The HADES machine is creating quantum matter fireballs with temperatures up to 800 billion degrees Celsius, in an effort to study quarks. » Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist HADES, or the High Acceptance DiElectron Spectrometer, is an internationally collaborative piece of equipment located in Germany. HADES is used by scientists all over the world to study matter as it might exist in some of the most intense events in the cosmos, like the merging of neutron stars. And it’s getting hot enough in HADES to create and analyze a fireball of quantum matter But…how? So the HADES team decided to pursue some answers with a physical experiment.…

Scientists are exploring how to edit genomes and even create brand new ones that never existed before, but how close are we to harnessing synthetic life? »  Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker »  Watch more How Close Are We | http://bit.ly/HCAWplaylist » Follow Olivia on Instagram: instagram.com/OliviaPavcoG Scientists have made major strides when it comes to understanding the base code that underlies all living things—but what if we could program living cells like software? The principle behind synthetic biology, the emerging study of building living systems, lies in this ability to synthesize life. An ability to create animal products, individualized medical therapies, and even transplantable organs, all starting with synthetic DNA…

The perfect conditions for alien life might be hidden under the icy crust of Jupiter’s moon, Europa. And a new mission from NASA plans to send the Europa Clipper to explore. » Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist The search for extraterrestrial life extends into the far reaches of the galaxy and while there are several distant candidate exoplanets, the most promising destination for alien life might be right in our celestial backyard. The perfect conditions for alien life could be hidden under the icy crust of Jupiter’s moon, Europa. And since Europa is in our solar system, we can actually visit Jupiter’s moon. A new…

Carbon pollution is being sucked from the sky and injected into underground rocks—will Climeworks’ ambitious plan to stop climate change work? » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Iceland is a land of majestic waterfalls, black sands, sparkling glaciers, and possibly one of the world’s wildest solutions for solving climate change. Nestled beside the majestic hills of southwestern Iceland are giant carbon collecting machines capable of snatching CO2 straight from the air and injecting it into underground stones, where the gas can be stored safely for millennia. Our planet is heating up fast. Carbon dioxide levels now exceed 415 parts per million, higher than they’ve ever been…

Bioweapons have been around for centuries, but with advances in synthetic biology, we’re now able to make bioweapons from scratch. »Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker »Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/2M3gmbK In the world of synthetic biology, a microbe is seen as a structural frame on which to add genes & DNA. The microbe will be tested and have its performance improved, so it can hopefully do something useful for the world. But this potential to modify living organisms and steer them toward global problems is often met with a dark side. The National Academies of Science released a major report titled Biodefense in the Age of Synthetic Biology with a…

Researchers are working to get to the bottom of longevity, unlocking the secrets to extending our lifespans well into our 100s… and beyond. »  Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker »  Watch more How Close Are We | http://bit.ly/HCAWplaylist Longevity and anti-ageing research: ‘Prime time for an impact on the globe’ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor… “We currently live in a world where ageing is so common that it’s considered by most of the world, including the medical community, as something that’s natural and inevitable. And if something’s considered inevitable, typically you don’t focus on it in the same way as something you can treat. Cancer was a natural part of life at one time, in…

Contrary to popular belief, the Amazon forest doesn’t provide Earth with 20% of its oxygen supply. So how exactly do the fires currently destroying Earth’s largest remaining rainforest affect us? » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist The Amazon is the world’s largest remaining rainforest, covering between 6 to 8 million square km of land, home to millions of species including plants, insects, birds, and mammals, many of which are yet to be discovered by researchers. However, the Amazon rainforest is also a compromised ecosystem. More than 74,000 fires have been recorded in Brazil, just this year, most of which occurred in the Amazon region. And so,…

Scientists just discovered two supermassive black holes, each with a mass of more than 800 million suns. And they’re on a collision course with each other. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Read More: Princeton scientists spot two supermassive black holes on collision course with each other https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/0… “Astronomers have discovered a distant pair of titanic black holes on a collision course. Each black hole’s mass is more than 800 million times that of our sun. As the two gradually draw closer together in a death spiral, they will begin sending gravitational waves rippling through space-time.” Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein’s Prediction https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/lig… “Physicists have concluded…

Ever wonder how we try to predict the unpredictable? Supercomputers use the power of chaos theory. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c… » Watch more Elements! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list… As humans, we’re always trying to know more about how our world works, so we make models, models that allow us to reasonably predict what might happen if any of the established variables in a situation were to change. This is a deterministic system, meaning the behavior of certain variables is determined by their known characteristics. But what happens when the situation is a whole lot messier, with many, many variables and moving parts to keep track of? Take the weather for example, to…