Science, Math, and
Technology
What is artificial intelligence (AI)?
"This exciting field of computer science focuses on
technologies that mimic human intelligence - with AI
systems becoming way more prevalent in recent years."
By Edd Gent
(livescience.com) (Image credit: BlackJack3D via Getty
Images)
4-14-2024
Number of Distances Separating Points Has a
New Bound
"Mathematicians have struggled to prove Falconer’s
conjecture, a simple but far-reaching hypothesis about the
distances between points. They’re finally getting close."
By Leila Sloman
(quantamagazine.org) Image: Wikipedia
4-9-2024
Is Dark Energy Evolving?
"Starting in 2025, the 3.2-billion-pixel camera on the
Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will document the
explosive deaths of massive stars across the entire
southern sky every four days."
By Avi Loeb
(avi-loeb.medium.com) (Image credit: Jacqueline Ramseyer
Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
4-7-2024
The AI Act is done. Here’s what will (and
won’t) change
"It’s official. After three years, the AI Act, the EU’s
new sweeping AI law, jumped through its final bureaucratic
hoop last week when the European Parliament voted to
approve it."
Sarah Rogers/MITTR
(technologyreview.com) Getty
2-19-2024
Pi calculated to 105 trillion digits,
smashing world record
"A U.S. computer storage company has calculated the
irrational number pi to 105 trillion digits, breaking the
previous world record. The calculations took 75 days to
complete and used up 1 million gigabytes of data."
By Harry Baker
(livescience.com) (Image credit: Shutterstock)
3-15-2024
Scientists Reveal Optimal Number of Daily
Steps to Offset Sitting Down
"You've probably heard that adults should aim for 10,000
daily steps. This one-size-fits-all approach provides a
clear message, though it doesn't consider how varied human
lifestyles and bodies are."
By Jess Cockerill
(sciencealert.com) (Sorrasak Jar Tinyo/Getty Images)
3-11-2024
MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough
Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical
"More than two years since MIT claimed its scientists
achieved a breakthrough in fusion energy, the university
is claiming that new research "confirms" that the
magnet-based design used in those tests isn't just
impressive in a lab setting, but is practical and
economically viable, too."
By Frank Landymore
(futurism.com) Getty / Futurism
3-8-2024
 It's Official: Mysterious New Form of
Magnetism Finally Confirmed
"There was a time when there was only one game of
ferromagnetism in town. Want to know your north from south?
Hold up a compass. Want to stick your electricity bill to
the fridge? Bang on a tiny magnetized Garfield gulping down
lasagna." By Mike McRae
(sciencealert.com) (Libor Šmejkal)
 The Decimal Point Is at Least 150 Years Older
Than We Thought
"In the 1440s, a young Italian merchant by the name of
Giovanni Bianchini penned several astronomical works that made
extensive and increasingly refined use of decimal points." By Michelle Starr
(sciencealert.com) (Van Brummelen, Hist. Math., 2024)
2-21-2024
The End of the Quantum Ice Age: Room
Temperature Breakthrough
"Researchers at EPFL have achieved a milestone in quantum
mechanics by controlling quantum phenomena at room
temperature, overcoming the longstanding barrier of needing
extreme cold."
By EPFL
(scitechdaily.com) (Image Credit: Kopelevich et al)
2-14-2024
New method flips the script on topological
physics
"The branch of mathematics known as topology has become a
cornerstone of modern physics thanks to the remarkable - and
above all reliable - properties it can impart to a material
or system."
Universiteit van
Amsterdam (sciencedaily.com) (Image Credit not Found)
2-10-2024
Behold! The First Readable Passages From The
Charred Scrolls of Vesuvius
"A worldwide competition to decipher the charred texts of
the Villa of Papyri – an ancient Roman mansion destroyed by
the eruption of Mount Vesuvius – has revealed a timeless
infatuation with the pleasures of music, the color purple,
and, of course, the zingy taste of capers."
By Carly Cassella
(sciencealert.com) (Vesuvius Challenge)
2-8-2024
Astrophysicist 'Fixes' General Relativity by
Throwing Out a Major Law
"Albert Einstein was one smart cookie; there's no doubt
about it. But even he knew his general theory of relativity
– the 21st century's answer to Newton's universal theory of
gravity – wasn't perfect."
By Mike McRae
(sciencealert.com) (dianaarturovna/Getty Images)
1-24-2024
Most Precise Measure of Dark Energy Confirms
Universe Won't Tear Apart
"Over ten years ago, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) began
mapping the Universe to find evidence that could help us
understand the nature of the mysterious phenomenon known as
dark energy."
By Robert Nichol
(sciencealert.com) (Science Photo Library/Mark Garlick/Getty
Images)
1-9-2024
Groundbreaking Superconducting “Miracle”
Receives $2.96 Million Boost
"If we can confirm the theoretical predictions of
topological surface states on my cerium-rhodium-arsenic
compound in the laboratory, this could pave the way for the
creation of topological quantum bits (qubits)."
By TU Dresden
(scitechdaily.com) Image Credit: Jörg Bandmann/ct.qmat
1-9-2024
Robotics Expert Says AI Hype Is Due for a
Brutal Reality Check
"Famed roboticist Rodney Brooks, who co-founded the company
iRobot - which invented the Roomba - has been keeping score
on the AI industry. And from where he's standing, the near
future of AI isn't looking too hot."
By Frank Landymore
(futurism.com) Illustration by Skizzomat
1-7-2024
How Do Quark-Gluon-Plasma Fireballs Explode
into Hadrons?
"Quark gluon plasma (QGP) is an exciting state of matter
that scientists create in a laboratory by colliding two
heavy nuclei."
By Pradeep, M.S. and
Stephanov, M. (energy.gov) Image courtesy of Maneesha
Sushama Pradeep.
1-1-2024
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