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Stories which cover trends and connections in AI, thought and science.
Is the Moon a Planet? The Definition Debate Explained
Whether the Moon qualifies as a planet depends on who you ask. The debate reveals how hard it is to draw lines between...
A Missing Zero Inflated the Black Spatula Panic
Flame retardants from recycled electronics do contaminate black plastic kitchen items. A math error made the risk seem ten times worse than it...
Why Entangled Particles Can't Send Messages Faster Than Light
John Clauser tried to prove Einstein right about quantum mechanics. Instead, his 1972 experiment helped establish that entanglement is real - while confirming...
AI Beats Human Experts at Identifying Scotch vs American Whiskey
German researchers built an algorithm that identifies Scotch from American whiskey better than trained experts – without tasting a drop.
The Sophomore Slump Is Real, but Only in Critics' Heads
Sophomore slump is real only in critics' heads, not fans'. A study of 6,000 album reviews reveals the bias is psychological, not musical.
The Prime Number Proof That Borrowed From the Wrong Field
Ben Green and Mehtaab Sawhney proved infinitely many primes fit p² + 4q² by importing Gowers norms from combinatorics - a tool nobody...
Supercomputer Simulates Universe With Full Physics for First Time
Frontier supercomputer runs first cosmological simulation including gas, stars, and black holes–testing dark energy and alternative gravity models.
The Universe Could End Without Warning - Physicists Ask Why It Hasn't
Vacuum decay could destroy the cosmos instantly. John Ellis explores why our metastable universe remains stable - and what that reveals about physics...
Fabia Secundina: The Pompeii Survivor Who Married a Gladiator
Fabia Secundina fled Vesuvius, married gladiator Aquarius in Puteoli, then faced ruin when he died at 25. New research traces 200 survivors.
Bose-Einstein Condensate: Physicists Create New State of Matter From Molecules
Columbia physicists created the first Bose-Einstein condensate from molecules – a quantum state where particles merge into one entity at five nanokelvin.
