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The tiny transistors remaking our global order

"The production of the silicon wafers that are used in the chip manufacturing process requires extraordinary levels of purity."

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The most important piece of technology in your lifetime is this tiny chip

Chris Miller explains the hidden reason that global superpowers are obsessed with Taiwan.

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Michio Kaku: Why we don’t even rank on the Kardashev scale

"We're stuck at type zero. But what would it take to move between universes? What would it take to enter a black hole? What would it take to break the light barrier?"

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