Boldly Go One Step Closer To Where It All Began. Strange New Worlds S4 Streaming July 23 on Paramount+. https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/star-trek-strange-new-worlds/ Is there such a thing as objective truth? Are we living in a post-truth world? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly sit down to build a toolkit for finding the truth in an era of motivated reasoning, misinformation, and alternative facts with science historian and professional skeptic, Michael Shermer. What is the definition of objective truth? We discuss fallibilism: the principle that you might be wrong about anything, which is exactly why you keep checking. Learn about Carl Sagan's invisible dragon in the garage thought experiment and why internal conviction, no matter how vivid, isn't enough without external validation. Chuck shares his own ayahuasca experience and the group debates where personal truth ends and objective truth begins. Plus, we explore why charismatic cult leaders actively discourage outside reference points. We discuss institutional trust, my-side bias, and why the brain functions more like a lawyer than a scientist. How does AI help or hurt the search for truth? Shermer addresses AI confabulation, the dangers of overconfidence, and why clicking the actual source still matters. We explore Bayesian reasoning and how we approach different fields (history, religion, literature) from differing relationships to truth. Is religion incompatible with truth? Shermer argues that religious stories read as literature and that it's only when religious belief demands scientific standards of evidence that the two systems collide. The episode closes on the biases most likely to lead you astray: motivated reasoning, hindsight bias, and patternicity. Learn why settled science always has outlier papers, why the plural of anecdote is not data, and why Shermer still believes objective truth exists and that humans, uniquely among species, are getting better at finding it. Keep Looking Up! Thanks to our Patrons Aditya Sharma, Noel Dotterweich, Thomas Schranz, Tamas Sipos, forestcat, Jason, Kurt Evans, Derek Leung, Alex Sanchez, Count Joshula, Tatiana Cameron, Mikkel Jørgensen, Emily Fox, Prophet of the Singularity, Virgil Caffey, Juliette Sanchez, KMLthe1, Eric, Helena Brackley-Bishop, David De Leon, Kristen Nicole, Abhinav Syal, Monicka Guevara, Daniya J, Catherine Brown, Emilio Velilla-Díez, Jim Sunrise, Walt Spiese, Jim Sunrise, AL, Utsukushi Akuma, Dave Keegan, The Nozomi, Brian Cody, Bill Redshaw, Gary Lykins, Bruno Kratka, Aikao, Juan Zapata, Emily Vega, Tom Saporito, John, philrosso12, Chris Roat, Kathy, Richard Quinley, Gooler, Mathilde, John, Jay Spencer, Roark Campbell, Paul Good, Travis Rhyno, Joey Serrano, Trent Notestine, Mark Dunne, Timothy Hamilton, Cary, Eckehart, Doreen S, and Brian Chittum for supporting us this week. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction: Michael Shermer 3:02 - Truth 7:55 - What Is Truth In Science? 14:50 - How Truth Is Constructed 19:31 - The Impact Of AI and My Side Bias 25:57 - Are We In A Post-Truth Era? 30:50 - Why We See Conspiracies 34:25 - The Value Of Truth Today 40:00 - What It Means To Be A Skeptic 45:34 - Medical Misinformation Check out our second channel, @StarTalkPlus Get the latest StarTalk book, 'To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery' on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PL0NFn Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to StarTalk: Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalk About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson

