I always click on his videos thinking it's Vsauce

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="33">0:33</a> Chapter One: The Big Ring <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="208">3:28</a> Chapter Two: Batteries of the Future <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="477">7:57</a> Chapter Three: A Puzzling Black Hole <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="637">10:37</a> Chapter Four: A Cloning Breakthrough <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="800">13:20</a> Chapter Five: World's Smallest Robots

Last time I showed someone the big ring they got a restraining order.

"One Ring to rule them all One ring to find them One ring to bring them all And in the Darkness, bind them. "

It is when we find something that DISAGREES with current models that we make real scientific progress.

It's better to preserve bees than to invent micro-robots to replace them.

how do you just stumble on something for the first time, that takes up over 5% over the entire observable universe

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if the Big Ring is 9.2 billions light-years away, doesn't that mean we see it now as it was 9.2 billion years ago? You know, speed of light and all that? And if that's the case, shouldn't the Upper Limit be even smaller than 1.2 billion light-years because, as I said, it was 4.x billion light-years in diameter 9.2 billion years ago? Doesn't that make it even more puzzling?

I appreciate scientitsts who say, 'looks like we were wrong about xyz', and quickly adjust so they can enjoy and perpetuate the joy of discovery versus the so called scientits who are really modern day flat earthers who do everything they can to stop facts from seeing the light of day so that they can temporarily maintain false authority. Thank you!

As an individual with a B.S in the sciences (not even close to the biggest brain and am not about to claim so), I always appreciate new information coming out to challenge current hypothesis and theories. I have gotten very tired of scientists, who have been trained far better, coming out and stating hypotheses and theories as “fact”. They are not. These are simply the best answers we have come up with this far, and could be disproven tomorrow. The people who make these statements are standing on the shoulders of giants and acting like they are giants themselves. Not a fan of that behavior.

Me, I want tiny robots for pest control. A whole platoon of mechs wandering my house, killing ants and flies.

Simon!! I'm impressed!!!! Unlike americans, who ALWAYS manage to mispronounce place names in Australia, you were able to pronounce "Melbourne," as flawlessly as a local!!! Well done, Simon! I take back 20% of the things I've previously said about your pronunciation...

Dolly was the first MAMMAL to be cloned. Someone cloned tadpoles back in the 50s.

Our *sandbox* has to be *BIG* ,this way it will take *Humanity* a very long time to explore it.. 🌌

My favorite recent discovery was evidence for the fusion of elements inside water vacuum bubble collapses. It is absolutely fascinating. It totally rewrites most of what we understand to be about the formation of elements in our galaxy, human history, radiometric dating, and much more. It also opens up modern alchemy as a legitimate science based specialty, lol. All around super cool.

I can think of 2 potential answers to the Big Ring and other gargantuan structures & objects: 1. Rogue waves of the primordial plasma. We see freak peaks and troughs in our own ocean's waves many magnitudes greater than those around it. Thus, it is not farfetched to consider the same is possible for all kinds of waves 2. The Universe is older than we think. We calculated the age of the universe using the CMB, but the CMB that we see could be not the original outburst, but instead an echo, or even from a later 'big bang'. Matter - and therefore space itself - is not distributed evenly. It could be assumed that a dense area of the universe collapsed and rebounded in its own 'big bang'

LOL rewatch the intro at 0.5 playback speed. Simon has been drinking all morning.

Number 6 discovery: Simon churns out a new channel every few months

this is one of my favorite videos of yours!! please talk about more scientific discoveries!

The fact that human beings think we understand everything about the universe when there are still things on earth that still cant be explained astounds me honestly

They let her in to their phd program and she completely wrecks their entire lives, proving everything wrong before she even finishes

You go, Alexia Lopez!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I stood up and applauded the water ion battery invention. Yes please!!!!

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you, hope to see much more of this content

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="35">0:35</a> - Chapter 1 - The big ring <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="210">3:30</a> - Chapter 2 - Batteries of the future <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="480">8:00</a> - Chapter 3 - A puzzling blackhole <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="640">10:40</a> - Chapter 4 - A cloning breakthrough <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="805">13:25</a> - Chapter 5 - World's smallest robots

Simon, that intro sounded like an Aussie after a few VB's 😂

Using memory alloys as mechanical parts is also how you create a "hook shot". Using electricity to quickly heat up a specialized stand of memory alloy-which would cause it to expand outward, and then allowing it to cool back into its designated shape is how you cause it to contact. Innovation/ideas like this is a key component in creating small hook-shots.

