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Scientists Say Human Brain Simulation Is Now Possible

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Can scientists really simulate a full human brain now? In this video, we explore the latest study claiming that supercomputers may soon be powerful enough to simulate the human brain. We break down how this new method works, why previous brain simulation projects failed, what makes this new research different, and the big ethical questions that come with it. Is this the future of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, or are we still far from creating a true digital human mind? Watch till the end to understand the science in simple words.

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LOL…not my title! Old picture! But fun interview

For this episode, I’m joined by Rick Tumlinson, co-founder of the Space Frontier Foundation and one of the most influential figures in the commercial space industry.

In this episode, we slice the conversation into four categories: the social history of the space movement and how we got here; the business of space and the astropolitics shaping who controls the final frontier; the genetics and ethics of humanity becoming a multi-planetary species; and the deeper philosophy of why leaving Earth isn’t just raw and blind ambition but something closer to destiny (for some people).

Timestamps:
0:00 Social History.
30:19 Business and Astropolitics.
45:20 Genetics and Ethics.
56:02 Philosophical.

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What If You Could Build the Death Star?

That’s no moon. It’s a space station. The enormous, planet-killing kind, designed for only one thing — to bring order to the galaxy. It’s Star Wars’ Imperial superweapon, the Death Star. What would it take to build one just like this? Where would we assemble the biggest weapon of mass destruction?

Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-yo… more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: • What If Earth Was in Fact Flat? The Cosmos: • Video Technology: • What If the Sahara Desert Was Covered With… Your Body: • What If You Were Born on a Space Station? Humanity: • What If You Were the Last Person on Earth? Tweet us your what-if question to suggest an episode: / whatifscience What If elsewhere: Instagram: / whatif.show Twitter: / whatifscience Facebook: / what.if.science Suggest an episode (detailed): http://bit.ly/suggest-whatif T-shirts and merch: http://bit.ly/whatifstore Feedback and inquiries: https://underknown.com/contact/ What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure — grounded in scientific theory — through time, space and chance, as we ask what if some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence were different.

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Planet Earth: • What If Earth Was in Fact Flat?
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Humanity: • What If You Were the Last Person on Earth?

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How to Build a Death Star According to a NASA Engineer

NASA’s Brian Muirhead explains how to build a Death Star and tells us what it would really be like to fly past a flurry of asteroids.
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Ocean bottom seismometers could improve earthquake warning times in Pacific Northwest

If there is a magnitude 8 or 9 megathrust earthquake off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, data from ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) could improve earthquake detection times calculated by the ShakeAlert system.

At the 2026 SSA Annual Meeting, Zoe Krauss said ShakeAlert’s earthquake detection time could be improved by 5 to 9 seconds by incorporating data from six cabled OBS deployed offshore Oregon as part of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Regional Cabled Network and five cabled OBSs deployed offshore Vancouver Island on Ocean Networks Canada’s (ONC) NEPTUNE cable.

There are currently only two cabled OBSs offshore Oregon, but the Cascadia Offshore Subduction Zone Observatory (COSZO) project will add four new OBS to the OOI network this summer, bringing these potential added detection times closer to reality.

Scientists stunned as Mars dust storms blast water into space

Mars may look like a frozen desert today, but new evidence suggests its watery past didn’t simply fade away quietly—it may have been blasted into space by powerful dust storms. Scientists have discovered that even relatively small, localized storms can hurl water vapor high into the atmosphere, where it breaks apart and escapes.

Today, Mars is known as a cold, dry desert, but its surface tells a very different story. Ancient channels, water-altered minerals, and other geological features show that the planet once had abundant water and a far more dynamic environment. Understanding how this wetter world transformed into the barren landscape we see now remains a major question in planetary science. While scientists have identified several processes that contributed to water loss, much of Mars’ missing water is still unaccounted for.

A new international study published in Communications: Earth & Environment brings scientists closer to solving this mystery. Researchers found that an unusually intense but localized dust storm was able to push water vapor high into Mars’ atmosphere during the Northern Hemisphere summer, a season previously thought to play little role in this process.

Peter van Inwagen — Does a Fine-Tuned Universe Lead to God?

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We human beings sit roughly midway between the sizes of atoms and galaxies, and both must be so perfectly structured for us to exist. It’s called ‘fine-tuning’ and it’s all so breathtakingly precise that it cries out for explanation. To some, fine-tuning leads to God. To others, there are non-supernatural explanations. Both are startling.

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