Astrophysicists Find Evidence for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

A group of astrophysicists (which does not include Avi Loeb) says they have found evidence of unidentified aerial phenomena in old photographic plates dating back to before the time of the first satellites. The observations are difficult to explain with any known phenomenon and fit best with being of artificial origin. I forgot to mention it, but both of these papers have been peer reviewed. (Though it seems they have been rejected from the arXiv pre-print server.)

Positive Geometry Could Save Physics — or Destroy It

Positive Geometry is a recent approach to reformulate known physics and maybe even discover new physics. What is it and could it revolutionize physics? I’ve had a look and have some cautious words based on what happened to category theory.

Plagiarism Charges Against Nobel Prize for Artificial Intelligence

Jürgen Schmidhuber, a professor for computer science and expert on artificial intelligence, has claimed that the Nobel Prize for Physics 2024 was awarded for plagiarized work. This prize went to Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield for their groundbreaking contributions to research in artificial intelligence. But maybe their contributions were not as groundbreaking as we thought? I’ve had a look.

Current AI Models have 3 Unfixable Problems

If you’ve used current AI models, you know that they can’t reason like a human. “But so what?,” you might say, “they’ll get there eventually.” I don’t think so. Today I have a look at three major problems blocking current AI tech progress that I think are fundamentally unsolvable.

String Theory is “Fashion,” Penrose Said. We Finally Have a Response

Roger Penrose is a very well-known mathematician, physicist, and author who won the Nobel Prize a few years back. He’s repeatedly questioned string theory’s prominent role in physics today, most notable in his 2016 book “Fashion, Faith and Fantasy” (the “fashion” part refers to string theory). We finally have a response.

NASA Is Considering Nuking An Asteroid

Late last year, an asteroid made global headlines as astronomers discovered it had a 1% chance of hitting the Earth in 2032. That chance has since gone to almost zero, but astronomers say there’s now a 4% chance of it hitting the Moon. NASA is now considering two possible options for protecting our moon: deflecting the asteroid, or blowing it up with a nuke. Let’s take a look.

Quantum Healing Might Be Real – But Not Like We Thought

Quantum biology is an area of research at the intersection of biology, chemistry, and physics which examines how organisms use quantum effects in their bodily functions. The field is quickly gaining momentum in the scientific community, and a recent (not-yet-peer-reviewed) study has revealed how quantum mechanics play a role in wound healing. Let’s take a look.

Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Looks Increasingly Weird

Our solar system has an interstellar visitor. It’s an object called 3I-Atlas, and is just the third interstellar object to enter our system. It’s shedding nickel and iron at “exceptional” rates, emits “unusual” amounts of carbon dioxide and water, and changes the polarization of light in a way “unprecedented among asteroids and comets.” Let’s take a look at this object, and answer your biggest question: is this some sort of alien tech?

The Webb Telescope Just Observed Faster Than Light Signals

Recently, the James Webb Space Telescope observed signals that moved faster than the speed of light. Does this mean that faster-than-light travel is real? If not, what explains the phenomenon the telescope just observed? And how could information travel faster than light, for real? Let’s take a look.

Why is Everyone Suddenly Talking about Nuclear Fusion?

Recently, the hype around nuclear fusion has reached new peaks. Government officials are promising that fusion reactors will be powering the grid within the decade, fusion startups are receiving billions of dollars in funding, and other companies are selling off energy that they haven’t yet produced. Let’s take a look.

How AI Is Replacing Mathematicians

AI is threatening to take over multiple jobs currently fueled by human labor. It appears that the world of mathematics is no exception – a few recent advances in AI’s math capabilities seem to indicate that mathematicians might go the way of human calculators and find themselves fully replaced by proof-writing algorithms. Let’s take a look.

Is Gravity Just an Illusion Caused by Entropy? New Theory Explains How.

Over the past few decades, the idea that gravity is not a fundamental interaction but is instead caused by the increase of entropy has become increasingly popular in the world of physics. Today, we have a paper from a group of physicists who claim that entropic gravity might be the result of space being full of qubits. Let’s take a look.

The 2025 Physics Nobel Prize: Quite A Surprise

The 2025 Physics Nobel Prize was awarded for macroscopic quantum tunneling. What is this and what is it good for. I have a brief summary.

Does Acceleration Create Particles from Nothing? These Physicists Say they can test it

For half a century, physicists have wondered whether the vacuum is actually made of particles, and falls apart under acceleration. Most physicists think it does: It is called the “Unruh effect” after Bill Unruh who developed the mathematics for it. Now, researchers say they’ve come up with a way to test this effect. Really? I’ve had a look at the paper.

He Just Wants You To Survive: Bryan Johnson's Strange New Philosophy

In today's video I have a look at Bryan Johnson's quest for longevity and his philosophy of life. It's much stranger than you might think and is all about what comes after the artificial intelligence revolution. I am broadly speaking sympathetic to his ideas though I do have a few reservations.

How long will it take to solve the 5 big physics problems?

Progress in the foundations of physics is moving slowly. And yet it moves. Today I look at the five biggest problems in physics, what their status is, and how long it will take to solve them: quantum gravity, dark matter, dark energy, the origin of the universe, and a theory of everything.

Academia's Scam Problem is Getting Worse

Academic research is deteriorating at an increasing pace. We’ve talked several times previously about how organized fraud is spreading in science, and today I have some recent stories that document this is becoming a global problem which has now reached Europe. America, brace yourself, soon this will hit you, too.

Is the recent global warming a “termination shock”?

You might know the term “Termination shock” from science fiction, but recently it has appeared in real world headlines. It refers to a jump in global temperatures that occurs when small particles (aerosols) are removed from the Earth’s atmosphere. In science fiction, this happens when we stop geoengineering efforts, but we’re experiencing this in the real world now because we’ve been cleaning up air pollution. Climate scientists argue over how large the effect is. Let’s take a look.

In which I lose faith in quantum computing

Quantum computing is one of the most anticipated new technologies on the horizon, with many quantum computing firms earning themselves billion-dollar valuations. In today’s video I explain why I strongly doubt that the technology will ever have a sensible return on investment.

Why People Aren’t Having Kids & How To Fix It

People in Western countries are having fewer kids, making politicians worried about the future of their nations’ populations. Let’s take a look at how bad the problem is, what governments are doing to fix it, and why it’s happening.