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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa
Questions include: Has any species evolved in a measurable way since humans have been observing and tracking evolution? - Why are there more bacteria than blood cells in a human body? - Would you say humans have aided in the evolution of domestic animals? - Has all of Grothendieck's work been understood yet? - What was the earliest use of radioactivity for light or heat? - What current technological advancement would be most beneficial to ancient societies? - Getting to significant and industrial scales was really hard for penicillin. - What kind of technology present today do you see becoming nothing more than history? What are some examples of previous technology being discarded?
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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa
Questions include: Has any species evolved in a measurable way since humans have been observing and tracking evolution? - Why are there more bacteria than blood cells in a human body? - Would you say humans have aided in the evolution of domestic animals? - Has all of Grothendieck's work been understood yet? - What was the earliest use of radioactivity for light or heat? - What current technological advancement would be most beneficial to ancient societies? - Getting to significant and industrial scales was really hard for penicillin. - What kind of technology present today do you see becoming nothing more than history? What are some examples of previous technology being discarded?

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