Stephen GutknechtApr 29

#RoundSparrow - Sparrow - #Bird metaphor I use for my life experiences
#FWakeBirds #FWakeScientificAmerican #ScientificAmerican

FINALLY! Someone has noticed the human #Gender #PostParadoxOpera

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/city-birds-appear-more-afraid-of-women-than-men-and-scientists-have-no-idea-why/

City birds appear more afraid of women than men, and scientists have no idea why

“I fully believe our results, that urban birds react differently based on the sex of the person approaching them,” said a co-author of a study that made this finding, “but I can’t explain them right now”

Scientific American
Curated Hacker NewsApr 26

Amateur armed with ChatGPT solves an Erdős problem

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/amateur-armed-with-chatgpt-vibe-maths-a-60-year-old-problem/

#chatgpt #scientificamerican

Amateur armed with ChatGPT ‘vibe maths’ a 60-year-old problem

A ChatGPT AI has proved a conjecture with a method no human had thought of. Experts believe it may have further uses

Scientific American
Curated Hacker NewsApr 23

A Renaissance gambling dispute spawned probability theory

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-renaissance-gambling-dispute-spawned-probability-theory/

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How a Renaissance gambling dispute spawned probability theory

A dispute over how to divvy up the pot in an interrupted game of chance led early mathematicians to invent modern risk assessment

Scientific American
WenApr 22

Time flowing backwards in quantum systems?

Some intriguing applications are likely if it can be exploited.

https://journals.aps.org/prx/abstract/10.1103/l18s-9vmh

https://archive.is/20260421173745/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-quantum-arrow-of-time-can-be-reversed-physicists-show/

#Physics #ScientificAmerican

Curated Hacker NewsApr 2

Artemis II's toilet is a moon mission milestone

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/artemis-iis-toilet-is-a-moon-mission-milestone/

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Artemis II’s toilet is a moon mission milestone

On their voyages to the moon, NASA’s astronauts are finally getting some creature comforts of terrestrial toilets—such as having a door and being able to pee and poop simultaneously

Scientific American
ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞMar 29
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-mathematicians-are-boycotting-their-biggest-conference
#maths #ICM #ICM2026 #IMU #FieldsMedal #ScientificAmerican #SimonsFoundation #mathematics
Curated Hacker NewsMar 28

Why mathematicians are boycotting their biggest conference

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-mathematicians-are-boycotting-their-biggest-conference/

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Why mathematicians are boycotting their biggest conference

More than 1,500 mathematicians are demanding that their field’s most prestigious meeting be moved from the U.S.

Scientific American
Norbert_R 🦣🐘Mar 24

#ScientificAmerican - Dangerous #microbes may be hiding in drought-stricken soils

#Antibiotic_resistant #bacteria are #increasing, and a new study finds that #extreme weather may be juicing their rise

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dangerous-microbes-may-be-hiding-in-drought-stricken-soils/

Dangerous microbes may be hiding in drought-stricken soils

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are increasing, and a new study finds that extreme weather may be juicing their rise

Scientific American
Curated Hacker NewsMar 24

Gerd Faltings, who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gerd-faltings-mathematician-who-proved-the-mordell-conjecture-wins-the-abel/

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Gerd Faltings, mathematician who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize at age 71

The Mordell conjecture—now known as Faltings’s theorem—concerns the number of special points on a curve

Scientific American
Norbert_R 🦣🐘Mar 21

#ScientificAmerican - U.K.’s deadly #meningitis outbreak shows #importance of #vaccination

Infectious disease experts say shots against meningococcal meningitis can be lifesaving during an outbreak, but U.S. regulators have attempted to roll back recommendations of such a vaccine for children
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-k-s-deadly-meningitis-outbreak-shows-importance-of-vaccination/

U.K.’s deadly meningitis outbreak shows importance of vaccination

Infectious disease experts say shots against meningococcal meningitis can be lifesaving during an outbreak, but U.S. regulators have attempted to roll back recommendations of such a vaccine for children

Scientific American