Weekly Digest: Our Evolutionary Past Is Killing Us Now and more

About this episode

This episode compiles recent science news, discussing evolutionary impacts, potential new physics evidence, and theories about alien contact.

This is our weekly compilation of science news.00:00 - Our Evolutionary Past Is Killing Us05:18 - This Anomaly Could Be The First Evidence of New Physics11:01 - The Reason Aliens Haven’t Contacted Us Might Be Horrifying…

People in this episode

Host: Sabine Hossenfelder

Topics covered

• evolutionary biology
• physics
• extraterrestrial life
• science news
• anomalies

Keywords

• evolution
• new physics
• aliens
• science news
• anomalies

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