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Weekly Digest: AI’s “Intelligence Explosion” Is Coming and more

28 min • 29 juni 2025

This is our weekly compilation of science news00:00 - Is the Cosmic Microwave Background a Huge Mistake?5:27 - AI’s “Intelligence Explosion” Is Coming. Here’s What That Means.11:11 - The Mystery Just Got Bigger: What are those particles in the Antarctic?16:36 - That’s Big: Natural Hydrogen Could Power World for 100,000 Years, Survey Finds22:08 - AI’s Real Threat: Mass Manipulation

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20 maj | 21 min

Weekly Digest: Four Starlink Satellites Fell From The Sky Each Day, Creating New Worries and more

11 maj | 23 min

Weekly Digest: The AI Revolution Hiding in Obscure Research and more

28 april | 22 min

There's Helium in Earth's Core, Researchers Say -- and other science news of the week

20 april | 27 min

Is CERN's $40 Billion Mega-Collider Already Doomed? -- and other science news of the week

14 april | 21 min

Amazon’s Quantum Breakthrough That Everyone Missed -- and other science news of the week

8 april | 23 min

Huge Structures Discovered Under Pyramids? -- and other science news of the week

31 mars | 35 min

Dark Matter Could Be Due to Extra Dimensions -- and other science news of the week

24 mars | 25 min

Is AI the Solution for Quantum Computing? -- and other science news of the week

19 mars | 23 min

Scientists Misreport Climate Cause of LA Wildfires -- and other science news of the week

10 mars | 30 min

AI Gets Rapidly Smarter, And Makes Some of Us Dumber -- and other science news of the week

4 mars | 23 min

Microsoft Reports Quantum Computing Breakthrough -- and other science news of the week

25 februari | 33 min

This New Idea Could Explain the Laws of Nature -- and other science news of the week

17 februari | 23 min

Everyone Is Giving Up On Climate Goals -- and other science news of the week

10 februari | 23 min

The case for String Theory just got stronger -- and other science news of the week

3 februari | 29 min

What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI -- and other science news of the week

28 januari | 26 min

Physicists Say They Know How Cold Fusion Works -- and other science news of the week

21 januari | 23 min

The Trouble with Carbon Dioxide Removal -- and other science news of the week

13 januari | 24 min

Climate Scientists Are Very Confused -- and other science news of the week

7 januari | 32 min

Scientists Uncover Hidden Pattern in Quantum Chaos -- and other science news of the week

31 december 2024 | 22 min

This Physics Problem is Unsolvable -- and other science news of the week

16 december 2024 | 22 min

Moore’s Law is So Back -- and other science news of the week

9 december 2024 | 24 min

We’ve Been Searching For Aliens All Wrong, Researchers Say -- and other science news of the week

2 december 2024 | 24 min

Webb Falsified Dark Matter Prediction -- and other science news of the week

25 november 2024 | 35 min

New Theory: Dark Energy Might Be Black Holes -- and other science news of the week

17 november 2024 | 22 min

Scientists Discover a Law of Natural Laws -- and other science news of the week

11 november 2024 | 23 min

This new “AI Scientist” can “fully automate discovery" -- and other science news of the week

4 november 2024 | 23 min

Tiny Black Holes Might Have Left Holes in… Everything

29 oktober 2024 | 24 min

The Quantum Computing Collapse Has Begun -- and other science news of the week

23 oktober 2024 | 23 min

Surprise Comeback: Dark Energy Could Be Holographic After All -- and other science news of the week

14 oktober 2024 | 28 min

These physicists say they know what's inside a black hole -- and other science news of the week

7 oktober 2024 | 30 min

This Lawsuit Could Change Science -- and other science news of the week

30 september 2024 | 34 min

No, Einstein Didn’t Solve the Biggest Problem in Physics -- and other science news of the week

24 september 2024 | 29 min

This New Idea to Detect a Quantum of Gravity Might Just Work -- and other science news of the week

17 september 2024 | 18 min

Nuclear Fusion Predictions are Nonsense -- and other science news of the week

9 september 2024 | 30 min

Core Meltdown Emergency Test At Chinese Nuclear Reactor -- and other science news of the week

