Sabine | I Believe The Universe Might Be Able To Think
In my second book, I wrote about the possibility that the universe might be able to think. You might think I’m joking, or gone off the deep end, or both, but hear me out.
1U51yx3FwAYjohnny-harris-nukes-are-way-scarier-than-you-thinkJohnny Harris | Nukes are Way Scarier Than You ThinkNukes are in the news a lot in recent years. That got me wondering, just how powerful are these things? How do they work? And why do we still have 12,331 of them today?
EERX9QyS-Xcsabine-hossenfelder-joins-the-eric-weinstein-damage-control-paradeSabine Hossenfelder Joins the Eric Weinstein Damage Control ParadeAt this point it is common knowledge that Eric Weinstein is a pointless fraud paid by Peter Thiel to spew propaganda all over the internet.
2nWccvph7Kosabine-hossenfelder-has-one-man-just-saved-string-theorySabine Hossenfelder | Has One Man Just Saved String Theory?Over the past decade, string theorists have struggled to reconcile their elegant mathematical theory with the reality of our observable reality, inventing what has been called the string theory “swampland”.
sWZRQsejtfAsabine-these-people-believe-they-made-ai-sentientSabin | These People Believe They Made AI SentientA growing number of people believe that current AI chatbots are actually sentient beings. Some even believe that they’re lost souls trapped inside computers. Are they just trolling? I think not.
0FRXfBwoJZcsabine-hossenfelder-will-ai-save-physicsSabine Hossenfelder | Will AI Save Physics?AI is already replacing jobs across the board, but now even mathematicians are worried that their jobs are at stake. Are they right to be worried? And are physicists next? Let’s find out.
rgwPer2N2c4these-images-of-jupiter-are-so-wild-people-think-they-are-cgiThese Images of Jupiter are so Wild, People Think They are CGITogether, these discoveries are building a more complete and far more complicated picture of Jupiter. It’s not just a ball of gas. It’s layered, dynamic, and full of internal feedback systems.
f837pW7EvZYgobekli-tepe-mystery-solved-its-not-what-you-thinkGöbekli Tepe Mystery Solved | It's Not What You ThinkEveryone thought Göbekli Tepe was just the world’s oldest temple, until now.
ZNQIF_q3NVAsabine-hossenfelder-surprise-progress-in-quantum-computingSabine Hossenfelder | Surprise Progress in Quantum ComputingQuantum computing companies always claim that the next big breakthrough is around the corner.
KY7_ufxh_Rksabine-ai-is-becoming-dangerous-are-we-readySabine | AI is Becoming Dangerous. Are We Ready?Agentic AI, bots which can carry out certain tasks on your behalf, are about to be unleashed on the internet. But recent reports make clear that these AI agents are being shipped with a lot of serious problems. Let’s take a look.
Yxw8GwWZsz8sabine-why-theories-of-everything-keep-failingSabine | Why Theories of Everything Keep FailingIf you keep up with science headlines, you’ve probably noticed that a new “theory of everything” pops up pretty much every week, disappearing forever after its few seconds of fame.
SqvDaSNYoCYmatthew-berman-claude-4-is-not-what-you-thinkMatthew Berman | Claude 4 Is Not What You Think...Claude Opus 4 is our most intelligent model to date, pushing the frontier in coding, agentic search, and creative writing.
MA75uYUF5ocsabine-hossenfelder-gravity-might-be-a-force-after-allSabine Hossenfelder | Gravity Might Be a Force After AllEinstein taught us that gravity is not a force.
MfI4NurzYl0samsung-s25-edge-hands-on-what-were-they-thinkingSamsung S25 Edge Hands On | What Were They Thinking?Hands on with the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge including testing its camera! Thin phones are back people.
Z3x6m8r2vEgsabine-hossenfelder-cold-fusion-idea-makes-comebackSabine Hossenfelder | Cold Fusion Idea Makes ComebackMuon catalysed fusion is a type of cold fusion technology that’s been around for decades, but using muons in the fusion process proved tricky due to their instability and the energy needed to produce the subatomic particles.
F4s_O6qnF78sabine-the-ai-revolution-hiding-in-obscure-researchSabine | The AI Revolution Hiding in Obscure ResearchAI has become increasingly integrated into our lives. But progress in its technological development has slowed down in the past year. A lot. Let’s take a look at why that is, and where the AI industry might be headed next.
