will Be Virtually Impossible To Reach Without Carbon Removal
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone is talking about Net Zero. But Net Zero what? What does this even mean? Is it a reasonable goal? How far are we on the way? And do we have an...
New Data Spells Trouble for Dark Matter's Biggest Competitor
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have an update on the biggest astrophysics drama of the year, that’s an observation which seems to be ruling out the most popular alternati...
The lost continent of Argoland has been found -- And other science news of the week
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have new evidence that the dinosaurs were killed by the aftermath of an asteroid impact, then we have a look at the biggest universe simu...
Science News Nov 01: The sun's magnetic field will flip earlier than expected
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Science never rests and this week we have quite a selection of news. It looks like the sun’s magnetic field will flip earlier than expected, the moo...
Beyond the Hype: All you need to know about Ozempic and Wegovy
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic seem god-sent solutions for everyone who has been struggling to lose weight, a miracle cure for a problem tha...
Science News October 25: Coin Tossing is Unfair, Science Proves It
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we will talk about why coin flips are not fifty-fifty, starquakes, the most powerful solar storm ever, space debris, IBM’s new brain-inspired ...
Does the Many Worlds Interpretation make sense?
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode I explain why the many world's interpretation is neither simple nor local. This episode comes with a quiz which you can ta...
Three New Laws of Nature in One Week!
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome everyone to this week’s science news. This week we’ll talk about three new laws of nature, one of which supposedly shows that we live in a...
Is time travel possible?
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What does physics say about time travel? Surprisingly enough it doesn't just say it's impossible, it's more complicated than that. In this...
Science News Oct 14: A New Candidate for a Cosmic String
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's science news, I talk about a new candidate for a cosmic string, the mysterious shrinking of planet Mercury, a nuclear clock, the fi...
Quantum Computing in 2023: Three Newcomers
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What if we could harness the power of photons to process information? We can! It's called photonic computing. It's one of the new approaches ...
Science News Oct 4: Nobel Prize in Physics 2023
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’ll talk about the Nobel Prize in physics, yet another superconductor retraction, whether Integrated Information theory is pseudoscience, wh...
Science News Sep 26: Quantum Computing at Room Temperature?
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about raisins. Yes, raisins. Quasars with dark matter halos, pink diamonds, the last moments of a dying satellite, a new type of qubit, ...
Is the universe pointless?
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If people knew one thing about Steven Weinberg, it’d be a quote from one of his books: “The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it al...
Science News Sep 18: Possible Signs of Life on an Exoplanet
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the possibly first evidence for life on an exoplanet, with some caveats, chaos at the centre of the Milky Way, earthquake lights, ...
Don't trust me, I'm an influencer!
16 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talk about how we talk, or how we communicate information on social media in general. Why is it so difficult to communicate on social media, w...
Science News Sep 12, 2023
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about a bubble of galaxies, a climate scientist who made his own paper worse, double magic oxygen, a chemical reaction slowed down 100 b...
Web3: Next internet revolution or just a scam?
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is web3? I've tried to figure it out and here is my summary of what I have learned about NFTs and cryptocurrencies, about dapps and defi and ...
I do my own research. And so can you.
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve noticed that a lot of scientists on social media make jokes about people who do their own research. This has been going on ever since COVID and...
Science News Aug 22: Quantum Superchemistry!
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about superchemistry, music in the brain, how to create matter from light, contrails, objects that take strange turns, why phone batteri...
Do we have a mental health crisis?
19 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I've seen a lot of headlines recently that we supposedly have a mental health crisis. Some say it's global, some refer to specific countries, ...
Fermilab Finds Feeble Fifth Force (Maybe)
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the muon anomaly at Fermilab, say good-bye to LK99, hear from scientists who say that sun is brighter than we thought, look at a n...
Is Moore's Law Dead?
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the past 10 years or so, tech specialists have repeatedly voiced concerns that the progress of computing power will soon hit the wall. Miniaturisat...
Science News Aug 8 2023: Superconductor LK 99 Update
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today I have an update on the reproduction efforts for the supposed room temperature superconductor, LK 99, the first images from the Euclid mission, ...
Do we have evidence for new physics? Or not?
05 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You've heard physicists say that we know new physics is out there. You've also heard them say that there's no data in conflict with either...
Science News July 31: A new room-temperature superconductor?
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’ll talk about the new superconductor claim, bad news for new physics, a quantum radar, how to print origami, space-based solar power for a ...
Greenwashing: Spot and Avoid It
29 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many companies try to appear environmentally friendly without making a real difference, a strategy that’s been dubbed “greenwashing”. So, is cal...
Science News July 26: Einstein was right, again!
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’ll talk about Einstein, who was right again, metals that heal, a new type of stellar object, a quantum drum, how conscious awareness comes ...
Are personality tests the new horoscopes?
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever taken a personality test? I certainly did. Recently I began wondering what the Myers Briggs and Big Five tests actually tell me. Is ther...
Science News July 19 2023: Evidence for Dark Stars?
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’ll fly 13 billion years back in time, talk about dark stars, quantum payments, the efficiency of solar cells, rubber that counts, a biodive...