AvatarEvan Hawthorn2 days agoScientists see “rarest event ever recorded” in search for dark matterfreethink.com - Stephen JohnsonResearchers observed an ultra-rare particle interaction that reveals the half-life of a xenon-124 atom to be 18 sextillion years.
AvatarEvan Hawthorn9 hours agoElectron whirlpools: Scientists witness electricity behaving like waterverified_publishernewatlas.com - By Michael IrvingResearchers at MIT have observed “electron whirlpools” for the first time. The bizarre behavior arises when electricity flows as a fluid, which could …
AvatarEvan Hawthorn21 hours agoFastest known star speeds around Milky Way's black hole at 18 million mphspace.com - Robert LeaThe star S4716 orbits the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, coming as close to it as 92 million miles. Astrophysicists have …
AvatarEvan Hawthorn1 day agoMathematical calculations show that quantum communication across interstellar space should be possiblephys.org - Bob YirkaA team of physicists at the University of Edinburgh's School of Physics and Astronomy has used mathematical calculations to show that quantum …
AvatarEvan Hawthorn13 hours agoImprovisation and the Quantum of ConsciousnessThe Marginalian - Maria PopovaInside the brain’s secret portal to remembering the future. Few things in life are more vivifying than a shimmering reminder that we can still surprise ourselves — those rare moments when the urn of the self cracks and out pours something more fully alive: truer than any narrative, more authentic …
AvatarEvan Hawthorn6 days agoThe Riemann Hypothesis in One Picture - DataScienceCentral.comdatasciencecentral.com - Vincent GranvilleI wrote this article for machine learning and analytic professionals in general. Actually, I describe a new visual, simple, intuitive method for …