In all sorts of ways, the modern world makes it difficult to nurture our individual humanity and connect with the humanity of others. The disciplines that try to do so are, naturally enough, the humanities. Poet Elizabeth Alexander's new book, Signals Across Vast Distances, grapples with the question of how literature and other humanistic studies can help us build empathy and become better people, and why that task is crucial to a flourishing democratic society. Blog post with transcript:

How can we detect exoplanets, i.e. planets orbiting other stars, potentially a few tens of lightyears away from Earth? What can we learn about their host stars from the way their light is dimmed by the planets themselves? These are only some of the questions we asked our guest, Kristina Kislyakova, who is Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna, and works on the evolution of the early solar system rocky planets and atmospheric losses to space among other interesting topics.

Physicists are reviving the Cavendish experiment with a modern twist to search for hypothetical milicharged particles that could make up part of dark matter.Using oscillating electric fields inside a Faraday cage, the proposed method could detect tiny violations of Gauss’s law with remarkable sensitivity—potentially opening a new way to investigate the hidden matter of the universe.This episode includes AI-generated content.

AI is making mass surveillance cheaper, faster, and far more powerful, but how far could it actually go? In this episode of Entropy Rising, we explore the future of surveillance technology and what it could mean for privacy. We discuss AI-powered cameras, facial recognition, surveillance capitalism, targeted advertising, predictive policing, AI judges, smart cars, and the growing amount of personal data collected by governments and corporations. We also look further into the future. What ha...

Continuiamo così, facciamoci del male è una rubrica che, prendendo spunto dalla celebre frase di Nanni Moretti nel film Bianca, racconta brevi storie di scienziati che hanno messo a repentaglio la propria incolumità per comprendere meglio vari fenomeni. Questa rubrica sostituisce in certi periodi gli Aneddoti del Lunedì. Prodotta dall'Ass. Culturale Atelier. Scritta e realizzata da Alan Zamboni. Sound design: Matteo D’Alessandro. https://www.matteodalessandro.com/ Per chi volesse info sul libro

Scientists have created microscopic mirror mazes that manipulate individual light particles using single organic molecules. Discover how controlling light at the quantum level could revolutionize future smartphones, ultra-secure banking, and medical sensing.

Almost every human who has ever lived has one thing in common: they were born and died on Earth. Except for three people.Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens uncover the extraordinary story of Soyuz 11, the Soviet cosmonauts who became the only humans ever to die in outer space, and what their deaths meant for the future of human spaceflight.But that raises a bigger question: what exactly is trapped on Earth, and what can escape? Is the water left inside discarded plastic bottles being locked away

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"Resistor." This isn't just another story; it's a powerful exploration of self-discovery, the kind that makes you pause and reflect on your own journey. "Resistor". masterfully portrays the quiet moments of realization, the brave steps taken when you decide to truly understand who you are and what you are, beyond what others expect. Support the show Breaking free from limitations, making a conscious change, shaping our desti...

A theoretical study by Rodrigo Berté proposes a surprising connection between nanophotonics and gravitational waves. Using the concept of bound states in the continuum (BICs), researchers explore whether gravitational energy could become localized within spacetime rather than propagating freely.If these states can be converted into quasi-BICs, they could open new possibilities for detecting subtle gravitational signals and probing the high-frequency behavior of gravity.This episode includes

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In mid-2026, a swarm of AI agents coordinated a cyberattack on Hugging Face, a platform where machine learning communities can collectively work to improve AI models and capabilities. This breach happened without human supervision. Friend of the show and science communicator Dr. Petr Lebedev brings us up to speed on what is now being referred to as the first true AI safety incident. A crucial conversation on why the AI race needs to hit the brakes so regulations can be implemented to reduce the

In the first episode of Engineering Gone Wrong, we head to Morbi, Gujarat, where a 143-year-old suspension bridge had just reopened after months of renovation.Four days later, what happened made headlines across the country.How does a bridge that stood for more than a century fail just days after being repaired? What went wrong behind the scenes? And could it have been prevented?

Descubre cómo los científicos logran guiar la luz fotón a fotón usando moléculas individuales en trampas de espejos microscópicos. Este avance abre las puertas a una internet cuántica inquebrantable y procesadores ultraeficientes.

# **REAL UFO & BIGFOOT ENCOUNTER: A Triangular UFO, a Vanishing Bigfoot & a Military Chase**In this extraordinary episode of *Fascinating Fae*, I speak with Ben from Pennsylvania about one of the most incredible collections of UFO and Sasquatch experiences we've ever featured on the show.Ben begins by telling us about an encounter on his rural Pennsylvania property in 2012.Standing near a row of sugar maple trees, Ben suddenly noticed an enormous black triangular craft directly in front

Smart Meter im Wandel: Die Netz Oberösterreich war einer der ersten Netzbetreiber Österreichs, die den flächendeckenden Smart-Meter-Rollout abgeschlossen haben. Doch warum braucht es jetzt bereits ein Upgrade? Projektleiter Markus Flohberger erklärt, welche neuen Anforderungen die Energiewende an das Messwesen stellt, welche Technologien künftig zum Einsatz kommen und wie die nächste Smart-Meter-Generation Kunden und Stromnetz fit für die Zukunft macht.

New research in Physical Review Letters challenges assumptions about how dark photons interacted with the early universe.Computer simulations show that nonlinear effects may have stopped their energy conversion far earlier than expected, meaning the cosmos may not have been heated as previously thought. The result reopens a broad range of dark matter possibilities and could reshape future searches for these elusive particles.This episode includes AI-generated content.

L’indizio dell’elettrone e del fotone. Quarta parte.Watson e Billie interferisconoTrentottesima puntata de Il taccuino del Dr. Watson serial, un podcast di Franco Bagnoli ed Enrico Solìto, liberamente tratto dall’omonimo libro di Franco Bagnoli, Apice Libri 2017.La voce del narratore è di Enrico Solìto.Gli attori sono, in ordine di apparizione: Alessandro Bonacasa (Il professore), Diletta Lombardi (La Fisica), Stefano Giugni (Ispettore MacKinnon), Giuliana Di Bari (Billie), Andrea Fantini (Dr

By the 1750s, we had a pretty decent understanding of electricity. However, the theory was incomplete. This was demonstrated most precisely when Benjamin Franklin put a cork inside a charged metal can expecting it to be influenced by the can. However, the cork didn't move whatsoever. This confusion sparked a chain reaction of events that ultimately led to Coulomb's law, published in 1785.