Sigmatic Science Podcast

OpenAI's model conjectured a formula for gluon amplitudes assumed zero since 1986. Physicists from Harvard and Cambridge confirmed it was right.

2,500 questions no AI can Google. GPT-4o scored 2.7%, humans hit 90%. Inside the hardest AI benchmark and its 30% error rate.

Stanford trained a neural network on 585,000 hours of sleep data. It detects Parkinson's, dementia, and cancer years before symptoms appear.

Gut bacteria from sleep-deprived mice triggered Alzheimer's-like tau damage in healthy brains. Scientists traced the full molecular chain.

A 20-year study of 70,000+ blood samples shows bicarbonate rising in lockstep with atmospheric CO₂ — set to breach safe limits by 2076.

Experienced devs write code 19% slower with AI. Yet a startup with zero handwritten code sold for $80M. How can both be true?

Genome study of 600K people found 254 genes shaping personality. A 6th trait beyond Big Five predicts mortality. Seven 2024-2025 studies reviewed.

AI-curated database of 67,000 magnetic materials reveals 25 high-temperature alternatives to rare-earth magnets for EVs.

MIT-designed accelerator transmutes long-lived nuclear waste into safe isotopes in 300 years instead of 100,000 — while generating electricity.

Stats Perform researchers built an Axial Transformer neural network that generates 75,000 live predictions per football match with sub-second latency

A tungsten-based photocatalyst converts CO₂ and water into fuel using only sunlight — mimicking photosynthesis at room temperature.

ETH Zurich engineered a 3D-printable hydrogel packed with cyanobacteria. It absorbs CO₂ via photosynthesis and grows harder over time.

Italian engineers developed a 390g textile exosuit that reduces shoulder muscle activity by up to 63.7% during flexion and 59% during abduction.