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Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down.
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On a radiant July afternoon, a pair of scientists hung their heads...
New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities
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In the mid-19th century, the Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau — who had...
To Have Machines Make Math Proofs, Turn Them Into a Puzzle
5 days ago
The mathematical conundrums that Marijn Heule has helped crack in the last...
Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics
8 days ago
A century ago, the strange behavior of atoms and elementary particles led...
How Your Brain Creates ‘Aha’ Moments and Why They Stick
10 days ago
Here are three words: pine, crab, sauce. There’s a fourth word that...
In a First, AI Models Analyze Language As Well As a Human Expert
15 days ago
Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human...
Carlo Rovelli’s Radical Perspective on Reality
17 days ago
Sitting outside a Catholic church on the French Riviera, Carlo Rovelli jutted...
Shark Data Suggests Animals Scale Like Geometric Objects
19 days ago
It’s a universal fact that as any 3D object, from a Platonic...
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself
22 days ago
Imagine you’re holding two equal-size dice. Is it possible to bore a...
The Game Theory of How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices
24 days ago
Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so...
How Soon Will the Seas Rise?
26 days ago
In May 2014, NASA announced at a press conference that a portion...