What OpenAI Actually Did to Navier-Stokes (EP 58)
What does it mean to solve an equation that describes almost every fluid around us, from the air over a wing to the water swirling down a drain?In Episode 58 of From First Principles, Lester Nare and ...
24 Syys 4h 9min
The Yak Mutation That Could Help Repair the Brain (EP 56)
What can a yak living thousands of meters above sea level teach us about repairing the human brain?In Episode 56 of From First Principles, Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary break down a new Neuron pap...
7 Syys 1h 35min
Why Spin Qubits Will Win the Quantum Race (Part 2) (EP 55)
Which quantum computer will actually scale?In Part 2 of our quantum computing deep dive, Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary move from theory to hardware—comparing superconducting qubits, trapped ions, ...
31 Elo 3h 46min
How Quantum Computing Actually Works (Part 1) (EP 54)
Quantum computers do not simply “try every answer at once.” So what do they actually do—and why have governments and technology companies spent billions trying to build them?In Part 1 of our two-part ...
20 Elo 2h 11min
What Claude Actually Did to the Riemann Hypothesis (EP 53)
Claude did not solve the Riemann Hypothesis. But what it actually did may be one of the clearest examples yet of how rapidly AI systems are changing the way difficult mathematics can be attacked.In Ep...
14 Elo 1h 47min
The Amazon’s Hidden Civilization (One Year Anniversary) (EP 52)
In this anniversary episode, Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary look back at how two longtime friends turned their regular conversations about science into a show now shared by millions of people aroun...
6 Elo 1h 47min
The Tech Elon Has Been Waiting For (EP 51)
What happens when electronics can operate at temperatures hot enough to melt aluminum?In this deep-dive episode, Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary examine a new high-temperature memory device develope...
31 Heinä 1h 44min
