Boingboing: Class on Weird Al's music to be offered at Vermont university
Phys.org: New research suggests that our universe has no dark matter
Futurism: MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical
"Overnight, it basically changed the cost per watt of a fusion reactor by a factor of almost 40 in one day," Dennis Whyte, former director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a professor of engineering, said in a release. "Now fusion has a chance."
ORF: Erster Februar ohne Frost in Wien
Erstmals seit Messbeginn hat es in einem Februar in Wien keinen Tag unter null Grad Celsius gegeben. In der Landwirtschaft kann dieses frühe, warme Wetter zu Problemen führen. Es drohen Ernteausfälle.
Euronews: Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades yet deceived the public, report reveals
Mark Johnson: Why Gödel, Escher, Bach is the most influential book in my life. (2022)
XKCD: Greenhouse Effect
We figured out the Greenhouse Effect closer to the start of the industrial revolution than to today.
Spektrum.de: Schwarze Löcher könnten aus Dunkler Energie bestehen
Live Science: ChatGPT will lie, cheat and use insider trading when under pressure to make money, research shows
Just like humans, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like ChatGPT will cheat and "lie" to you if you "stress" them out, even if they were built to be transparent, a new study shows.
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Spektrum.de: Stephen Hawking lag mit Schwarzen Löchern falsch
60 Jahre lang wurde behauptet, dass die Schwerkraft inmitten von Schwarzen Löchern unendlich groß wird. Doch der Beweis für diese Singularität ist falsch.
The Guardian: Neanderthal DNA may explain why some of us are morning people
Quanta Magazine: Arrows of Time
The human mind has long grappled with the elusive nature of time: what it is, how to record it, how it regulates life, and whether it exists as a fundamental building block of the universe. This timeline traces our evolving understanding of time through a history of observations in CULTURE, PHYSICS, TIMEKEEPING and BIOLOGY.
TU-Wien: Limits for quantum computers: Perfect clocks are impossible
It is becoming increasingly easier to carry out calculations with quantum computers. However, calculations show that there are fundamental limits - namely the quality of the clock used.
Live Science: 1st black hole to be imaged is spewing lightsaber energy jets larger than the Milky Way, and scientists think they know why
Landgeist: Economic Freedom Index of Europe