Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [March 13, 2026]

About this episode

Stephen Wolfram answers general questions about science and technology in an unscripted livestream.

Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics: Bugs in software and whether the universe could have bugs - Why restarting a system can restore order - How wireless signals manage to coexist - How radio sound gets encoded onto a signal

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Wolfram

Topics covered

• science
• technology
• software bugs
• system restoration
• wireless signals
• radio encoding

Keywords

• science questions
• technology questions
• software bugs
• system restart
• wireless signals
• radio sound encoding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wolfram Research

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