Science, Math, and
Technology
The Year in Math
"In May, a team of nine mathematicians announced a major
breakthrough. They had proved what is called the geometric
Langlands conjecture - a central component of a broader
research program to build a “grand unified theory” of
mathematics. This wasn’t the only major advance of 2024."
Jordana Cepelewicz
(quantamagazine.org) (photo via iias.huji.ac.il)
12-16-2024
James Webb telescope watches ancient
supernova replay 3 times - And confirms something is
seriously wrong in our understanding of the universe
"The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on an
ancient supernova, revealing fresh evidence that a crisis
in cosmology called the Hubble tension isn't going
anywhere soon."
By Ben Turner
(livescience.com) (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B.
Frye (University of Arizona), R. Windhorst (Arizona State
University), S. Cohen (Arizona State University), J.
D’Silva (University of Western Australia, Perth), A.
Koekemoer (Space Telescope Science Institute), J. Summers
(Arizona State University).)
10-2-2024
Do We Need a New Theory of Gravity?
"Since Newton had his initial revelation about gravity,
our understanding of this fundamental concept has evolved
in unexpected ways. In this week’s episode, theoretical
physicist Claudia de Rham and co-host Janna Levin discuss
the ways our current understanding of gravity needs to
continue to evolve. "
Janna Levin
(quantamagazine.org) (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA)
8-29-2024
Is Dark Matter Made of Primordial Black
Holes?
"Less than a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang,
rare regions in the Universe may have had a radiation
density above a critical value within their cosmic horizon
so that their self-gravity overcame cosmic expansion and
made them collapse to a primordial black hole."
By Avi Loeb
(avi-loeb.medium.com) (Image credit: NASA)
8-20-2024
The unsung 'cognitive expertise' needed to
excel in elite sports
"In sports, physical training is often emphasized over
cognitive, but both are required to excel, experts say."
By Kylie A Steel,
Todd Pickering, Clare MacMahon (livescience.com) (Image
credit: Ethan Glading / American Criterium Cup via
cyclingnews.com)
7-30-2024
Antimatter detected on International Space
Station could reveal new physics
"Eight years ago, the International Space Station detected
weird antimatter particles that challenge our entire
understanding of physics. Now, researchers have proposed
that mysterious cosmic "fireballs" could help explain the
detection."
By Andrey Feldman
(livescience.com) (Image credit: NASA via Getty Images)
7-25-2024
Mice That Eat Less Live Longer - And We May
Finally Know Why
"We've known for over a century that mice and rats live
longer when they are fed less, but a new study reveals the
secret might be an imbalance between energy consumed and
burned, rather than a lack of energy or protein."
By Rebecca Dyer
(sciencealert.com) (Billion Photos/tbd/Canva Pro)
7-20-2024
Monumental Proof Settles Geometric Langlands
Conjecture
"A group of nine mathematicians has proved the geometric
Langlands conjecture, a key component of one of the most
sweeping paradigms in modern mathematics."
By Erica Klarreich
(quantamagazine.org) Nan Cao for Quanta Magazine
7-19-2024
Podcast: Alison Roman Answers Your
Hard Questions
"We tackle quandaries like, Should you sign away your
children’s image rights in order to get them into your
preferred day care? Is hacking people for fun ever OK? And
does it matter if we’re rude to our digital assistants?"
Hosted by Kevin
Roose and Casey Newton Produced by Rachel Cohn and Whitney
Jones Edited by Jen Poyant Engineered by Chris Wood
Original music by Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Rowan
Niemisto
7-12-2024
Wild New Study Suggests Gravity Can Exist
Without Mass
"What is gravity without mass? Both Newton's revolutionary
laws describing its universal effect and Einstein's
proposal of a dimpled spacetime, we've thought of gravity
as exclusively within the domain of matter."
By Clare Watson
(sciencealert.com) (Gremlin//Canva Pro)
6-13-2024
What is the 3-body problem, and is it really
unsolvable?
"The three-body problem is a physics conundrum that has
boggled scientists since Isaac Newton's day. But what is
it, why is it so hard to solve and is the sci-fi series of
the same name really possible?"
By Skyler Ware
(livescience.com) (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
6-6-2024
Radical Quantum Breakthrough Could Charge
Batteries in a Snap
"Batteries based on the wave-like nature of charged
particles could revolutionize energy storage, potentially
cramming in more power at a faster rate than conventional
electrochemical cells could ever hope to manage."
By Mike McRae
(sciencealert.com) (MF3d/Getty Images)
5-19-2024
Scientists Find a Fast Way to Describe
Quantum Systems
"After years of false starts, a team of computer
scientists has found a way to efficiently deduce the
Hamiltonian of a physical system at any constant
temperature."
Lakshmi
Chandrasekaran (quantamagazine.org) (image:
scitechdaily.com)
5-7-2024
A Rosetta Stone for Mathematics
"In 1940 André Weil wrote a letter to his sister, Simone,
outlining his vision for translating between three
distinct areas of mathematics. Eighty years later, it
still animates many of the most exciting developments in
the field."
By Kevin Hartnett
(quantamagazine.org) (Image Credit not Found)
5-6-2024
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