Your EV is now redundant, you're welcome 🇦🇺

the big bang isnt a center-point detonationfor everything everywhere , it just serves as a center point relative to us.

Playback at .75 makes Simon sound hammered.

The Big Ring (and companion) sounds like another universe interacting with ours in the way that bubbles do.

The first two seconds of this video on repeat is all I need

Governments are gonna love getting their hands on the future mini robots...

They should be literate and call it the One Ring: "One Ring to rule them all One ring to find them One ring to bring them all And in the Darkness, bind them. "

I love how these discoveries point to the exact specific answer for certain previous head scratchers. The kind of head scratcher that caused entire phalanxes of physicists to spend entire careers poking at potential solutions. "We don't know shit." "Is it 12-d vibrating micro strings? Is it invisible undetectable matter? Is it we don't know shit?" Okay, okay... I'm grossly mischaracterizing what they did. The never entertained the idea that they didn't know shit.

Tssss Tsssss Tssss Tssss Tough to listen to this on headphones. Is it me or does this channel Have the occasional audio issue? Love the content, curious about the audio problems.

It was an informative and wonderful scientific explanation and coverage...thanks for sharing

What Simon says gives me a big kick in the bejeebers. Great science stories. Thank you!

"but what exactly?" When your model continuously fails to predict new discoveries like this, and even worse declares such discoveries as impossible, it's time to consider the possibility that your cosmological model is just flat out wrong. Maybe start with the possibility that the big bang as proposed never happened.

You know what else doesn't make sense, time -lapse photography of star trails. They're perfectly round after a 12 hour period but we're moving sideways at 107000km/h. Weird....

Yaaaaaay, fun and potentially undepressing video ^_^ lol j/k Appreciate all the effort that goes into all the content you guys do. Merci! ~a random canadian subscriber dude

As soon as enough lithium batteries are used up you can also extract the lithium and precious metals from them to make new ones. It is called recycling and works fabulously if you actually do it.

I’m a bit surprised to see WSU make it on this list though I was hearing about some of the mechanical engineering stuff through the professor I worked for in the engineering department. I just didn’t realize how big this was until now.

Interesting that two of the five topics dealt with how current observations make clear that astronomical sciences and narratives need revamping.

I’m going to watch this again in 2025,6,7,8,9,30.

Batteries: I know Simon meant nickel-cadmium. 😉

The most amazing thing about this video is that UKposts's automatic transcription system was able to decipher the first few words spoken in this video.

Thanks for a great video. And if you want tor widen your audience you could dial down the background music to make it easier for old-timers like me to filter the speech from the background :D

Literally everyone is watching this in the future.

I love your channels but man, you gotta work on how sharp your "s" sounds when talking. I don't know if that is a mixing issue or microphone issue, I just know that it always comes across really strong when watching on any of my computers.

There are theories about number 3, the black hole larger than it should be given current models. Kurzgesagt has a great video on it. Basically, when a black hole forms it's because a star imploded upon it self and supernova'd. This happens when the force of the inner combustion is unable to continue to press out on the star's gravity of its remaining materials and thus implodes upon itself. The resulting explosion is stronger than the star's ability to hold itself together and thus explodes, sending out its remaining material and leaving us with black holes that can only consume matter at a given rate due to the plasma which is created by matter orbiting the black hole pushing out while the black hole is pulling in. In the earliest stages of the universe, matter was much more dense. It is theorized that stars MUCH, MUCH larger could have existed in this more dense universe. Stars SO large that when the middle of it imploded, the resulting explosion was NOT enough to disintegrate the rest of the star. If the MASSIVE star was able to stay intact with that much gravity, it could overcome the outwards-pushing forces of the plasma surrounding the black hole and basically force-feed matter into it. Of course, this is just a theory but one that seems to have a lot of standing in its logic.

My understanding is that lithium is actually incredibly abundant and that there is so much we could never run out. Extracting it is another matter.

Can't wait to see what all JW finds out about the universe, and other sensor equipment we put out there. Not too long ago, we were convinced the sun and planets all rotated around the Earth. What will we find out next that we completely screwed up? Going to be a fun journey. And watching all the big brains go "But it can't work like that!!" and complain is going to be half the fun.

