Some say there’s a global crisis of trust — but research reveals where the real problems lie.
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In a First For Science, A Satellite Has Identified What It’s Seeing From Space
The standard approach to satellite imagery is to snap huge batches of pictures and beam them back to Earth, where they can be sifted through by human operators and the best available algorithms.
It’s all worked well so far, but the time, transmission bandwidth, and energy required are starting to become bottlenecks. Modern satellites are simply capturing more pixels than scientists have time to look at.
However, the YAM-9 satellite has just done something different: It has identified and described features in its image scans without needing to check back with ground control.
Distributed Cognition: The New Science of Non-Biological Intelligence
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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about distributed intelligence and experiments on slime mold and ants.
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ANT Lab • The odorous house ant trail pheromone depo…
Audrey Dussutour • Blob crawling around.
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0:00 Intelligence — what is it?
1:10 Mechanical intelligence in the slime mold.
3:30 How it seems to work.
5:55 Ants and swarm intelligence.
6:45 What is the queen for?
8:35 Other swarm animals.
9:45 Ants vs humans.
11:10 Collective intelligence.
12:00 Implications for AI
13:20 Implications for the existence of alien intelligence.
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Plutonium compound unlocks rare topological quantum behavior with potential nuclear science applications
Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, plutonium has been studied closely for more than eight decades. It’s most often associated with its role in nuclear security, but it’s also vital to nuclear power, where it is produced in reactors and can be recycled as fuel. Despite plutonium’s importance, some of its most fundamental behaviors remain a mystery.
Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have made an important discovery: A compound called plutonium hexaboride (PuB₆) exhibits a one-of-a-kind quantum property known as a topological Kondo insulating state. Published in Physical Review Research, this finding marks one of only a handful of times such behavior has been observed in a plutonium material—opening a new window for research into how some of nature’s most complex elements actually work.
Scratching that bug bite might feel good at first but science explains why it’s a bad idea
You’ve likely heard it since childhood: Don’t scratch that bug bite or rash, you’ll make it worse. But why would something that feels so good be bad?
A lot of things can cause itchiness, sometimes serious diseases. Whatever the cause, doctors have long warned that scratching too much can damage the skin. Now researchers better understand why even a mildly annoying itch could put you on an itch-and-scratch cycle if you give in.
How did they find out? In part by putting tiny “cones of shame” onto mice to uncover what happens on a cellular level when an itch gets scratched—or left alone.
Advances in materials science are helping unlock secrets of nanomaterials
New instruments on the horizon promise the most precise tools yet to study and experiment on the smallest and most complex materials ever manufactured. In a paper published in the journal Nature Materials, University of Cincinnati assistant professor Hanxun Jin highlighted advances in ultrasensitive technology to measure and manipulate some of the tiniest nanomaterials used in manufacturing, aerospace, medicine and more.
And when Jin says tiny, he means really tiny. Semiconductor nanocrystals called quantum dots that are used in TV screens are so small they’re considered zero-dimensional. That makes the field of nanomaterials characterization a particularly exciting one, Jin said.
The Science of Human Potential: How the Brain Shapes Aging, Health & Performance | Dr. Srini Pillay
What if aging isn’t just biology…but also psychology — and your brain is quietly shaping how fast you age every day?
Dr. Srini Pillay, MD (https://drsrinipillay.com/) is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, brain researcher, entrepreneur, author, and expert in the science of human potential, resilience, and longevity.
Dr. Pillay previously served as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and directed both the Outpatient Anxiety Disorders Program and the Panic Disorders Research Program in Brain Imaging at McLean Hospital, one of the world’s leading psychiatric institutions.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Pillay has focused on understanding how the brain shapes performance, creativity, emotional health, leadership, and even biological aging. His work bridges neuroscience, psychiatry, technology, and human behavior — translating cutting-edge brain science into practical tools for individuals, organizations, and healthcare systems.
Dr. Pillay is the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Reulay (https://www.reulay.com/), an AI-driven digital therapeutics and mindset technology company focused on healthy longevity, stress reduction, and human performance. He is also founder of the NeuroBusiness Group (https://nbgcorporate.com/), where he works with leaders and organizations around the world on brain-based approaches to innovation, adaptability, resilience, and navigating complexity in the age of AI.
Dr. Pillay is the author of several influential books including Tinker Dabble Doodle Try (https://www.amazon.com/Tinker-Dabble-?tag=lifeboatfound-20… which explores the neuroscience of creativity and the untapped power of the brain’s unconscious processing systems.
Dimension Zero LIVE #1 | Science, Sci-Fi, Physics, Star Trek, Supergirl & More
🚀 WELCOME TO THE PREMIERE OF DIMENSION ZERO LIVE!
Join award-winning screenwriter Danny Alex for the very first live episode of Dimension Zero, where science, science fiction, physics, astronomy, and popular culture collide.
Tonight we’ll introduce the vision behind the channel and explore some of the biggest questions in science fiction and the real science behind them.
Tonight’s topics include:
• Star Trek.
• Battlestar Galactica.
• Supergirl.
• The Odyssey.
• Antimatter.
• Physics vs. Science Fiction.
• Space Exploration.
• Audience Q&A and more!
If you’ve ever wondered whether warp drives, antimatter reactors, faster-than-light travel, artificial intelligence, or the incredible technologies of science fiction could ever become reality, this is the show for you.
Dimension Zero explores The Science of Science Fiction, separating scientific fact from fiction while celebrating the worlds we love.
