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#1
sciencenews.org
A human set a new mathematical record. Then AI came for it
OpenAI is at the center of another controversy over machines tackling big math problems. This one’s about the twin prime conjecture.
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smithsonianmag.com
A.I. May Have Solved a Longstanding Math Problem With a Million-Dollar Prize. It Ignited a Controversy Over Who Gets Credit
OpenAI announced a solution to the Navier-Stokes problem. But could its A.I. models have used data from two mathematicians working on a similar breakthrough?
#3
themarginalian.org
The Day Dostoyevsky Discovered the Meaning of Life in a Dream
"And it is so simple... You will instantly find how to live."
#4
themarginalian.org
The Fascinating Science of How We Think Not with the Brain But with the World
"By reaching beyond the brain... we are able to focus more intently, comprehend more deeply, and create more imaginatively — to entertain ideas that would be li
#5
sciencenews.org
How the body adapts to extreme heat
As heatwaves become more frequent and severe, scientists are studying whether heat acclimation can help protect vulnerable populations.
#6
aeon.co
Penchants of the polymaths
The fathers of Islamic science hold lessons for students: breadth over specialisation, and never let constraints get in the way- by Mariam SabriRead on Aeon
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smithsonianmag.com
The Real Story Behind 'The Uprising' and the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, When Thousands Marched on London to Demand a Fairer Society
Paul Greengrass' new film stars Andrew Garfield as a fictionalized, unnamed farmer who leads a rebellion against unfair taxes and the system of serfdom
#8
lithub.com
Harlan Coben Answers the Age-Old Question: “Where Do You Get Your Ideas?”
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. Cultivating a writer’s mind frame means looking at the world a certain way—that is, a
#9
lithub.com
The War on Terror Through the Eyes of Queer Afghan Refugees
As I read Bobuq Sayed’s No God But Us in the waning days of the summer, I realized their debut novel paired well with Jose Esteban Muñoz’s final work, The Sense
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smithsonianmag.com
Peptides Are All the Rage, Promising Miracle Cures and Makeovers Delivered by Injection. How Did We Get Here?
Experts say the peptide craze is part of a broader phenomenon, as patients look beyond the regulated health system to address problems that doctors have struggl
#11
lithub.com
The Legend of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
#12
technologyreview.com
This road map could help us decide whether to deploy solar geoengineering
A San Francisco nonprofit has published a detailed road map of the experiments, studies, and infrastructure that it says would be needed to make informed decisi
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smithsonianmag.com
Could Artificial Intelligence Help With Early Diagnosis of Schizophrenia?
The tool may pick up subtle differences in the speech of people with the mental health condition better than human psychiatrists
#14
lithub.com
On the Existential Threat of Palestinian Kites to Colonial Power
There is an old colonizer adage that “the old will die and the young will forget.” In fact, Israel built its future wagering that the Palestinians violently dis
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smithsonianmag.com
A Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Kept a Man Alive for a Record Nine Months, Allowing Him to Wait for a Donated Human Organ
The animal organ kept Tim Andrews off dialysis for 271 days and represents the first time a pig kidney has been used as a bridge to human organ transplantation
#16
lithub.com
The Birthing Tree
February 1968 On a bone-chilling day in February, over a table of textbooks and potato chips, Susan and I, despite me being only twelve years old, decided we we
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