Go to https://ground.news/startalk to stay fully informed on the latest Space and Science news. Save 40% off through our link for unlimited access to the Vantage plan this month. Could spacetime curve in the opposite direction and produce a repulsive field instead of gravity? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice tackle fan questions about photons, heat death, gravitational waves, neutron stars and more with astrophysicist Michelle Thaller. The episode opens with an urgent conversation about NASA funding cuts and the exodus of top scientists and engineers leaving for overseas programs. We get into fan questions: what actually happens to a photon when it's absorbed and reemitted? Does it restart its journey through spacetime with a new identity? What is the heat death of the universe, and will matter eventually run out? Why does temperature increase as you move away from the sun's surface? We answer these and also get into what the Parker Solar Probe is teaching us about the sun. We explore gravitation and whether it can be inverted. Michelle uses the question to walk through how LIGO detected gravitational waves from two black holes colliding 1.4 billion light years away, capturing the most energetic event in the universe. We explore neutron stars, fast radio bursts, and the first generation of stars the James Webb Space Telescope is hunting for. Learn how the mysterious "little red dots" may rewrite our understanding of how the earliest stars formed. Michelle closes with a message for young girls considering science: you don't need a special kind of genius, you just need to be unable to get it out of your head. Keep Looking Up! Thanks to our Patrons Richard Asante, Zan Barrage, Nekoda, Charles O'Neal, Fred FredericM, Douglas Torrance, Barbara Ziola, Nightangelj91, Leslie Woodward, Bryan Jones, Lori Tchen, Walter Lockhart, Paul Walker, Brian Kemp, ismael valdés, Pasquale Perrotta, Xavier LaVigne, nova 🧚🏼‍♀️, Everett Corniel, Ron Herman, Ox, Emile Rougeau, Tony Scaringi, Ceedubya, Michael Bohonek, RS, Jeong Lee, YourCousinRicky, Jesse Wassner, Brett, Agustin Cabanas, James Pack, Dave Baxter, Clarence wirley, Sketchy McDoodles, Chris W, clayton clarkson, David Furth, charles price, Robbie Wells, Gilbert Garcia, Pitbull6098, Ashtyn2022, Kate eftink, Charles Sterner, Liz Dub, Rin Dragon, Liviu N. Spiroiu, Elle Belle, John DiNonno, Researcher Siks, Socal, James Adamson, B Mikhail, Dom Tedeschi, Estella Linthicum, Zionic God, Aye Koe, and Robert Galan for supporting us this week. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction: Michelle Thaller 02:30 - NASA Science Cuts 07:50 - The American Brain Drain 15:16 - Is an Absorbed and Reemmited Photon the Same One That Went In? 24:47 - Will the Universe Run Out of Matter? 29:55 - Why Does it Get Hotter Off of the Surface of the Sun? 34:15 - What Exactly LIGO Detected 42:10 - Could Intersecting Waves Create a Repulsive Field? 46:06 - What's Up with Low Energy Frequencies Around Neutron Stars? 52:13 - What Unlikely Possibilities Do You Hope Are True? 56:32 - Advice for Budding Scientists Check out our second channel, @StarTalkPlus Get the latest StarTalk book, 'To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery' on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PL0NFn Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to StarTalk: Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalk About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson

Boldly Go One Step Closer To Where It All Began. Strange New Worlds S4 Streaming July 23 on Paramount+. https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/star-trek-strange-new-worlds/ T-Mobile 5G Home Internet. https://T-Mobile.com/HomeInternet How do you get entangled particles? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice unpack the experimental side of entanglement, superposition, and the quantum underpinnings of our universe with experimental physicist, Sean Hodgman. How do you entangle particles? Can you entangle larger things, like atoms? Sean describes his job cooling helium atoms to a millionth of a degree above absolute zero to form a Bose-Einstein condensate. Learn about momentum entanglement and why entangling atoms rather than photons matters. Could entangling atoms open the window to quantum gravity? What is superposition, really? Sean walks Chuck through quantum superpositions, Einstein’s criticisms of “spooky action at a distance,”and Bell’s Theorem. How do you actually entangle a particle, and how do you know