2 september 2024 | 36 min

Will This Crazy Idea Make Mars Habitable? -- and other science news of the week

26 augusti 2024 | 24 min

Are childless people a problem? -- and other science news of the week

19 augusti 2024 | 31 min

Musk Promises Superhuman Vision, Experts Say It’s Nonsense -- and other science news of the week

11 augusti 2024 | 28 min

Faster than Light Particles Could Exist After All -- and other science news of the week

5 augusti 2024 | 32 min

The Trouble with Heat Pumps -- and other science news of the week

29 juli 2024 | 32 min

Fossil Fuels Don’t Come From Fossils? Tucker Carlson Fact Check - and other science news of the week

29 juli 2024 | 35 min

“The most dumb thing" for energy storage: Hydrogen -- and other science news of the week

15 juli 2024 | 31 min

AI could prove that reality doesn’t exist, physicists say -- and other science news of the week

8 juli 2024 | 23 min

I don't think we can control AI much longer -- and other science news of the week

1 juli 2024 | 30 min

Is Bitcoin Mining Good for the Environment?

26 juni 2024 | 17 min

This New Idea Could Explain Complexity -- and other science news of the week

24 juni 2024 | 24 min

AI Learned to Lie Deliberately -- and other science news of the week

23 juni 2024 | 32 min

The Benefits of Climate Change -- and other science news of the week

17 juni 2024 | 23 min

Actor Claims His New Theory of Everything Improves Physics -- and other science news of the week

17 juni 2024 | 32 min

Space-Based Solar Power is Dead -- and other science news of the week

17 juni 2024 | 24 min

Time to Get Real About Climate Change -- and other science news of the week

19 maj 2024 | 25 min

Einstein's Other Theory of Everything

19 maj 2024 | 12 min

Scientific Progress Has Slowed Down -- and other science news of the week

19 maj 2024 | 28 min

Fusion in Space: New Plasma Thruster Tested Successfully -- and other science news of the week

19 maj 2024 | 25 min

Scandal over Nuclear Phase-out in Germany -- and other science news of the week

19 maj 2024 | 27 min

Modified Gravity Strikes Back -- and other science news of the week

26 april 2024 | 24 min

New Superconductor Scandal -- and other Science News of the week

17 april 2024 | 44 min

Search for Quantum Gravity Begins at South Pole -- and other science news of the week

17 april 2024 | 40 min

New Theory says Irrationality comes from Quantum Physics -- and other science news of the week

17 april 2024 | 29 min

The Butterfly Effect is much Worse than We Thought -- And Other Science News

17 april 2024 | 42 min

How I fell out of love with academia

8 april 2024 | 14 min

New Theory of Gravity Needs No Dark Matter -- And other Science News of the Week

23 mars 2024 | 37 min

Scientists warn of AI collapse -- And other Science News of the Week

10 mars 2024 | 34 min

Black holes might have layers with dark energy inside -- and other science news of the week

4 mars 2024 | 45 min

A new type of magnetism -- and other science news of the week

4 mars 2024 | 36 min

Most robust time crystal ever -- And other Science News of the Week

25 februari 2024 | 37 min

String theory nonsense makes comeback -- And other news of the week

11 februari 2024 | 44 min

I wasn't worried about climate change. Now I am.

11 februari 2024 | 20 min

AI Experts predict Megadeaths -- And other Science News of the Week

2 februari 2024 | 29 min

Icelanders plan to drill into Magma Chamber -- And Other Science News of the Week

2 februari 2024 | 25 min

Big Rip seems unlikely in light of new data -- And other science news of the week

21 januari 2024 | 23 min

AI could kill quantum computing -- And other science news of the week

11 januari 2024 | 29 min

Why is nuclear power so expensive?

31 december 2023 | 26 min

Gravity is not a force. But what does this mean?

