Expand your scientific horizon with Brilliant! First 200 to use our link https://brilliant.org/sabine will get 20% off the annual premium subscription. This video comes with a quiz: https://quizwithit.com/start_thequiz/1696810732638x719113301385612800 In this week's science news, I talk about a new candidate for a cosmic string, the mysterious shrinking of planet Mercury, a nuclear clock, the first quantum engine, a simulator for human diseases, whether we can find new physics with spinning black holes, AI that wants to help find aliens, how to compute with photons, and of course, the telephone will ring. 💌 Support us on Donatebox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 🤓 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📩 Sign up for my weekly science newsletter. It's free! ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ 👂 Now also on Spotify ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC 🔗 Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ null 🖼️ On instagram ➜ https://www.instagram.com/sciencewtg/ 00:00 Intro 00:32 A new candidate for a cosmic string, 02:42 The mysterious shrinking of planet Mercury 04:28 A nuclear clock 07:27 The first quantum engine 09:17 A simulator for human diseases 10:25 Can we find new physics with spinning black holes 12:48 AI that wants to help find aliens 14:08 How to compute with photons 16:43 Learn Science with Brilliant #science #sciencenews