From Joe Scott. Get 20% off a premium subscription to Brilliant if you sign up at http://www.brilliant.org/answerswithjoe A recent paper has made some waves theorizing a way to generate wind energy with no moving parts. I spoke with the author of the paper and break down how it works, with a bit of a reality…

From Joe Scott. Get Nebula for free when you sign up for CuriosityStream at http://www.curiositystream.com/joescott I recently talked about some of the most habitable exoplanets which unfortunately we’ll never be able to reach because our technology can’t do it. But there are some very interesting concepts being developed that could change all that – if…

From Joe Scott. Get 20% off a premium subscription of Brilliant at http://www.brilliant.org/answerswithjoe The number of known exoplanets seems to grow every day. Most of them are worlds completely unlike our own. But some get pretty close to something resembling home – and may someday become exactly that. Here’s the link to all those different…

From Joe Scott. Spiros Michalakis is the Caltech quantum physicist who served as the science advisor on Bill & Ted: Face The Music and he was kind enough to sit down and chat about quantum physics, the nature of time, and the brilliant minds behind Bill & Ted. Check out IQIM at http://www.iqim.caltech.edu Here’s the…

From Joe Scott. It’s a term you’ve probably heard a lot. Late Stage Capitalism. People use it to describe the absurdities and wild inequalities of the world today. But what is it exactly, and are we really living in it? And if so, what comes next? Thanks to Felix from What About It for his…

From Joe Scott. Hey! Get 3 months of ExpressVPN for free when you sign up at http://www.expressvpn.com/joescott Our traditional view of robots as metal machines with computer brains is pretty hard-wired (pun intended) into the human psyche. But there are reasons to believe that living robots – robots made of soft or living tissue –…

From Joe Scott. Get 20% off a premium subscription to Brilliant when you sign up at http://www.brilliant.org/answerswithjoe Magnetars are a type of neutron star with a magnetic field a quadrillion times stronger than the strongest magnets here on Earth. These stellar monsters are mind-blowing in every way and possibly the source of massive gamma ray…

From Joe Scott. Get a free subscription to Nebula when you sign up to CuriosityStream at http://www.curiositystream.com/joescott We’re all pretty much over the COVID-19 pandemic at this point, but how close are we to containing the disease, and how will it end? Want to support the channel? Here’s how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join T-Shirts…

From Joe Scott. The first 200 people who sign up at http://www.brilliant.org/answerswithjoe will get 20% off a premium subscription! We’ve been hearing a lot about the potential of solid state batteries over the last few years. But how close are we to the solid state revolution? And will it be a revolution at all? Check…

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From Joe Scott. I recently sat down with Dr. Becky Smethurst where were talked about the Cosmological Crisis for Monday’s video, what it’s like to be a super-dope scientist, and make fun of each other’s accents. Check out her channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYNbYGl89UUowy8oXkipC-Q Here’s some time stamps: Intro – 0:00:00 Dr. Becky Introduction – 0:01:42 The…

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From Joe Scott. Get 20% off a premium subscription to Brilliant when you go to http://www.brilliant.org/answerswithjoe The Cambrian Explosion was a sudden proliferation of complex life forms in the early days of Earth, which created some of the most bizarre forms of life the would would ever see. Want to support the channel? Here’s how:…

From Joe Scott. Get 20% off your first order when you use the promo code "joescott" at http://www.mackweldon.com. It took humans 10,000 years to go from hunter-gatherers to world domination. Considering the vastness of time that humans and life have been on Earth, could this have happened once before? This question was put forth by…

From Joe Scott. Get 20% off a premium subscription to Brilliant when you go to http://www.brilliant.org/answerswithjoe. As weird as it sounds, there are dozens of stories of animals, especially toads, found in rocks. Can this really be real? Because nature has developed some amazing survival strategies and there are creatures that can survive being frozen…