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In the Quantum World, Even Points of View Are Uncertain
about 12 hours ago
Imagine standing on a railway platform watching a trolley go past. A...
What Can Birdsong Teach Us About Human Language?
1 day ago
It’s fair to say that enjoyment of a podcast would be severely...
All Life on Earth Today Descended From a Single Cell. Meet LUCA.
2 days ago
If you follow any path of ancestry back far enough, you’ll reach...
Mathematical Thinking Isn’t What You Think It Is
4 days ago
David Bessis was drawn to mathematics for the same reason that many...
How Public Key Cryptography Really Works, Using Only Simple Math
7 days ago
For thousands of years, if you wanted to send a secret message...
The Cosmos Teems with Complex Organic Molecules
9 days ago
Ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe pulled up alongside...
New Elliptic Curve Breaks 18-Year-Old Record
11 days ago
In August, a pair of mathematicians discovered an exotic, record-breaking curve. In...
Debate May Help AI Models Converge on Truth
14 days ago
In February 2023, Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot Bard claimed that the James...
How Is AI Changing the Science of Prediction?
15 days ago
Scientists routinely build quantitative models — of, say, the weather or an...
Physicists Spot Quantum Tornadoes Twirling in a ‘Supersolid’
16 days ago
In a lab nestled between the jagged peaks of the Austrian Alps...
He’s Gleaning the Design Rules of Life to Re-Create It
18 days ago
Say you live in an old house, and you want to make...
Math’s ‘Bunkbed Conjecture’ Has Been Debunked
22 days ago
Much of mathematics is driven by intuition, by a deep-rooted sense of...