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Fast. Raw. Blossom.
December 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Fast. Raw. Blossom.
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Close and colourful.
December 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Close and colourful.
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¿Piedras de color blanco en Marte? 🤯
El Perseverance ha encontrado caolinita en el cráter Jezero, un mineral que en la Tierra se forma con millones de años de copiosas lluvias 🌧️ apuntando a un Marte potencialmente habitable 🔴🪨🚀
El Perseverance ha encontrado caolinita en el cráter Jezero, un mineral que en la Tierra se forma con millones de años de copiosas lluvias 🌧️ apuntando a un Marte potencialmente habitable 🔴🪨🚀
December 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
¿Piedras de color blanco en Marte? 🤯
El Perseverance ha encontrado caolinita en el cráter Jezero, un mineral que en la Tierra se forma con millones de años de copiosas lluvias 🌧️ apuntando a un Marte potencialmente habitable 🔴🪨🚀
El Perseverance ha encontrado caolinita en el cráter Jezero, un mineral que en la Tierra se forma con millones de años de copiosas lluvias 🌧️ apuntando a un Marte potencialmente habitable 🔴🪨🚀
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Mathematicians are studying elliptic curve patterns that resemble murmurations of starlings. Nina Zubrilina, a doctoral student at Princeton, was the first to prove a formula that explains reasons for the patterns. www.quantamagazine.org/elliptic-cur...
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Mathematicians are studying elliptic curve patterns that resemble murmurations of starlings. Nina Zubrilina, a doctoral student at Princeton, was the first to prove a formula that explains reasons for the patterns. www.quantamagazine.org/elliptic-cur...
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Most math works like this: Start with the axioms that you know, then use them to prove a theorem. A recent complexity theory paper flipped this formula upside down.
‘Reverse Mathematics’ Illuminates Why Hard Problems Are Hard | Quanta Magazine
Researchers have used metamathematical techniques to show that certain theorems that look superficially distinct are in fact logically equivalent.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Most math works like this: Start with the axioms that you know, then use them to prove a theorem. A recent complexity theory paper flipped this formula upside down.
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A new LIGO observation of merging black holes has confirmed a theorem formulated in 1971 by Stephen Hawking, which asserts that the total surface area of black hole horizons cannot decrease in time.
Landmark Black Hole Test Marks Decade of Gravitational-Wave Discoveries
The clearest black hole merger signal ever measured has allowed researchers to test the Kerr nature of black holes and validate Stephen Hawking’s black hole area theorem.
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September 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A new LIGO observation of merging black holes has confirmed a theorem formulated in 1971 by Stephen Hawking, which asserts that the total surface area of black hole horizons cannot decrease in time.
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One of the biggest stories in science is quietly playing out in the world of abstract mathematics
go.nature.com/4lJKrdw
go.nature.com/4lJKrdw
The breakthrough proof bringing mathematics closer to a grand unified theory
Nature - The Langlands programme has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up new worlds for them to explore.
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July 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
One of the biggest stories in science is quietly playing out in the world of abstract mathematics
go.nature.com/4lJKrdw
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Es fascinante que un 70-80% de los problemas económicos de medio occidente son el resultado de una generación entera de líderes sacando conclusiones erróneas de la crisis del 2008 y olvidando que necesitamos construir vivienda.
Y esto no es una exageración.
Y esto no es una exageración.
July 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Es fascinante que un 70-80% de los problemas económicos de medio occidente son el resultado de una generación entera de líderes sacando conclusiones erróneas de la crisis del 2008 y olvidando que necesitamos construir vivienda.
Y esto no es una exageración.
Y esto no es una exageración.
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Umberto Eco’s enduringly popular manual “How to Write a Thesis” is more than a guide for undergraduates; the book is a celebration of the magical process of self-realization.
A Guide to Thesis Writing and a Guide to Life
Writing and research manuals like Umberto Eco’s “How to Write a Thesis” offer a vision of our best selves, Hua Hsu wrote, in 2015.
www.newyorker.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Umberto Eco’s enduringly popular manual “How to Write a Thesis” is more than a guide for undergraduates; the book is a celebration of the magical process of self-realization.
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“The toxic-empathy rhetorical framework, built for producing peace of mind for conservative debaters, threatens to render Christians insensitive to moral demands of Christianity that run contrary to conservative preferences,” Elizabeth Bruenig writes:
The Conservative Attack on Empathy
Sometimes emotions are the voice of one’s conscience, and shouldn’t be ignored.