You you just need pipe tape, ptfe, and iron foil. Then wind them really really tightly in a double plate capacitor. Iron is +3, the pull over the distance through the ptfe is maximum. A galaxy tab would hold a megawatt. The trick is to only make strips, narrow little strips, literally pipe tape minus a half, so it's 4.2v..forever.

Being an electricity based, battery dependent civilisation freaks me out! My #1 nightmare. We are so vulnerable.

Closer to halfway through2024? Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, 10 billion light-years in length (observable universe is about 93 billion light-years in diameter).

Astronomers have used the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes to confirm one of the most troubling conundrums in all of physics - that the universe appears to be expanding at bafflingly different speeds depending on where we look. This problem, known as the Hubble Tension, has the potential to alter or even upend cosmology altogether. In 2019, measurements by the Hubble Space Telescope confirmed the puzzle was real; in 2023, even more precise measurements from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) cemented the discrepancy. Now, a triple-check by both telescopes working together appears to have put the possibility of any measurement error to bed for good. The study, published February 6 in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, suggests that there may be something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe.

As far as the Big Ring and the Giant Arc go, I have to believe astronomers have ruled out the possibility that the galactic clusters observed are actually like constellations - separated in space so that they just look like the structures we see from our perspective, but are actually many light years apart in distance from us and do not really form these structures. In other words, an optical illusion. ???

As time goes by the questions become more urgent. Because can we do something becomes less of an issue, however, should we do somethings becomes more important. Micro technology, A.I. and genetics are outstripping ethics. And sooner order later, these issues will become fundamentally changing to humanity.

*I love the grounded reality of this channel!!!* Retirement took a toll on my finances, but with my involvement in the digital market, $27,000 weekly returns has been life changing. AWESOME GOD❤️

The analogy you used comparing the black hole to a little boy that looks like a grown man reminds me of the Robin Williams movie 'Jack'. It's like a 'Jack' hole.

Washington State University is my school. Their robots department keeps getting better and better. It's funny because I am an engineer and I witnessed how little resourced they get compared to some schools.

1: the ring is actually the lights on the microscope… we are being observed by 👍 2: Ipso facto, the arc is how we are seeing the eyeball staring at us. 😳 3: since the complete digitization of space observation and proliferation of composite photos, who can really say that whet the researchers are seeing isn’t being altered on its way to them. 🤷🏼‍♂️ 4: everything else…….. BIGFOOOT

Wow human clones sounds like a source that'll guarantee your body won't reject any transplantation

Two big discoveries: scientist finds literally the largest thing in the sky. And we apparently never tried just using water for batteries.

UHHH, Simon, you got that wrong. The positive terminal of a battery is the ANODE and the negative is the CATHODE.

We need this discovery: a way to deliver the rabies vaccine in an edible pill or treat. Also a way to deliver flea and tick treatment to animals in an edible pill or treat. This would vastly improve the health of stray animals.

Dang

Simon looked lovely in that outfit last week

If you think about the properties of wave propagation especially as it relates to matter of significant density variance, the 'big ring' could be a hint as to 'where' the big bang took place. We are situated somewhere within the universe, the expanding nature of which necessitates that this even happened some'where'.

weren't a lot of the clones sickly in some way? I thought I read that dolly did not live a full life.

Wait until you discover biological based batteries!

The REALITY is… We don’t know 💩

I can explain the big ring but, due to the tendency of these scientists to "disappear", I shall hold my tongue.

At time stamp <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="276">4:36</a> you mentioned "cadium" in reference to nickel cadium batteries. I was unfamiliar with cadium so I looked it up and even allowing for obscure English pronunciation I think you were referring to "cadmium" for nickel cadmium batteries. It may be a snivel, but you are so usually accurate that I have come to depend on your knowledge base and I don't wish to see a spot on your otherwise outstanding record. I enjoy your programs and watch most of them. Thank you for the effort you invest.

hello everyone!

Talking about the size of what is supposedly a singularity is always weird to me

Good way to explain space expansion is A fire work in slow motion. Just watching the spirals, and hotter parts before they fade. To me, that’s it right there. Other then nothingness being as unstable. Like a spark plug, or a vacuum jar about to shatter.

Now, your "Big Ring" expanding spherical wave front is what does happen after an explosion. However, an explosion only expanding in two dimensions is another thing altogether.

I think Simon's beard is getting darker.