31 december 2023 | 14 min

The experiment that could save physics (and other science news of the week)

31 december 2023 | 39 min

The biggest gap in science: complexity

17 december 2023 | 17 min

A new competitor for string theory (and other science news of the week)

17 december 2023 | 22 min

These scientists got sued for doing their job

17 december 2023 | 15 min

A particle accelerator that's just 10 cm long, and other science news of the week

8 december 2023 | 18 min

Why was Sam Altman fired from Open AI? And other science news of the week.

30 november 2023 | 18 min

All you need to know about Long COVID

30 november 2023 | 19 min

Is Science Dying?

22 november 2023 | 14 min

Mars glows green, and other science news of the week

22 november 2023 | 15 min

Net Zero will Be Virtually Impossible To Reach Without Carbon Removal

17 november 2023 | 16 min

New Data Spells Trouble for Dark Matter's Biggest Competitor

17 november 2023 | 17 min

The lost continent of Argoland has been found -- And other science news of the week

10 november 2023 | 14 min

Science News Nov 01: The sun's magnetic field will flip earlier than expected

2 november 2023 | 14 min

Beyond the Hype: All you need to know about Ozempic and Wegovy

30 oktober 2023 | 14 min

Science News October 25: Coin Tossing is Unfair, Science Proves It

30 oktober 2023 | 15 min

Does the Many Worlds Interpretation make sense?

23 oktober 2023 | 8 min

Three New Laws of Nature in One Week!

20 oktober 2023 | 15 min

Is time travel possible?

15 oktober 2023 | 16 min

Science News Oct 14: A New Candidate for a Cosmic String

14 oktober 2023 | 17 min

Quantum Computing in 2023: Three Newcomers

8 oktober 2023 | 16 min

Science News Oct 4: Nobel Prize in Physics 2023

4 oktober 2023 | 16 min

Science News Sep 26: Quantum Computing at Room Temperature?

26 september 2023 | 17 min

Is the universe pointless?

24 september 2023 | 16 min

Science News Sep 18: Possible Signs of Life on an Exoplanet

18 september 2023 | 18 min

Don't trust me, I'm an influencer!

16 september 2023 | 16 min

Science News Sep 12, 2023

12 september 2023 | 16 min

Web3: Next internet revolution or just a scam?

9 september 2023 | 16 min

I do my own research. And so can you.

26 augusti 2023 | 17 min

Science News Aug 22: Quantum Superchemistry!

22 augusti 2023 | 17 min

Do we have a mental health crisis?

19 augusti 2023 | 15 min

Fermilab Finds Feeble Fifth Force (Maybe)

16 augusti 2023 | 19 min

Is Moore's Law Dead?

12 augusti 2023 | 20 min

Science News Aug 8 2023: Superconductor LK 99 Update

8 augusti 2023 | 16 min

Do we have evidence for new physics? Or not?

5 augusti 2023 | 19 min

Science News July 31: A new room-temperature superconductor?

31 juli 2023 | 17 min

Greenwashing: Spot and Avoid It

29 juli 2023 | 15 min

Science News July 26: Einstein was right, again!

26 juli 2023 | 19 min

Are personality tests the new horoscopes?

23 juli 2023 | 18 min

Science News July 19 2023: Evidence for Dark Stars?

19 juli 2023 | 16 min

Weekly Digest: AI’s “Intelligence Explosion” Is Coming and more

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Weekly Digest: AI’s Breakthrough on 125 Year-Old Physics Problem and more

Weekly Digest: AI’s “Intelligence Explosion” Is Coming and more

Weekly Digest: Does AI Already Have Free Will? and more

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Weekly Digest: Four Starlink Satellites Fell From The Sky Each Day, Creating New Worries and more

Weekly Digest: Four Starlink Satellites Fell From The Sky Each Day, Creating New Worries and more

Weekly Digest: The AI Revolution Hiding in Obscure Research and more

There's Helium in Earth's Core, Researchers Say -- and other science news of the week

Is CERN's $40 Billion Mega-Collider Already Doomed? -- and other science news of the week

Amazon’s Quantum Breakthrough That Everyone Missed -- and other science news of the week

