Mathematics A Major Proof Shows How to Approximate Numbers Like PiWIRED - Kevin Hartnett The deep recesses of the number line are not as forbidding as they might seem. That’s one consequence of a major new proof about how complicated …
Hitting the Books: Gravity's mystery may prove our multiverse existsEngadget - Andrew TarantolaWelcome to Hitting the Books. With less than one in five Americans reading just for fun these days, we've done the hard work for you by scouring the internet for the most interesting, thought provoking
Science Scientists unveil the first-ever image of quantum entanglementphys.org - University of Glasgow For the first time ever, physicists have managed to take a photo of a strong form of quantum entanglement called Bell entanglement—capturing visual …
Science Insect apocalypse: German bug watchers sound alarmphys.org For almost 30 years they passed as quirky eccentrics, diligently setting up their insect traps in the Rhine countryside to collect tens of millions …
Mathematicians Propose a New Periodic Table Structureneatorama.com - dyeselaaa Before arriving at the periodic table we’re all familiar with, the elements have been put through different rearrangements and redesigns. Afterwards, …
Mathematics Random Surfaces Hide an Intricate OrderQuanta Magazine - Kevin Hartnett Mathematicians have proved that a random process applied to a random surface will yield consistent patterns.
Science Tracking down dark matterphys.org - Universitaet Mainz Matter surrounds us day and night in all its forms—trees, houses, furniture, and even the air we breathe. But, according to physicists, the visible …
Atmosphere of mid-size planet revealed by Hubble and Spitzerphys.org - Lynn Jenner Two NASA space telescopes have teamed up to identify, for the first time, the detailed chemical "fingerprint" of a planet between the sizes of Earth …
Spiraling filaments feed young galaxiesphys.org - California Institute of Technology Galaxies grow by accumulating gas from their surroundings and converting it to stars, but the details of this process have remained murky. New …
Can You Forget Things on Purpose?Gizmodo - Daniel Kolitz Memory’s ungovernable, a ceaseless shaming pain: you’re either scrambling to retrieve it (rooting around for keys, or the name of some acquaintance) …
Fossil of Ancient Bird Three Times Bigger Than an Ostrich Found in Europesmithsonianmag.com - Emily Toomey Giant birds of the past have names that speak for themselves. The elephant bird, a native of Madagascar and the largest known giant bird, stood at …
Is There a Fifth Dimension?Gizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Imagine a world where you can only move forwards and backwards along a line. You’d see nothing but single points in front of you, and nothing but …
Prehistoric tree is first of its kind found below the EquatorNational Geographic - Catherine ZuckermanNew fossils suggest the chinquapin, found today in parts of Asia, first took root in the Southern Hemisphere. Millions of years ago, a volcano erupted in what’s now the Patagonia region of southern Argentina,
Photons Quantum Leaps, Long Assumed to Be Instantaneous, Take TimeQuanta Magazine - Philip Ball An experiment caught a quantum system in the middle of a jump — something the originators of quantum mechanics assumed was impossible. Devoret and …
Immune Cells Measure Time to Identify Foreign ProteinsQuanta Magazine - Jordana Cepelewicz Immunologists confirm an old hunch: T-cells identify what belongs in the body by timing how long they can bind to it. To mount a successful defense …
The physical limit of quantum optics resolves a mystery of computational complexity | EurekAlert! Science Newseurekalert.org Linear optics represents one of the best examples for demonstrating quantum physics. It works at room temperatures, and can be observed with …
Weird Einstein's Quest to 'Know God's Thoughts' Could Take MillenniaLive Science - Don Lincoln In 1925, Einstein went on a walk with a young student named Esther Salaman. As they wandered, he shared his core guiding intellectual principle: "I …
Rare Sight! 2 Newborn Alien Planets Spotted Around Distant Starspace.com - Mike Wall Astronomers have photographed two newborn alien worlds circling the young sun-like star PDS 70, which lies about 370 light-years from Earth, a new …
Why Crocodiles Are Not Just Living FossilsThe New York Times - By ASHER ELBEINOn bright mornings in the tropics, crocodiles haul themselves out of the water to bask in the sun. Like other reptiles, they rely on its warmth to help fuel their metabolisms. This might seem to be a from
An amateur astronomer has discovered a nearby galaxy!SYFY WIRE - Phil Plait I am a big supporter of amateur astronomy for a lot of reasons. First, it gets people outside and looking up, which is just a good thing to do. It …
Soviet Union How long can humans live?bigthink.com - Anthony Medford, James W Vaupel, & Kaare Christensen Humans are living longer around the world. While there have been obvious ups and downs, life expectancy at birth overall has been steadily increasing …
Why the Proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem Doesn’t Need to Be EnhancedQuanta Magazine - Michael Harris Decades after the landmark proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem, ideas abound for how to make it even more reliable. But such efforts reflect a deep …
Titan's Earth-like Atmospheric Conditions and Its Potential for Lifeneatorama.com - Exuperist As scientists continue explore other planets, moons, and space objects, we are getting to learn more about the possibilities that outer space …
Play button How Does Earth’s Carbon Cycle Work?smithsonianmag.com - Kate Maher This is the second in a five-part series written by experts featured in the Smithsonian's new Hall of Fossils—Deep Time exhibition opening June 8 at …
If we sent astronauts to Mars right now they’d almost certainly diebgr.com - Mike Wehner Mankind seems destined to one day set foot on Mars. NASA and other space agencies around the world are already making big plans for sending humans to …
Physicists can predict the jumps of Schrodinger's cat (and finally save it)phys.org - Yale University Yale researchers have figured out how to catch and save Schrödinger's famous cat, the symbol of quantum superposition and unpredictability, by …
Study reveals the Great Pyramid of Giza can focus electromagnetic energyphys.org - Anastasia Komarova An international research group has applied methods of theoretical physics to investigate the electromagnetic response of the Great Pyramid to radio …
This humble sponge could one day be a DNA-snaring machinesciencemag.org - Elizabeth Pennisi To track the biological health of oceans, researchers use cameras, satellite images, and, increasingly, DNA shed directly into the water. But …
Western Australia Dinosaur Bones Shimmering With Opal Reveal a New Species in Australiasmithsonianmag.com - Gemma Conroy Three decades ago, opal miner Bob Foster was getting frustrated while digging around in his mining field just outside of Lightning Ridge, a …
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