Curated Hacker NewsMay 30

WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/white-house-proposes-new-rules-giving-political-appointees-final-say-on-research-grants/

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White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants

These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque

Scientific American
Curated Hacker NewsMay 23

New map reveals lost roads of the Roman Empire

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-high-resolution-map-transforms-what-we-know-about-roman-roads-and-the-roman-empire/

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New high‑resolution map transforms what we know about Roman roads and the Roman Empire

A massive digitization project has nearly doubled the known extent of the first continent-scale road network

Scientific American
Curated Hacker NewsMay 20

SpaceX punts Starship launch as investigation opens into Starbase worker's death

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacex-punts-starship-v3-launch-to-may-21-as-investigation-opens-into-starbase-worker-death/

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SpaceX punts Starship V3 launch to May 21 as investigation opens into Starbase worker’s death

SpaceX is now targeting the evening of May 21 to launch the latest and largest version of its Starship megarocket for the first time

Scientific American
Curated Hacker NewsMay 20

Sharla Boehm, the programmer whose code underpins the Internet

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-programmer-whose-code-underpins-the-internet/

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The programmer whose code underpins the Internet

Sharla Boehm, a math teacher, spent her summers coding. She’d go on to build what would eventually evolve into the Internet

Scientific American
Curated Hacker NewsMay 18

Strange crystals found inside wreckage from the first nuclear bomb test

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-crystals-found-inside-wreckage-from-the-first-nuclear-bomb-test/

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Strange crystals found inside wreckage from the first nuclear bomb test

The Trinity bomb test left behind a unique form of matter, and now, scientists have discovered a new chemical structure inside it

Scientific American
Stephen GutknechtApr 29

#RoundSparrow - Sparrow - #Bird metaphor I use for my life experiences
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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/

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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/

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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