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How Simple Rules Shatter Scientific Intuition | Stephen Wolfram

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In this episode, I speak with Stephen Wolfram—creator of Mathematica and Wolfram Language—about a “new kind of science” that treats the universe as computation. We explore computational irreducibility, discrete space, multi-way systems, and how the observer shapes the laws we perceive—from the second law of thermodynamics to quantum mechanics. Wolfram reframes Feynman diagrams as causal structures, connects evolution and modern AI through coarse fitness and assembled “lumps” of computation, and sketches a nascent theory of biology as bulk orchestration. We also discuss what makes science good: new tools, ruthless visualization, respect for history, and a field he calls “ruliology”—the study of simple rules, where anyone can still make real contributions. This is basically a documentary akin to The Life and Times of Stephen Wolfram. I hope you enjoy it.

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If Aliens Are Looking for Us, This Is How They’d Find Us

A new study of human deep space communications identifies the regions of space where signals from extraterrestrial intelligence are most likely to be detected. If an extraterrestrial civilization were trying to detect human signals, where and when would they be most likely to find them? A recent

Using exoplanets to study dark matter

More than 5,000 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, allowing scientists to explore planetary evolution and consider the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Now, a UC Riverside study published in Physical Review D suggests that exoplanets, which are planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, could also serve as tools to investigate dark matter.

The researchers examined how dark matter, which makes up 85% of the universe’s matter, might affect Jupiter-sized exoplanets over long periods of time. Their theoretical calculations suggest dark matter particles could gradually collect in the cores of these planets. Although dark matter has never been detected in laboratories, physicists are confident it exists.

“If the dark matter particles are heavy enough and don’t annihilate, they may eventually collapse into a tiny black hole,” said paper first author Mehrdad Phoroutan-Mehr, a graduate student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy who works with Hai-Bo Yu, a professor of physics and astronomy. “This black hole could then grow and consume the entire planet, turning it into a black hole with the same mass as the original planet. This outcome is only possible under the superheavy non-annihilating dark matter model.”

Circle versus rectangle: Finding ‘Earth 2.0’ may be easier using a new telescope shape

The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid water to facilitate chemical reactions. While single-celled life has existed almost as long as Earth itself, it took roughly three billion years for multicellular life to form. Human life has existed for less than one-10 thousandth of the age of Earth.

All of this suggests that life might be common on planets that support liquid water, but it might be uncommon to find life that studies the universe and seeks to travel through space. To find extraterrestrial life, it might be necessary for us to travel to it.

However, the vastness of space, coupled with the impossibility of traveling or communicating faster than the , places practical limits on how far we can roam.

Alien eavesdropping: Study shows how our signals might leak into space

Alien eavesdropping: A new study shows how our signals might leak into space.

Imagine you’re an alien astronomer, pointing your telescope toward our solar system, listening for signs of intelligent life. Would you hear us? For decades, scientists have wondered the same thing.

A new study by researchers from Penn State University and NASA suggests we may finally have a clue. By carefully mapping the directions and timing of Earth’s strongest space communications, they’ve shown that our radio messages, meant for spacecraft like those near Mars, leak into the cosmos in predictable patterns.

Dark matter in gas giants could collapse into detectable black holes, model suggests

More than 5,000 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, allowing scientists to explore planetary evolution and consider the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Now, a UC Riverside study published in Physical Review D suggests that exoplanets, which are planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, could also serve as tools to investigate dark matter.

Ancient Alien Artifacts — Cosmic Relics Of A Dangerous Past

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The silence of the stars might be hiding more than an absence of life — it might conceal ancient machines, monuments, and traps from civilizations long vanished. Today, we explore these eerie cosmic echoes and the risks of unearthing them.

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Chapters.
0:00 Intro.
1:42 The Cosmic Junkyard.
3:56 What Survives When Civilizations Don’t.
9:31 Dangerous by Design.
12:04 False Gifts and Poisoned Knowledge.
15:37 We Might Already Be Inside One.
19:21 Detecting the Undetectable.
21:34 The Human Reaction.
23:31 The Million-Year Message.
24:55 Galactic Cemeteries.
26:53 The Ghosts We Might Meet.
28:43 The Next Artifacts

5 Weird Alien Tech Sci-Fi You Need to Read

In this video, I’m counting down 5 Weird Alien Tech Sci-Fi You Need to Read—plus a few honourable mentions—for fans of mind-bending, physics-breaking, utterly baffling extraterrestrial inventions.

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