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September 12, 2025 The Woman with an IQ of 228 | Newsthink
The Woman with an IQ of 228
The life of Marilyn vos Savant, the smartest person in the world. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
Marilyn explains the Monty Hall Problem that stumped everyone: https://youtu.be/dOQowCeAnRs
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1:29 Doc2129, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons edited by Newsthink
1:50 Special thanks to @breezedrops on eBay for the images. Purchase the 1986 Guinness Book of World Records here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/315085847307?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vwu54ejurck&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
7:27 Elvert Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
7:33 Liam Enea, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Articles and interviews referenced:
CGTN America full interview https://america.cgtn.com/2016/08/06/marilyn-vos-savant-super-genius
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September 12, 2025 Why So Many Great Scientists Come From Hungary | Newsthink
Why So Many Great Scientists Come From Hungary
Why Hungary has produced many brilliant scientists in the 20th century. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
Video on John von Neumann: The Scientist Who Invented the Future
https://youtu.be/IPMjVcLiNKc
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Minta gymnasium image 1: 12akd, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Minta gymnasium image 2: 12akd, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Lutheran school: Thaler Tamas, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Thaler Tamas, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsEötvös Loránd University (formerly University of Budapest): Thaler Tamas, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Laszlo Ratz tombstone: Zátonyi Sándor, (ifj.) Fizped, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Eötvös Loránd University (formerly University of Budapest) library books: Thaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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September 12, 2025 The Suspicious Makeover of Mark Zuckerberg | Newsthink
The Suspicious Makeover of Mark Zuckerberg
Is the Meta CEO's transformation a calculated move? Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
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Sources:
January 6 Capitol riots: By Tyler Merbler from USA - DSC09523-2, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Voting: By Phil Roeder from Des Moines, IA, USA - Election Day 2020, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Wuhan Institute of Virology: Ureem2805, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Mark Zuckerberg from 2011: Robert Scoble, CC BY 2.0 ia Wikimedia Commons
Mark Zuckerberg from 2019: Anurag R Dubey, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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September 12, 2025 THIS is the Reason No One Has Tried to Land on Mars | Newsthink
THIS is the Reason No One Has Tried to Land on Mars
Visit brilliant.org/Newsthink/ to start learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
https://twitter.com/cindypom
Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com
Thank you to our Patrons, including Ronil Patel, Chesky Neceski, Austin Grant, Tom Eng, Tim Desir, Ryan Bresser, Neo Ge, Steven Bartlett, Will Lathrop
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink
Special thanks to the following for permission to their material:
2:51 Photo by @Cosmic Perspective (thumbnail also courtesy of them)
2:59 Photo by Cooper Hime https://twitter.com/Cooper_Hime
4:09 Mechazilla animation by Tijn M. Https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDA8yz_nQY-0Uxd96-qxYjA
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September 11, 2025 The U.S. Lost the 5G Race…after an Immigrant was Forced to Leave | Newsthink
The U.S. Lost the 5G Race…after an Immigrant was Forced to Leave
Visit https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ to start learning STEM for FREE, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.
Continue watching our series on the chip war:
The entire world relies on a machine made by ONE company https://youtu.be/Shuv9-MJBEU
Without this German product, civilization would cease https://youtu.be/AHfQLjtLJdY
How the U.S. Is trying to block China from the world’s most critical technology https://youtu.be/06Rrq51b1H0
The one company in Taiwan that runs the world https://youtu.be/tMXIPOiSkbI
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
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Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com
Thank you to our Patrons: Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Tom Eng
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink
Special thanks to Simons Institute at UC Berkeley for permission to use some of the footage featured in this video. Watch Prof. Arikan’s full lecture on polar codes here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNBFUV-ZetY
Sources:
1:01 Canon.vs.nikon, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
2:20 Robert Gallager image: Marie Gallager, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
2:39 Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:54 Source: A4-Nieuws, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/29254286@N06/42621240384
5:20 Nortel building: Mw12310 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
5:30 Image sourced from Alamy
Articles referenced:
3:06 Wired interview with Prof. Arikan https://www.wired.com/story/huawei-5g-polar-codes-data-breakthrough/
Music featured from 1:28 - 2:18 and 3:29 - 4:20 courtesy of Clovis Schneider https://www.clovis-schneider.com/
Brilliant people shaping our world.
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September 11, 2025 How a Priest Discovered the Greatest Theory of All Time | Newsthink
How a Priest Discovered the Greatest Theory of All Time
How Georges Lemaître discovered the Big Bang Theory.