I always like the 'we came from a big bang' yeah cool, but were did the big bang come from 😂

One thing I have learnt through all my years of study. "All I know is that I know nothing". But those that claim to know, know even less... like most scientists... lol

The aqueous battery have 75W/Kg energy density. If we compare to Na-ion ones, which is 100 to 160W/kg, It's kinda weak, but it's kinda good for the advantage of easy recycling! It's still in it's early development and that result is just from prototypes, which they plan on using advanced nano particles in the electrolyte to elevate it's power density. Just to mention, they just solved a dendrite formation in this battery research and got 300h of lifespan for the early prototypes.

Watching the latest Simon video in his home country!! Passing time a Heathrow.

RMIT I go to that uni

We theorize that time slows when we move near light speed. How fast is the sol system moving through space and does that apply to solar systems?

Imagine , If you were a bird, you would be flying making use of air but if you want to fly beyond the orbital limit ,you would have to take a spaceship . It's operated by combustion energy against gravitational potential. In the same manner, your tapestry of life or 💀 soul or Mind ( mindset or mind waves ) to be projected , It needs a opposite forced field ( Higgs fields)

Why does it seem like nature has failsafes for cloning

Ah, the big ring. Is it really such a mystery? The problem w/the BR is that it defies what is believed to be the age of the universe. On its own it might be a mystery, but, when considered in light of other.issues in cosmology, the mystery becomes less mystterious. How about the invention of dark energy? An ad hoc creation when confronted with a model refuting observation. It was either create a hypothetical cause for their model's failure, or they admit the big bang is refuted. 😮 This hypothetical energy is entirely unknown, has.never been directly observed and some might even say it is pseudo science. Why did they create it, because it seems the universe evolved too quickly than predicted.by the model. The Hubble Tension, to some is a crisis in cosmology. Twp methods of measuring the rate of alleged expansion do not coroborate. As well, the data suggests different parts of the unniverse are expanding at differents rates. Three points of contemtion pertaining to the alleged expansion of the.universe. The Hubble Tension is potentialy due to the invalidity of the Hubble Constant. UKposts channel, See The Pattern has done a great vid on this. The problem is that both methods used to measure the alleged expansion use the Hubble Constant. Bekieve it or not, the Hubble Constant is based on an untested assumption that Redshift is purely a Doppler Effect. It has never been empirically tested, its not as if we can use a measuring tape to confirm the distances the Hubble Constant gives us. In fact, one could argue that measuring two different light sources and getting two different results is perhaps the first real test for the hubble constant and it failed. If P then Q, if not Q then not P. So the universe is not expanding and mystery solved.

A few years ago I saw a video about a concept battery being developed in Israel that was a solid state battery. They were trying to solve 3 issues with the idea. One concerned the dendrites mentioned. In a regular battery, there are two liquids separated by a sliver of lithium. Electrons are passed back and forth and the liquids never come in contact. After prolonged use or due to defective manufacturing, little finger like cracks will form in the lithium. When it makes it all the way through, it blows up. That is what has happened when you see a video of someone's phone or vape exploding in their pocket. Obviously that isn't possible with solid materials. I don't know what ever turned out with it but there it is none the less

Him: "Artificial pollinating" Me: *Starts having a crisis after remembering that one Black Mirror episode*

YEAH SCIENCE!

I can tell who edited some of your videos because they dont fix the sharp high frequency hiss your microphone does to your S's. Maybe their speakers dont hit those frequencies or maybe they are def to them but damn its annoying. Love your videos tho.

I love the way you finish discussing a conundrum with a question 😂

Okay, we need to start the RnD for Spartans confirmed. If we see that now, we must hope that we are not too late for when the event will happen.

Halo Ring?

"Something we think we know has to be wrong." Sorry, but I actually trust the Science so this is not possible.

lithium batteries have always scared me because they can explode and I believe a commercial airliner was taken down when these things caught fire in the cargo bay but recently I've learned that regular batteries can also explode under certain conditions. The big ring story was also very interesting and I'm glad to say I'm the owner of my own personal "big ring" though it's not the kind I wear on my hand⚛😀

Human cloning is either already happening, or it’s already in experimentation, regardless of legality. That Pandora’s box should have never been open.

I knew a guy in the 1960s who did the salt water thing and had scaled his car to run on it..or so he claimed until his untimely and sus death..whixh turned out it wasnt him who died..he went into hiding but they evidently found him again when his body was discovered burned in a sus house fire...fire department said itnwas a cigarette but he didn't smoke...couldn't stand the smell.