it worked? What are the different subtypes of entanglement beyond momentum? Has studying entanglement changed how physicists understand reality? Could you ever use entanglement for faster-than-light communication? Why does the no-communication theorem say no, while quantum encryption says there's still something useful here? The episode closes on the biggest questions: is there an upper size limit to entanglement? Could spacetime itself emerge from a network of entangled particles? Would we notice if entanglement were switched off and could quantum effects be quietly underpinning DNA stability, bird navigation, and photosynthesis? Thanks to our Patrons Dominic B., Chirag Trasikar, Chase Dishman, Benjamin Rogers, Anthony Smith, Matt J, Bill Fisher, Gregory Shaw, Jesse Phelps, Shakil Chagani, Valentine, Sayrah rana, Linda Corbin, Kerry Gallagher, Emma Korein, Kate, Sara Drollinger, brad hodge, William Colt, Jill Campbell, Sai Dev Mahajan, Damien Hewlett, Ryan Christensen, Matthew Barrett, Pau Ferrer, Navindra Persaud, Felipe Marcondes, Deatric Wilson, Ashish Paka, Larry, BRUNO, Adán Rodríguez, Eneida Paulo, Todd P., Francesco Chionchio, Crouton, Anton Bursch, odamai, Brayden Malley, John Hamm, Tim Timrawi, Kuang kai Peter Tou, Adam Fry, Raylen, Pele_Glendale, Balázs Pető, Sergiu Calin, Shane King, Torstein Sundnes, Deonne, Mark Bailey, Rodrigo Gómez, Bri, Richard Riley, James Gray, adam, Kyle, Tam Lee, Liz Schwabedissen, Jim Dulian, and Jesse for supporting us this week. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction: Sean Hodgeman 01:39 - Creating A Bose-Einstein Condensate 8:10 - How to Entangle Atoms 10:52 - How Long Do They Stay Entangled? 14:39 - Understanding Superpositions 16:40 - Bell Inequality Theorem & Interference Patterns 19:55 - How Do You Know It’s Entangled 23:51 - Subtypes of Entanglement 27:18 - Entanglement & Reality 30:42 - Is There a Size Limit to Entanglement? 33:48 - Subspace Communication 37:24 - Is The Universe Woven Out of Entangled Particles? 42:27 - Quantum Fluctuations Effect on Entanglement 45:05 - If Particle Entanglement Stopped 47:50 - Why Does Distance Matter For Spooky Action at a Distance? 49:54 - Not Messing it Up 52:49 - Math vs. Experiments vs. Philosophy 56:40 - How Does a Particle with Mass Function as a Wave Cloud 58:33 - Leading the entanglement Check out our second channel, @StarTalkPlus Get the latest StarTalk book, 'To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery' on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PL0NFn Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to StarTalk: Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalk About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson

T-Mobile 5G Home Internet. https://T-Mobile.com/HomeInternet What’s the real difference between dreaming and waking consciousness? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly sit down with sleep expert Matt Walker to answer fan questions about the most mysterious thing humans do every single night: sleeping & dreaming. What’s the science behind your sleep paralysis demon? Why did evolution keep sleep? We explore why sleep stuck around and what the latest in sleep research looks like. Could genetic short sleepers hold the key to "zip-filing" sleep into fewer hours? Could we ever reprogram our genetics to not need sleep at all? We discuss if this is possible and whether losing the ability to dream would be detrimental. What does dreaming actually do? Matt explains how REM sleep produces informational alchemy and why dreaming may be the biological basis of human creativity and overnight emotional therapy. Neil shares how he slept eleven hours the night after 9/11, and Matt connects that to the brain's drive for more sleep when processing large amounts of information. If the dreaming brain can generate an entire universe without sensory input, what does that say about waking consciousness? Is waking life itself just a controlled hallucination tethered to time? We break down the difference between waking and dreaming as well as the brain's cleansing