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Today we talk about quantum computers that are really good at guessing, room temperature superconductors, again, how we changed the tilt of Earth’s axis without noticing, the environmental impact of the metaverse, a computer chip that mimics the human eye, whether smart drugs actually make you smart, how carbon dioxide emissions look like, flying taxis, an announcement of an announcement, and of course, the telephone will ring.

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00:00 Intro
00:37 Quantum Computers are Really Good At Guessing
03:40 Room Temperature Superconductors, Again!
06:05 We Changed the Tilt of Earth's Axis (Scientists Say)
07:54 The Environmental Impact of the Metaverse
09:11 A Computer Chip that Mimics the Human Eye
10:43 Smarts Drugs Don't Make You Smart
12:06 What We'd See if Carbon Dioxide Was Visible
14:01 Paris to get Flying Taxis
15:15 First Detection of Gravitational Waves with Pulsars (probably)
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