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Quantum Computers Will Ruin Everything

On today’s episode: A new method that can make AI systems more like brains. Quantum computers are not going to be on your desktop, but they ARE going to threaten life as we know it. All that and more today on All Around Science… RESOURCES AI system...

The Fundamentals: Gravity

On today’s episode: Do we hear silence? Simon and Garfunkel may have been on to something. And we finally close the book on the four fundamental forces by talking about gravity. All that and more today on All Around Science… LINKS: SOURCES The perception of...

The Fundamentals: Weak Force

On today’s episode: Despite what you might be reading in the news… aspartame is safe! And it’s part three in our series on the four fundamental forces; let’s talk about the weak force! All that and more today on All Around Science… LINKS: SOURCES Aspartame and...

The Fundamentals: Strong Force

On today’s episode: A lake in Canada has earned the Golden Spike. How do the protons and neutrons in an atom GLUE themselves together? … The Strong Force. All that and more today on All Around Science… LINKS: SOURCES Canada’s Crawford Lake chosen as...

The Fundamentals: Electromagnetic Force

On today’s episode: Scientists made a telescope out of pulsars and now we can see HUGE gravitational waves! Magnets. How DO they work? All that and more today on All Around Science… LINKS: SOURCES NANOGrav hears “hum” of gravitational wave background, louder...