mechanism: the gylmphatic system. How does its failure to clear toxic proteins connect directly to Alzheimer's disease? The episode covers sleep stages and cycles, why sleep inertia makes waking from deep sleep so hard, and what parasomnias (like sleepwalking and sleep paralysis) reveal about the porous boundary between waking and sleeping consciousness. Plus, a question about how astronauts’ sleep is impacted by being in space. Thanks to our Patrons Rhagor, Beans, Eric Grant, DOCTOR FN ASTRONAUT, Richard Thompson, Niclas Larsson, Cathy Hayes, SunshineKat Snyder, Brandon, Matt Caldwell, Tim Davies, M.Victoria Delpiano, Heyo13579, Erin McCullough, Shalon Sorensen, Kaydence Johnson, RJ, Dave, Sindre Skybert, Mr. V, Neon lion Blacklight cozylazy, Mary Mitchell, Trip Ni Selo, S. H., Cloud3X, P.M., Dallas, Dan, Getyoducksinarow, David S, Michael Koenig, Jason A, Reg Anderson, Sean Marien, Adeel Rahman, joe hoffmann, Ronald Merrifield, Jesse Miner, David Pazer, Toshi Jordan, Pat Voss, Nicholas Wiseman, Antoine Portes, Colin, David Crouse, Sander van Liempd, Wendy R., J P, Kenneth Cook, Joey, Fixxxer331, Nathan Hinote, Hara Kannajosyula, Heath Horne, Pixtle, Brett M Garabedian, Ryan Alba, Paul Tindall, Tony Stewart, and Stephanie Moore for supporting us this week. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction: Matt Walker 04:00 - Why Do We Sleep At All? 10:18 - Could We Ever Stop Needing Sleep? 14:35 - What Does Dreaming Do? 20:53 - What Does Dream Reality Say About Waking Consciousness? 26:33 - Does Cerebral Spinal Fluid Generate the Dream State? 30:10 - The Stages of Sleep 36:10 - How Do Parasomnias Work? Sleep Walking, Sleep Paralysis Demons… 43:53 - Preserving Your Circadian Rhythm 53:58 - Do We Store The Dreams We Forget? 01:00:20 - Sleeping on the Way to the Moon Check out our second channel, @StarTalkPlus Get the latest StarTalk book, 'To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery' on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PL0NFn Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to StarTalk: Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalk About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson

T-Mobile 5G Home Internet. https://T-Mobile.com/HomeInternet What type of planets orbit black holes? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Negin Farsad sit down with Mordecai-Mark Mac Low to crack open the mysteries of galaxy collisions, dark matter, and the massive planetary systems around black holes. We explore the catalogue of peculiar galaxies that got astronomers thinking about what makes some galaxies weird. Mordecai explains why actual collisions are rare unless you’re a gas cloud headed toward another gas cloud. We talk about active galactic nuclei and how black holes generate the brightest objects in the universe. Learn how the Earth formed and how accretion disks keep cropping up in different places in the universe. What are planetary systems like around supermassive black holes? Mordecai tells us about Jupiter-mass rocky planets around black holes. Could they hold the potential for life or would they be hostile to biology? A question about Jupiter's gravity leads to the story of Shoemaker-Levy 9, the first observed comet impact in our solar system. Fan questions push further: could Jupiter ignite into a star if it gained enough mass? How is dark matter built into galaxy simulations? How long does it actually take to form a star versus a planet, and could simulations ever reveal whether large moons like ours are common? Thanks to our Patrons Alex, Sadashiv Nayak, Raviteja K, Lian Zhalka, Thomas Davis, Alex Yumashev, Charles Koehl, Matthew Maldonado, Aleksandre Khatiskatsi, Grig Coker, Matthew Ardebili, Japeth Mitchell, Gaaary, Ian Patton, Casey Steelspine, Veninator, Hannu Latvakoski, Santiago Aguirre, Jonathan Caples, Ryan Wetmore, Dan Lepping, Chris, Frank Betz, William Massar, Jason Durden, Jenny Patton, LiveAlive42, Kesh Iyer, scott ezell, Jesse Jensen, Javier E. Gonzalez, rk89, Courteney Kawalek, James Martin, seth forever, Why So Serious, Jared Kennington, andrew bash, David Pillado, Jennie Hrobak, Mariana, Robbie Rogers, Michael Huckey, Anthony Torres, Luke Gilliam, David Hasenauer, Libby Higgins, Willie Lo, Mike B, and Rhagor for supporting us this week. