In today’s podcast, I sit down with Doug Vakoch, the founder of METI, or Messaging Extra Terrestrial Intelligence. We talk about why METI was founded, what their goals are, why we should try to contact aliens, and respond to some of the criticisms of the organization. If...
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Get Brilliant at And the first 295 to sign up for a premium account get 20% off every month! For years now, quantum computers have been just out of reach, but some exciting new developments over the last year indicate that the age of quantum computing is a lot closer than we think. ...
Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: SpaceX is on a roll lately with the launch of their Falcon Heavy rocket, but the real workhorse of the SpaceX lineup is the Falcon 9. So let’s look at the development of the Falcon 9 and how it got this way. SpaceX is the...
For this Random Thursday video, I thought I’d share with you some great science YouTube channels that deserve some attention. Check these guys out! Curious Elephant – ; Neoscribe – ; Undefined Behavior ; John Michael Godier ; Up and Atom ; Shoutout to JTheory ; ...
Set up a free Brilliant account at And the first 295 to sign up for a premium account get 20% off every month! The Mars Curiosity Rover is one of the most successful planetary missions of all time. Here’s how NASA plans to follow that up – the Mars 2020 Rover Science...