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
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Special thanks to the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) for supplying many of the photos of Lemaître found in this story https://uclouvain.be/en/index.html
Sources:
0:59 Photo of university Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
1:11 Belgian War Cross Fdutil, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:50 Hubble paper: PNAS https://www.pnas.org/content/15/3/168
4:56 Red shift diagram: Georg Wiora (Dr. Schorsch) created this image from the original JPG.Derivative work:Kes47, CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 via Wikimedia Commons
4:59 Hubble paper: PNAS https://www.pnas.org/content/15/3/168
5:31 Lemaître’s paper translated into English: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society in March 1931 https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/91/5/490/985169
7:33 European Space Agency, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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September 11, 2025 Where are Tesla’s Solar Roofs that We Were Promised? | Newsthink
Where are Tesla’s Solar Roofs that We Were Promised?
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Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
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Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Austin Grant, Tom Eng, Neo Ge, Will Lathrop
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink
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Image courtesy of Tesla, Inc.
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0:31 BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
3:45 Photos of RJ Johnson and Ryan Nungesser courtesy of LinkedIn
Articles referenced:
0:59 Bloomberg article https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-23/tesla-s-solar-roof-rollout-is-a-bust-and-a-fixation-for-elon-musk
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September 10, 2025 Why Elon Musk and Warren Buffett Don’t Get Along | Newsthink
Why Elon Musk and Warren Buffett Don’t Get Along
Why they're different kinds of success. Sign up for Morning Brew, a short and sweet newsletter to stay on top of the latest business & tech news: https://bit.ly/mbnewsthink2
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
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Thank you to our Patrons, including Ronil Patel, Chesky Neceski, Austin Grant, Tom Eng, Tim Desir, Ryan Bresser, Neo Ge, Steven Bartlett, Will Lathrop, Anuj Pandey (Patreon Executive Producer)
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Sources:
0:03 The Joe Rogan Experience full interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYjXbSJBN8&t=132s
0:10 Aaron Friedman, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
0:12 New York Times article https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/style/elon-musk-maureen-dowd.html
0:18 Yahoo Finance full interview with Warren Buffett https://finance.yahoo.com/news/warren-buffett-influencers-transcript-2020-120042697.html
0:35 Elon Musk photo: Steve Jurvetson / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).
Warren Buffett photo: USA International Trade Administration, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
1:50 Brian Solis / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
3:14 Charlie Munger photo: Nick, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
3:41 Mike Mozart from Funny YouTube, USA, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:40 Maurizio Pesce from Milan, Italia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:42 Maurizio Pesce from Milan, Italia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:45 RV Vagabond Jerry YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/jerrydixon
4:47 EagleView https://www.eagleview.com/
4:49 Gail Alfar YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG0y5U4z7Dxk5muHIUWAm8w
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September 09, 2025 The World's Most Arrogant Chess Player | Newsthink
The World's Most Arrogant Chess Player
The unconventional mind of Magnus Carlsen, the greatest chess player of all time. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.
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Special thanks to the following for permission to use their material:
Chessmaster AG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvwF_6WM8UE
David Llada on X: https://x.com/davidllada/status/756940373298208777?s=20
Select images/video supplied by Getty Images and Alamy.
Sources:
Check out ChessBase India's amazing YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChessBaseIndiachannel
Articles and interviews referenced:
The Magnus Effect podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVzOdnGz2WM
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September 08, 2025 Are We Witnessing the Fall of General Motors? | Newsthink
Are We Witnessing the Fall of General Motors?
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Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
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Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Austin Grant, Tom Eng, Neo Ge, Will Lathrop
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Interviews featured in video:
2:02 CNBC interview with Mary Barra https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/27/gm-can-absolutely-top-tesla-in-ev-sales-by-2025-says-ceo-mary-barra.html
3:45 Morgan Stanley interview with Marry Barra https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/mary-barra-general-motors-exceptional-leaders-exceptional-ideas
Sources:
0:31 Videos Con Altura 4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0oqPfl49PU&t=2s Creative Commons Attribution license (re-use allowed)
1:51 Experian statistics
https://www.experian.com/blogs/insights/2021/10/ev-registrations-grow-first-half-2021-non-electric-remains-dominant/
3:11 EV1A014_(1).jpg: RightBrainPhotography (Rick Rowen)derivative work: Mariordo, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
3:15 Plug In America, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
3:21 Martin Eberhard photo: Nicki Dugan, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Marc Tarpenning photo sourced from LinkedIn
4:58 Don O'Brien, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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