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction: Mordecai-Mark Mac Low 03:51 - Bug Splat Galaxies 06:36 - When Two Galaxies Collide 09:09 - How Can a Black Hole Be Bright? 16:02 - Planets Around Black Holes 23:40 - The First Observed Comet to Hit a Planet 28:26 - Turbulence & Magnetic Fields in Star Formation 35:12 - Making Jupiter BIGGER 40:48 - How Do You Factor in Dark Matter? 45:20 - How Long Does it Take to Form a Star or a Planet? 47:30 - Planets with Big Moons (Like Ours) 51:40 - The Universe is Stranger Than We Thought 57:16 - Closing Thoughts Check out our second channel, @StarTalkPlus Get the latest StarTalk book, 'To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery' on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PL0NFn Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to StarTalk: Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalk About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson

Did evolution never give us the ability to see reality as it actually is? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly sit down with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman to explore what neuroscience, evolutionary game theory, and consciousness suggest about the nature of reality itself. Is evolution the correct tool for tuning our senses to reality? Are our perceptions less like a window and more like a VR headset? We discuss the priorities of our perceptions and how it may not always be truth. We explore how psychedelics impact our perception of reality. Could hallucinogens show us a layer of reality we don’t otherwise see? Does the mind render things only when perceived, the way a video game only generates what's on screen? The team explores if we are in a simulation and how Donald doesn't think spacetime itself is fundamental. Can consciousness be modeled? Donald breaks down how we have struggled to define consciousness and provide a theory for the observer. What is an observer, really? Chuck's ayahuasca encounters with higher-dimensional beings become surprisingly relevant, as we explore how to test for consistencies across individuals’ trips. Could information passed to one user be received by another in a separate session? Doubtful, says Hoffman, but testable. We explore the Matrix, both the movie and the mathematical, discussing how you could use math to understand the role of the observer. The episode closes on science, God, and Gödel. Does some of this verge on the spiritual? Have theologians approached Hoffman, hoping he's providing scientific grounding for a god? Learn more about Donald Hoffman’s research institute: https://www.traceinstitute.org/ Thanks to our Patrons Ptp317, Marcus Murrell, Michael Hall, Michael, Ben C, Michelle Lynn, Teddy, Miguel Cruz, Joe M, Kate, Joshua Gordon, Grand Maester Ali, Chen Hillel, pwhGalaxy, Freddie Lucena, Umbrella Counseling, StellarDude, Bill Whiteside, Cory Hohs, Sam Henderson, Michael, Jozefa Hernon, Foxfyre, Deniz Nägeli, Jack O'Melia, Tricia Richardson, Theresa Coale, Johan UniverseEnds, time, Nat Jax, Brad Weinstein, Lubna AlJalal, Andreas, Sea Kayaker, Drew King warzone, James P. Gillis, Ruben D. Lopez, Nicolas Alvarez, Sharuvan, Steven Gilbert, Kit Cheshire, Morgan Doyle, Juliette, Dan Rogers - Cypher_Epsilon, Bweefk, Gavin Berg, Damien Wade, Anders Carlsson, Hailey Snyder, Mike Landers, and Keith Freeman for supporting us this week. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction: Donald Hoffman 02:30 - How Evolution Shifts Our Reality 04:50 - Evolutionary Game Theory 11:05 - All We Have Are Tricks and Hacks 14:08 - Do Psychedelics Expose True Reality? 15:45 - Is Reality Just a Simulation Rendering What We Look At? 19:20 - Can We Simulate Consciousness or Is It Simulating Us? 24:58 - The Problem with Spacetime 26:16 - A Theory of Observation 31:02 - Meeting Dimensional Aliens 41:29 - Understanding “The Observer” in Physics 50:46 - Is It Literally The Matrix? 54:48 - Hijacking Evolution 59:57 - Theological Implications 01:03:43 - Predictions Check out our second channel, @StarTalkPlus Get the latest StarTalk book, 'To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery' on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PL0NFn Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to StarTalk: Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalk About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson

