Thermonuclear Takes: CRISPR Babies, Future of the Show
In this episode of Physical Attraction, we'll talk about the breaking news surrounding the birth of the world's first genetically modified CRISPR baby. "He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who claims ...
28 Nov 201824min
Free Energy Scams: No, Really, You Can't Break The Laws of Thermodynamics
"The law that entropy always increases holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of Nature. If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell'...
22 Nov 201833min
Minisode: Kelvin and Clausius are Equivalent Statements
A brief appendix explaining why the definitions of the Second Law of Thermodynamics really just mean the same thing.
20 Nov 20184min
Thermodynamics, The Second Law: You Can't Break Even
The laws of thermodynamics govern the flow of energy - from your coffee cup to the sparse plasma floating between stars to the formation of black holes. And, in short, they are: You can't win. You ...
16 Nov 201829min
Thermodynamics, The First Law: You Can't Win
The laws of thermodynamics govern the flow of energy - from your coffee cup to the sparse plasma floating between stars to the formation of black holes. And, in short, they are: You can't win. You ...
8 Nov 201830min
BONUS: Stalin Episode XI-XII-XIII Omnibus
Towards the end of Stalin's life, he became ever more paranoid, embittered, isolated, and vengeful. As his various ministers and members of the Politburo jockeyed for power and position around him, us...
4 Nov 20182h 2min
Interstellar Travel: Shooting for the Stars
The Starshot Project is one of those rare, exciting technological plans that seems to come straight out of science fiction - a plan to visit the nearest star to Earth within our lifetimes. It will r...
29 Okt 201823min
Malicious Uses for Artificial Intelligence: Part II
A recent report released at https://maliciousaireport.com/ on the potential malicious uses for artificial intelligence brings us sharply to the present. In the TEOTWAWKI episodes on AI, we focused o...
25 Okt 201835min
