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The Infinite Primes and Museum Guard Proofs, Explained
A simple, step-by-step breakdown of two “perfect” math proofs.
When the Heavens Stopped Being Perfect
The advent of the telescope punctured our ideals about the nighttime sky.
Complex Animals Led to More Oxygen, Says Maverick Theory
that new animal behaviors raised oxygen levels and remade the environment.
The Surprising Relativism of the Brain’s GPS
How new data is transforming our understanding of place cells.
Machine Behavior Needs to Be an Academic Discipline
Why should studying AI behavior be restricted to those who make AI?
Why Do So Many Scientists Want to be Filmmakers?
The problem with C.P. Snow’s famous two-cultures hypothesis.
Robert Langlands, Mathematical Visionary, Wins the Abel Prize
Generations of researchers have pursued his “Langlands program,” which seeks to create a grand unified theory of mathematics.
Why Stephen Hawking’s Black Hole Puzzle Keeps Puzzling
The renowned British physicist, who died at 76, left behind a riddle that could eventually lead his successors to the theory of quantum gravity.