T-Mobile 5G Home Internet. https://T-Mobile.com/HomeInternet Did the Milky Way used to be a quasar? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore quasars, the high energy universe, and the movie we’re making of the night’s sky with astrophysicist & host of PBS Space Time, Matt O’Dowd. Order Take Me to Your Leader here 👇 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Take-Me-to-Your-Leader/Neil-deGrasse-Tyson/9781668249970 Why wasn’t the Milky Way massive enough to be a true quasar? The trio breaks down the history of quasars exploring how these pinpricks of light liberate insane amounts of kinetic energy through the raw friction of gas falling into supermassive black holes. How will big data change how we view the cosmos? Neil and Matt trace the evolution of X-ray astronomy before shifting gears to the mind-bending role of gravitational lenses. You'll learn how these galactic funhouse mirrors create cosmic time machines, allowing us to view the exact same quasar at different points in time. How will big data change how we view the cosmos? With the Vera Rubin Observatory recently achieving first light, how is the frontier being impacted by AI? Can variational autoencoders help us map the inner regions of a quasar, or will pattern-recognition templates cause AI to only see what we expect it to find? Neil freaks out over the varying patterns caused by moving stars. What do we lose when computers replace the grunt work of galaxy classification and spherical trig? Are future generations doomed to just vibecode into a black box? Finally, we explore how the Rubin Observatory will capture 40 times the Hubble field of view to create a continuous, 10-year movie of the night sky. Plus, Neil reflects on why people are far more likely to become scientists than professional athletes, the viral success of PBS Space Time, and why true science is about mastering tools of thought rather than just memorizing a syllabus. Thanks to our Patrons Alex Nuche, Christian Payne, Gage Ewing, Ryan Whynot, Temirlan, 2 Lives Left, Chad Keeler, Harli Shae Smith, Brad Smith, Norm Bailey, James Peterson, Ryan Coppens, David Whittenberg, Scott Jarboe, Varun Krishnan, Eric Salinas, Mary Seman, Melissa Davis, Stephen Rockwell, Catrina, Max Wilburn, keith Koenigsberg, LEIII, Vincent Loniello, Simon Toth, DoctorWaterGod, Ruthanne Nava, Martineau Alex, Matthew, Phil, Jaden, Arik Drori, Papersneaker, Steven Peeters, Trey Durango, Julianne, Robbie James, Jason Foreman, Liam, Steven Van Vleet, Marilyn, Zakk Why, Ben Wheeldon, Erik Leazure, KONAL SHARMA, Dušan Živanović, Erik Strandberg, berklie novak-stolz, Kazi Mahin Mahfuz, Tim Van Devender, Andrew Martin, Jason F, Charles Joubert, Youcef Kazwiny, Joy Joslyn, Freeman, Jessica, Pat, Phillip Brooks, Michael Hues, Jacqueline Sinclair, Robert Marsh, Botas, Raza Naqvi (Sid), Jake Colón, Christine Bartholomew & Family, Mr Xoot, Dyonté Houston, Daryl, Rob Weiss, Caleb Holmes, Jeffrey Luce, Kellie Owczarczak, and Brandt Reppond for supporting us this week. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction: Matt O’Dowd 03:28 - What Are Quasars? 04:40 - The Latest on Quasars 15:18 - Breaking Down Gravitational Lensing 21:17 - The Most Distant Objects in the Universe 24:02 - Finding Lensed Quasars with AI 31:50 - Will AI Replace Grad Students? 39:42 - TOO MUCH DATA 44:19 - Comparing Science Communication Notes Check out our second channel, @StarTalkPlus Get the latest StarTalk book, 'To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery' on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PL0NFn Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to StarTalk: Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalk About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson

