The Viral Science Video That Will Save the World or Do Nothing At All

<p>Room-temperature superconductors are here! Maybe! Look, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Ak-SmyHHQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">science is a liar sometimes</a>, especially in the internet age. Motherboard science reporter Becky Ferreira is here to help us parse the truth from fiction of LK-99. It’s either one of the biggest science stories of our entire lives or … just another science hoax.</p><br><p>Later in the show, Joseph Cox is stopping by to tell us about another group of researchers who’ve uncovered a backdoor in police radios.</p><br><p><strong>Stories discussed in this episode:</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9yez/diy-scientists-and-institutions-are-racing-to-replicate-the-room-temperature-superconductor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>DIY Scientists and Institutions Are Racing to Replicate the Room-Temperature Superconductor</strong></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3n3j/backdoor-in-police-radios-tetra-burst" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Researchers Find ‘Backdoor’ in Encrypted Police and Military Radios</strong></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvj7va/defense-lawyers-push-judge-to-reveal-secret-country-that-helped-fbi-wiretap-the-world" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Defense Lawyers Push Judge to Reveal Secret Country that Helped FBI Wiretap the World</strong></a></p><br><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on</strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/vice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> Twitch</strong></a><strong>. Watch live during the week.</strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/vice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p><strong>Subscribe to</strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer