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One video phenomenon that has me enthralled hook, line, and sinker is people hearing music for the first time. Watching vicariously as others experience amazing music for the first time brings me so much joy. Sure, it’s entertaining, but it […] | Continue reading

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Pages Home Talk To A Scientist Comment Rules About Sunday, March 17, 2024 Q-Day: When Quantum Computers Will Decode National Secrets Some recent headlines have been touting that Q-Day is coming potentially as soon as 2025. What is Q-Day? It’s the day when quantum computers will b … | Continue reading

Pages Home Talk To A Scientist Comment Rules About Saturday, March 16, 2024 Maths is about to revolutionize privacy In this video I want to explain the idea behind homomorphic encryption that is a super neat application of what is admittedly rather obscure maths. The implications … | Continue reading

Pages Home Talk To A Scientist Comment Rules About Friday, March 15, 2024 Credentials against Deepfakes: How will it work? Some major news outlets are about to release a feature known as “Content Credentials” to try and combat the spread of deepfakes. What are “Content Credential … | Continue reading

Pages Home Talk To A Scientist Comment Rules About Thursday, March 14, 2024 We need to start climate engineering soon Climate engineering is the cheapest way to get us out of this unfolding climate disaster, but how do we do it? Two new papers have recently been released - one di … | Continue reading

Pages Home Talk To A Scientist Comment Rules About Wednesday, March 13, 2024 D-wave reports stunning success with quantum simulation The quantum computing company D-Wave has reported that they’ve managed to complete a calculation that would have taken a conventional computer mill … | Continue reading

I have just been eating my lunchtime sandwich while watching the TV News. Then a report came on that both revolted and outraged me, leaving me shouting and swearing at the television. The social media platform WhattsApp has something called ‘The Catapult Group’. It has hundreds o … | Continue reading

Pages Home Talk To A Scientist Comment Rules About Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Three Physics Mysteries Solved At Once: Postquantum Gravity For the first time in 4 decades, physicists have found a new approach to solving a problem which is almost a century old: How to combine quantum … | Continue reading

Airbnb is banning all indoor security cameras at properties worldwide, according to an announcement published online Monday. The change comes after years of horror stories circulating online about secret hidden security cameras, which have long been banned on the platform, though … | Continue reading

Pages Home Talk To A Scientist Comment Rules About Monday, March 11, 2024 I just found out what .ai means Do you know what the website ending .ai stands for? Well, it's not Artificial Intelligence, let me tell you that much. And then there is the story of the Tokelau, a tiny isla … | Continue reading

The Scottish band called Texas has nothing to do with America, despite the name. Fronted by lead vocalist Charlene Spiteri, they formed in 1986 and released their first album in 1989, enjoying immediate chart success. Charlene’s distinctive vocals paired with some great songwriti … | Continue reading

Pages Home Talk To A Scientist Comment Rules About Sunday, March 10, 2024 Exploding stars made of dark matter could heat up universe 85% of the universe is dark matter, astrophysicists say. You already knew this of course. But did you also know that scientists are now saying that … | Continue reading

Great for everyone, but if you know a little music theory or Bach you’ll appreciate it even more. It’s never too late to learn music! | Continue reading

Pages Home Talk To A Scientist Comment Rules About Saturday, March 09, 2024 Whatever happened to string theory? String theory was a beautiful idea, the best contender for a theory of everything that we have seen so far. Thousands of physicists spend decades trying to work it out. … | Continue reading

Pages Home Talk To A Scientist Comment Rules About Friday, March 08, 2024 Heat Pumps Finally Make Sense -- Maybe Most buildings across the globe are heated with gas and oil despite heat pumps being a much more energy-efficient alternative. While some countries have been keen on a … | Continue reading

This one dates from 1947, recorded by the French singer, Edith Piaf. I first heard it as a child in the 1950s, and have loved it ever since. Many cover versions have been released, but I don’t think any can match the original. The song is sung in French of course, but this video … | Continue reading

Pages Home Talk To A Scientist Comment Rules About Thursday, March 07, 2024 Yes, AI will become sentient A brief comment on this week's news about Claude 3 supposedly showing self-awareness. Posted by Sabine Hossenfelder at 11:00 AM Labels: Technology, Video Email ThisBlogThis!Sh … | Continue reading

Pages Home Talk To A Scientist Comment Rules About Wednesday, March 06, 2024 Compact Disks make Comeback: Memory could Exceed Petabytes Memory storage technology has come a long way from compact disks. Or has it? In a recent paper, scientists report they were able to fit petabyte … | Continue reading

A few years ago, classic TV comedy MASH, was remastered and released on streaming platforms. The picture quality was massively increased with just one minor flaw. They cropped the image to 16:9 widescreen This upset some fans. The thing about widescreen is that it chops off the … | Continue reading