Go to https://ground.news/startalk to stay fully informed on the latest Space and Science news. Save 40% off through our link for unlimited access to the Vantage plan this month. Order Take Me to Your Leader here 👇 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Take-Me-to-Your-Leader/Neil-deGrasse-Tyson/9781668249970 Have aliens already secretly visited us? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with legendary director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter David Koepp to discuss their new film Disclosure Day, the science and psychology of alien contact, and why Spielberg believes there’s more out there than meets the eye. Why does Spielberg have so many alien movies? Spielberg reflects on a career defined by the unknown, from his very first film to Close Encounters, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and War of the Worlds. He traces his renewed fascination with UFOs to a 2017 New York Times article. Is there enough evidence of aliens out there? If the government were to find aliens, should they tell us? We explore how smartphones have turned the entire population into a crowdsourced surveillance network, and whether the timing of government file releases around the film's debut is really just a coincidence. David Koepp then joins to pull back the curtain on the craft of screenwriting. We learn about the delicate line between science and fiction in writing science fiction. Would alien disclosure remedy conflict on Earth? Are we projecting our own colonial history onto the evil alien trope? And could aliens exist entirely outside our sensory perception? Neil reminds us that we've invented instruments to extend our senses before and that the universe is almost always stranger than we imagine. Thanks to our Patrons GrassCobra, Donnie Foos, Ms Fattahipour, Nick, Sean Van Dommelen, Wendy, Jennifer Cramer, Marce Marie, Wooderpy the Wise, Ryan Taggart, McKenna, Leroy McReA, joseph, Lauren Katz, Chance Brandt, Cierra Baker, John Haney, Gogov, Silent, Cory Ford, Gary Flugge, Dylan Jennings, Sarah Perfetto, Kenneth, Alia Over The Years, Paul Gale, Sean McCallum, Alana Heyser, William Rinear, Prashanth Vissapragada, Łukasz Nyczkowski, Thorsten Rock, Pete Checchia, Marike Kreeftmeijer, Marilyn Geer Rivera, Ryan Pickhardt, Chad Chadwell, jlparques, Jack Yantz, Peter Magnusson, victoria, Abel, Daniel C Schlack, LabratMatt, Vishal Shankaran, Chris M, Brian Trudeau, Amrita A, Alexandra Swanson, Halvy, Ethan Murray, Emily Zelaya, ArdyMcHardy, Daniel Almada, kartik goswami, Kurt Blumeyer, hunter nash, Ryan Greer, johntravolta88, Cody, wackerow, Akash Gaur, Anthony Dannucci, Chelbie Hinton, Ron Hooper, Neil Smallwood, Elderbobo, BigBodyBimmer, ghost with a thought, and Pablo Giles Sanz for supporting us this week. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction: Steve Spielberg 02:43 - The Role of Eyes 04:57 - Disclosing the Aliens 08:38 - Spielberg’s Signature 09:53 - Empathy as a Theme 11:00 - Do We Have A Right to Know? 13:13 - Will Aliens be Evil? 15:23 - Does Everyone Want the Government to Disclose Aliens? 19:10 - Introduction: David Koepp 20:37 - The Role of the Screenwriter 22:34 - Balancing Science and Fiction 27:43 - Primal Fears 35:05 - Motivating Villans 34:18 - Aliens Are People Too 37:48 - Are We the Evil Aliens? 39:35 - Doing the Right Thing 41:39 - The Day the Earth Stood Still 44:20 - Would Aliens Bring People Together? 47:22 - Speaking Alien 50:58 - We Want to Know the Truth Check out our second channel, @StarTalkPlus Get the lates StarTalk book, 'To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery' on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PL0NFn Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to StarTalk: Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalk About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson