Jim Al-Khalili

AI and the second quantum revolution are reshaping our world — faster than we can predict.
Jim Al-Khalili on why the real risk isn’t machines, but how humans use them.

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Beyond the double-slit experiment, the real mystery may be quantum entanglement.

Jim Al-Khalili on why particles can behave as if instantly connected across space.

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If the brain is a physical system, why couldn’t a machine be conscious too?

Jim Al-Khalili on AI, complexity, and consciousness.

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Science is built on doubt — not certainty.

Jim Al-Khalili on why admitting mistakes is essential to progress, in science and in life.

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Jim Al-Khalili on consciousness as an emergent property, the multiverse beyond our observable universe, and why entanglement and decoherence matter for understanding measurement itself.

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Some birds may navigate using a quantum compass in their eyes.

Jim Al-Khalili explains how light, magnetoreception, and entangled electrons could guide migration.

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Jim Al-Khalili explains why quantum biology isn’t mysticism — but also doesn’t claim that quantum mechanics explains life itself.

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Next on Dark Matter, Bright Minds: Jim Al-Khalili — theoretical physicist and science communicator.

A conversation on time, quantum mechanics, AI, consciousness, and scientific uncertainty.

Episode coming soon.

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Are we just the cosmic lottery winners?

Jim Al-Khalili explains the anthropic principle — and why fine-tuning may not be a miracle at all.

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🧪A Christmas edition of the Life Scientific on Radio4 tomorrow with environmentalist Tony Juniper.

BBC Two - Secrets of the Brain, Series 1, Episode 1 Jim Al-Khalili reveals how the staggeringly complex human brain evolved.

🧪 I have a new TV offering: a 2-part Horizon special on BBC2 going out on 29th Sep and 6th October. It is called Secrets of the Brain. See
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Does Quantum Physics Make Sense Yet? - Jim Al-Khalili YouTube video by Alex O'Connor

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Damn. That's very poor planning on the part of the two greatest ever quantum communicators.

Discourse: A New Quantum World: “spooky” physics to tech revolution Jim Al-Khalili explores emerging technologies powering the future of quantum, and looks at how we got here.

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Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey shows First major attempt to chart researchers’ views finds interpretations in conflict.

🧪Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey shows

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I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong The health secretary has made many inaccurate statements about vaccines. But the science is clear that vaccines have dramatically reduced childhood illness, disability and death.

Why should we let science 🧪 get in the way of making America sick again. We and our kids are fully vaccinated.

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The Life Scientific at the Mary Rose Museum - The Mary Rose In a special event recorded for BBC Radio 4’s programme 'The Life Scientific', Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Eleanor Schofield.

The Life Scientific at the Mary Rose Museum
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Many tens of thousands of people in the years to come will have better lives and better deaths because of @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social - her calm principled leadership has been an inspiration. Few legislators have so great and permanent a positive impact and she takes her place among that noble few.

BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Kevin Fong on medical planning for Mars and Earth-based emergencies Kevin Fong on pestering Nasa, medical planning for Mars and handling major A&E incidents.

Honoured (though a little surprised) to be last lab coat up in the current series of #LifeScientific. Lovely to chat with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social for this. Tune in tomorrow Radio 4 9am. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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The Life Scientific - Tim Coulson on how predators shape ecosystems and evolution - BBC Sounds Professor Tim Coulson on how the wolves of Yellowstone National Park shape the ecosystem.

Really enjoyed chatting with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social on the Life Scientific episode that was broadcast this morning. Thank you for having me on.

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Put it this way, Elon Musk may be an FRS, but he’ll never be an FLS.

But listen out for first ep of Life Scientific’s next run (29 Apr) when my guest will be Tony Fauci (FRS, FLS).

For my scientific and engineering colleagues, what are the more prestigious letters after a name: FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) or FLS (Fellow of the Life Scientific)? 😊🧪

Large Language Models Pass the Turing Test We evaluated 4 systems (ELIZA, GPT-4o, LLaMa-3.1-405B, and GPT-4.5) in two randomised, controlled, and pre-registered Turing tests on independent populations. Participants had 5 minute conversations s...

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Yes, LLMs can now pass the Turing test, but don’t confuse this with AGI, which is a long way off.

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Beyond Bohr and Einstein – CERN Courier Jim Al-Khalili reviews Quantum Drama, a new book by physicist and science writer Jim Baggott and the late historian of science John L Heilbron.

My review of Quantum Drama by physicist and science writer Jim Baggott and the late historian of science John L Heilbron. cerncourier.com/a/beyond-boh...
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Not quite. My two-part Horizon special for BBC2 on the evolution of the brain will air later this year.

It’s exciting, but not as earth shattering as the original 1998 discovery of dark energy. There are a lot of data and lots of ways of interpreting them. There are error bars and uncertainties. But the main thing is it shows that there’s still so much we have yet to understand about the universe
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