Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/joescott In today’s Lightning Round video, I cover the observer effect – and how everybody (including me) gets it wrong. Also, tech bros, black holes, Crispr and I hate […]
Is it the drugs that get people hooked… or is it something else? The science behind addiction and how our drug laws approach it the wrong way. Special thanks to Jac St. John at The Vegetarian Baker https://www.youtube.com/user/TheVegetarianBaker and Sarah Hardy of Sensational Finds https://www.youtube.com/user/SensationalFinds For their help with the […]
The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/joescott08211 There’s no shortage of battery storage solutions these days, but one of the most interesting (and one with massive potential) is the liquid metal battery – a battery that you literally melt. […]
Use code JOESCOTT at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/joescott In today’s Space-Themed Lightning Round video, we talk about the Exodus Drive, the new propellant-less drive that’s made the news lately, private vs public space fight, and a potential new space-based solar […]
Rotating habitats and artificial gravity are a staple of science fiction movies and TV shows, but the realities of space travel means that someday we’ll have to get serious about artificial gravity to keep our astronauts and space travelers healthy. The question is, what’s the best way to do that, […]
To try everything Brilliant has to offer for free, visit http://brilliant.org/answerswithjoe. You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription! In today’s Lightning Round video (yes, another one), we talk about the new thorium molten salt reactor under construction in China, the pros and cons of human spaceflight, the new […]
At Tesla’s Investor Autonomy Day, they laid out their plan for building a self-driving network of robotaxis and made the argument that their computer vision approach is better than LiDAR-based approaches. Here I take a look at the two strategies and see which one could be the first to create […]
Get 1 month of CuriosityStream for free when you sign up at http://www.curiositystream.com/joescott Ball lightning is a mysterious phenomena that’s been seen since the beginning of recorded history, but it’s so rare most people put it in the category of folklore or pseudoscience. However, there’s some new studies that seem […]
Get your daily dose of quick, important info by signing up for Morning Brew for free here: https://bit.ly/mbjoescott The aluminum-air battery has made headlines on the promise of giving a car up to 1500 miles of range, which would be amazing. But there’s one big catch – you can’t recharge […]
Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription at https://go.nebula.tv/joescott Watch my exclusive Forgotten Atrocities episode on Operation Searchlight: https://nebula.tv/videos/joescott-forgotten-atrocities-operation-searchlight On November 12, 1970, a cyclone hit the country of Bangladesh (which was known as East Pakistan at the time) that through a combination of bad timing, […]