Huge Structures Discovered Under Pyramids? -- and other science news of the week

Dark Matter Could Be Due to Extra Dimensions -- and other science news of the week

Is AI the Solution for Quantum Computing? -- and other science news of the week

Scientists Misreport Climate Cause of LA Wildfires -- and other science news of the week

AI Gets Rapidly Smarter, And Makes Some of Us Dumber -- and other science news of the week

Microsoft Reports Quantum Computing Breakthrough -- and other science news of the week

This New Idea Could Explain the Laws of Nature -- and other science news of the week

Everyone Is Giving Up On Climate Goals -- and other science news of the week

The case for String Theory just got stronger -- and other science news of the week

What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI -- and other science news of the week

Physicists Say They Know How Cold Fusion Works -- and other science news of the week

The Trouble with Carbon Dioxide Removal -- and other science news of the week

Climate Scientists Are Very Confused -- and other science news of the week

Scientists Uncover Hidden Pattern in Quantum Chaos -- and other science news of the week

This Physics Problem is Unsolvable -- and other science news of the week

Moore’s Law is So Back -- and other science news of the week

We’ve Been Searching For Aliens All Wrong, Researchers Say -- and other science news of the week

Webb Falsified Dark Matter Prediction -- and other science news of the week

New Theory: Dark Energy Might Be Black Holes -- and other science news of the week

Scientists Discover a Law of Natural Laws -- and other science news of the week

This new “AI Scientist” can “fully automate discovery" -- and other science news of the week

Tiny Black Holes Might Have Left Holes in… Everything

The Quantum Computing Collapse Has Begun -- and other science news of the week

Surprise Comeback: Dark Energy Could Be Holographic After All -- and other science news of the week

These physicists say they know what's inside a black hole -- and other science news of the week

This Lawsuit Could Change Science -- and other science news of the week

No, Einstein Didn’t Solve the Biggest Problem in Physics -- and other science news of the week

This New Idea to Detect a Quantum of Gravity Might Just Work -- and other science news of the week

Nuclear Fusion Predictions are Nonsense -- and other science news of the week

Core Meltdown Emergency Test At Chinese Nuclear Reactor -- and other science news of the week

Will This Crazy Idea Make Mars Habitable? -- and other science news of the week

Are childless people a problem? -- and other science news of the week

Musk Promises Superhuman Vision, Experts Say It’s Nonsense -- and other science news of the week

Faster than Light Particles Could Exist After All -- and other science news of the week

The Trouble with Heat Pumps -- and other science news of the week

Fossil Fuels Don’t Come From Fossils? Tucker Carlson Fact Check - and other science news of the week

“The most dumb thing" for energy storage: Hydrogen -- and other science news of the week

AI could prove that reality doesn’t exist, physicists say -- and other science news of the week

I don't think we can control AI much longer -- and other science news of the week

Is Bitcoin Mining Good for the Environment?

This New Idea Could Explain Complexity -- and other science news of the week

AI Learned to Lie Deliberately -- and other science news of the week

The Benefits of Climate Change -- and other science news of the week

Actor Claims His New Theory of Everything Improves Physics -- and other science news of the week

Space-Based Solar Power is Dead -- and other science news of the week

Time to Get Real About Climate Change -- and other science news of the week

Einstein's Other Theory of Everything

Scientific Progress Has Slowed Down -- and other science news of the week

Fusion in Space: New Plasma Thruster Tested Successfully -- and other science news of the week

Scandal over Nuclear Phase-out in Germany -- and other science news of the week

Modified Gravity Strikes Back -- and other science news of the week

New Superconductor Scandal -- and other Science News of the week

Search for Quantum Gravity Begins at South Pole -- and other science news of the week

New Theory says Irrationality comes from Quantum Physics -- and other science news of the week

The Butterfly Effect is much Worse than We Thought -- And Other Science News

How I fell out of love with academia

New Theory of Gravity Needs No Dark Matter -- And other Science News of the Week

Scientists warn of AI collapse -- And other Science News of the Week

Black holes might have layers with dark energy inside -- and other science news of the week

A new type of magnetism -- and other science news of the week