JSvm9Zg2Xiksabine-researchers-find-major-clue-to-consciousnessSabine | Researchers Find Major Clue to ConsciousnessWe still don’t know what “consciousness” actually means.
Gm5nvLJoXCIsabine-the-entire-universe-seems-to-spin-new-data-revealSabine | The Entire Universe Seems to Spin, New Data RevealCorrection: When I say that there are 2/3 of galaxies that spin one direction and 1/3 the other, that should have been 3/5 one way and 2/5 the other. Or, to put it into percentages, it's 60% vs 40% (not 67% vs 33%). Sorry about that :/
nloGrjzXkAAsabine-hossenfelder-no-matt-this-is-no-crisisSabine Hossenfelder | No Matt, This is No CrisisI find it extremely distressing that we are still discussing this even though it's abundantly clear that naturalness arguments have historically worked extremely badly. It's a pseudo-scientific method that physicists need to stop using.
I9l8-m3rKcosabine-why-us-professors-are-talking-about-fascismSabine | Why US Professors Are Talking About FascismThe political situation at US-American campuses has been developing quickly, with some claiming that Trump’s actions are signs of fascism, dictatorship, or authoritarianism. Today I have a quick summary of what has happened in the past weeks.
cqCudopAz64sabine-huge-structures-discovered-under-pyramidsSabine | Huge Structures Discovered Under Pyramids?On March 15, a group of researchers revealed some crazy news: using a new type of radar imaging technology, they claimed to have discovered new “internal artificial structures” beneath Egypt's three Great Pyramids in Giza.
hk1d2Ht7s4wanthropic-upgraded-claude-with-a-powerful-new-thinking-toolAnthropic Upgraded Claude with a Powerful New Thinking ToolAnthropic has upgraded Claude with a powerful new "thinking" tool that dramatically improves its problem-solving skills, making the AI smarter and more accurate than ever.
Re1ctwcCwgQsabine-latest-data-challenges-25-years-of-cosmologySabine | Latest Data Challenges 25 Years of CosmologyThere’s something crazy going on in the world of physics right now.
-0AQCbfMeUEtencents-hunyuan-thinker-1-chinas-new-ai-superpowerTencent's Hunyuan Thinker 1 | China's New AI Superpower?Tencent’s new AI model, T1, is challenging OpenAI’s O1 and DeepSeek’s R1 with faster responses, improved reasoning, and impressive performance in key benchmarks.
mfbRHhOCgzssabine-hossenfelder-the-path-to-agi-is-coming-into-viewSabine Hossenfelder | The Path to AGI is Coming Into ViewMany AI developers think that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is but a few years or a handful of years away. In this video I summarize what I think are the likely next developments that we will see.
vDsjeKo3u3osabine-hossenfelder-why-i-took-down-my-climate-science-videoSabine Hossenfelder | Why I Took Down My Climate Science VideoJust a brief explanation for what happened with last week's climate science video. Sorry for the confusion which, in hindsight, was rather unnecessary.
hIQSkrGN3G4sabine-china-discovers-60000-year-supply-of-thoriumSabine | China Discovers 60,000-Year Supply of ThoriumLast week, the media reported that China had discovered 1 million tons of thorium – enough of the nuclear fuel to power the country for 60,000 years. How big is this news really? Let’s take a look.
FO3_x7TCNfssabine-time-can-run-in-two-directions-new-research-findsSabine | Time Can Run in Two Directions, New Research FindsWhy time passes is one of the biggest mysteries in physics, as the fundamental laws of nature don’t reflect a difference between moving forward and backward in time.
MrvePmj20eonewsthink-the-mathematician-forced-to-become-a-geniusNewsthink | The Mathematician Forced to Become a GeniusNorbert Wiener’s father molded him into a genius...
Mx8nV7zJ5hUgoogles-new-ai-can-now-think-at-superhuman-levelGoogle’s New AI Can Now Think at Superhuman LevelGoogle’s new AI breakthrough, Mixture-of-Depths (MoD), makes transformer models faster and more efficient by skipping unnecessary computations, focusing only on important words in a sequence.