Jim Al-Khalili

BBC Two - Secrets of the Brain, Series 1, Episode 1 Jim Al-Khalili reveals how the staggeringly complex human brain evolved.

🧪 I have a new TV offering: a 2-part Horizon special on BBC2 going out on 29th Sep and 6th October. It is called Secrets of the Brain. See
See www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

YouTube video by Alex O'Connor Does Quantum Physics Make Sense Yet? - Jim Al-Khalili

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Damn. That's very poor planning on the part of the two greatest ever quantum communicators.

Discourse: A New Quantum World: “spooky” physics to tech revolution Jim Al-Khalili explores emerging technologies powering the future of quantum, and looks at how we got here.

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Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey shows First major attempt to chart researchers’ views finds interpretations in conflict.

🧪Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey shows

From nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong The health secretary has made many inaccurate statements about vaccines. But the science is clear that vaccines have dramatically reduced childhood illness, disability and death.

Why should we let science 🧪 get in the way of making America sick again. We and our kids are fully vaccinated.

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The Life Scientific at the Mary Rose Museum - The Mary Rose In a special event recorded for BBC Radio 4’s programme 'The Life Scientific', Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Eleanor Schofield.

The Life Scientific at the Mary Rose Museum
Jim Al-Khalili in conversation with Eleanor Schofield, Director of Collections @jimalkhalili.bsky.social @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social maryrose.org/events/the-l...

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BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Kevin Fong on medical planning for Mars and Earth-based emergencies Kevin Fong on pestering Nasa, medical planning for Mars and handling major A&E incidents.

Honoured (though a little surprised) to be last lab coat up in the current series of #LifeScientific. Lovely to chat with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social for this. Tune in tomorrow Radio 4 9am. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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The Life Scientific - Tim Coulson on how predators shape ecosystems and evolution - BBC Sounds Professor Tim Coulson on how the wolves of Yellowstone National Park shape the ecosystem.

Really enjoyed chatting with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social on the Life Scientific episode that was broadcast this morning. Thank you for having me on.

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Put it this way, Elon Musk may be an FRS, but he’ll never be an FLS.

But listen out for first ep of Life Scientific’s next run (29 Apr) when my guest will be Tony Fauci (FRS, FLS).

For my scientific and engineering colleagues, what are the more prestigious letters after a name: FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) or FLS (Fellow of the Life Scientific)? 😊🧪

Large Language Models Pass the Turing Test We evaluated 4 systems (ELIZA, GPT-4o, LLaMa-3.1-405B, and GPT-4.5) in two randomised, controlled, and pre-registered Turing tests on independent populations. Participants had 5 minute conversations s...

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Yes, LLMs can now pass the Turing test, but don’t confuse this with AGI, which is a long way off.

arxiv.org/abs/2503.23674

Beyond Bohr and Einstein – CERN Courier Jim Al-Khalili reviews Quantum Drama, a new book by physicist and science writer Jim Baggott and the late historian of science John L Heilbron.

My review of Quantum Drama by physicist and science writer Jim Baggott and the late historian of science John L Heilbron. cerncourier.com/a/beyond-boh...
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Not quite. My two-part Horizon special for BBC2 on the evolution of the brain will air later this year.

It’s exciting, but not as earth shattering as the original 1998 discovery of dark energy. There are a lot of data and lots of ways of interpreting them. There are error bars and uncertainties. But the main thing is it shows that there’s still so much we have yet to understand about the universe
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Human Intelligence - Manhattan Project: Niels Bohr - BBC Sounds A scientific genius who saw poetry in the subatomic world

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Yes.
But what do I know?

But the heat death IS the big freeze. I mean we should have a G&T or two then anyway. We'll need warming up.

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If dark energy is weakening then, yes this means it could approach zero in the future and gravity may yet gain the upper hand and lead to a Big Crunch. But this is preliminary data. It does hint at dark energy changing over time, but my money is still on a big freeze (not big rip or Big Crunch).

Too early to call this a discovery, but not too early to sit up and take notice.

Scientists ‘should crack more jokes’ to win the public’s trust A study has found that humour can play an important role in getting the public to engage with scientists and see them as a legitimate source of information

Why so serious? Scientists should crack more jokes when communicating their work, study finds 🧪🤣

It would boost engagement and trust in their research

Plus, 12 of my favourite science jokes, including submissions from @jimalkhalili.bsky.social and Martin Rees www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

Transforming our future: Quantum Information Day Two YouTube video by The Royal Society

And the second day is here, ending with a panel discussion including me and @jimalkhalili.bsky.social
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Transforming our future: Quantum Information Day One YouTube video by The Royal Society

The videos of the Royal Society's Quantum Information meeting last month are now online. The first day is here:
www.youtube.com/live/ytqFQxP...

Dr Priya Sharma - Daphne Jackson Trust Name: Dr Priya SharmaField: Engineering & Technology; Physical Sciences Specialisms: Research and qualifications: Returning to her research after her second career break, Priya’s Fellowship is entitle...

Ahead of this International Women's Day, we're celebrating the women changing the research landscape!

Watch Dr Priya Sharma explain her work in quantum computing to @jimalkhalili.bsky.social: daphnejackson.org/fellow/dr-pr...