The string theory hype machine will never die
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Article URL: https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=15407 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46621518 Points: 6 # Comments: 0...
Amazon's data centers will reportedly utilize copper from a mine in Arizona that's leaching metal from ores using microorganisms, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amazon Web Services will be the first...
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It turns out the inverse of the Hessian of a deep net is easy to apply to a vector. Doing this naively takes cubically many operations in the number of layers (so impractical), but it's possible to do...
Chinese researchers have completed a full end-to-end simulation of the Chinese Space Station Telescope's observing systems, offering a preview of how the powerful scope will survey the universe....
The first solar eclipse of the year will take place on Feb. 17, 2026....
A medical emergency will force four astronauts aboard the International Space Station to return to Earth prematurely....
2026 will leave stargazers spoiled for sights in the sky, with four eclipse events, multiple meteor showers and several supermoons....
A cow in Austria has been observed using tools ― the first time such behavior has been recorded in cattle. Have we underestimated the gentle bovines all this time?...
A cow in Austria has been observed using tools ― the first time such behavior has been recorded in cattle. Have we underestimated the gentle bovines all this time?...
A cow in Austria has been observed using tools ― the first time such behavior has been recorded in cattle. Have we underestimated the gentle bovines all this time?...
Article URL: https://nautil.us/the-far-side-had-it-all-wrong-cows-really-can-use-sophisticated-tools-1262026/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46681153 Points: 4 # Comments: 0...
Dr. Sue Hwang, a radiation oncologist, said her own experience with breast cancer helped her see vulnerability as a strength instead of a weakness. Tim Brown Oncologist Sue Hwang was diagnosed with br...
NASA's first moonshot with astronauts in more than a half-century is set to take place as soon as early February. The moon rocket moves to the pad this weekend at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, with ...