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June 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“The toxic-empathy rhetorical framework, built for producing peace of mind for conservative debaters, threatens to render Christians insensitive to moral demands of Christianity that run contrary to conservative preferences,” Elizabeth Bruenig writes:
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Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.
June 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.
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Researchers have pored over every detail of available Archaeopteryx specimens, so you might expect that such a well-studied fossil species wouldn’t be capable of surprises. But a team of researchers revealed previously unrecorded soft tissues & skeletal details from a new specimen via @nytimes.com
This Dinosaur Had Feathers and Probably Flew Like a Chicken
New insights into the flying capabilities of a nonbird dinosaur were drawn from an unusually well-preserved specimen known as the Chicago Archaeopteryx.
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Researchers have pored over every detail of available Archaeopteryx specimens, so you might expect that such a well-studied fossil species wouldn’t be capable of surprises. But a team of researchers revealed previously unrecorded soft tissues & skeletal details from a new specimen via @nytimes.com
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En el blog > Las elusivas auroras marcianas vistas por Perseverance danielmarin.naukas.com/2025/05/18/l...
Las elusivas auroras marcianas vistas por Perseverance - Eureka
El rover Perseverance ha logrado ver algo en Marte que hasta hace años se suponía que era imposible. Nos referimos a las auroras, un fenómeno que se suponía estaba ausente […]
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May 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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If your gut reaction lately has been, “Trump can’t do that...right?” you’re not alone. A closer look at the Constitution helps clarify what’s really at stake under Trump 2.0.
Wait, That’s Unconstitutional
Making sense of Trump's all-out assault on the foundations of our system
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May 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If your gut reaction lately has been, “Trump can’t do that...right?” you’re not alone. A closer look at the Constitution helps clarify what’s really at stake under Trump 2.0.
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A Princeton professor had his students complete an assignment using A.I. It became “the most profound experience” in his teaching career.
Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
Maybe not as we’ve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring.
www.newyorker.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A Princeton professor had his students complete an assignment using A.I. It became “the most profound experience” in his teaching career.
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El cerebro a la sombra de la motosierra de Trump y Musk: el tercer hombre que ha desmantelado las agencias federales de EEUU dozz.es/k7zed2
Mientras los focos mediáticos apuntan a Elon Musk como el rostro visible del llamado "Departamento de Eficiencia…
Mientras los focos mediáticos apuntan a Elon Musk como el rostro visible del llamado "Departamento de Eficiencia…
El cerebro a la sombra de la motosierra de Trump y Musk: el tercer hombre que ha desmantelado las agencias federales de EEUU
Mientras los focos mediáticos apuntan a Elon Musk como el rostro visible del llamado "Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental" (DOGE) impulsado por Donald Trump, en la trastienda opera una figura mucho más discreta pero decisiva: Russell Vought. Este director de la Oficina de Gestión y Presupuesto (OMB) durante el primer mandato de Trump se ha consolidado como el principal ideólogo y ejecutor de la ofensiva conservadora para recortar el aparato federal estadounidense.
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April 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
El cerebro a la sombra de la motosierra de Trump y Musk: el tercer hombre que ha desmantelado las agencias federales de EEUU dozz.es/k7zed2
Mientras los focos mediáticos apuntan a Elon Musk como el rostro visible del llamado "Departamento de Eficiencia…
Mientras los focos mediáticos apuntan a Elon Musk como el rostro visible del llamado "Departamento de Eficiencia…
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We’re honestly on a fast timeline to exactly this.
April 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We’re honestly on a fast timeline to exactly this.
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Dennis Gaitsgory was awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics “for his central role in the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture.” breakthroughprize.org/News/91
Breakthrough Prize – Breakthrough Prize Announces 2025 Laureates in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics, and Mathematics
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April 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Dennis Gaitsgory was awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics “for his central role in the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture.” breakthroughprize.org/News/91
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Feeling refreshed after a long night’s rest? This might be due in part to your brain’s “glymphatic system.”
The Mysterious Flow of Fluid in the Brain | Quanta Magazine
A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a subject of debate.
www.quantamagazine.org
April 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Feeling refreshed after a long night’s rest? This might be due in part to your brain’s “glymphatic system.”