Angel Yanguas-Gil

@ayanguasgil
8 Followers
23 Following
30 Posts
Physics, growth, microelectronics, neurons, python, and plasmas. English / Español
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8207-3825
homepagehttp://www.ayanguasgil.net/
Angel Yanguas-GilOct 3, 2023
I tried to read about the Nobel Prize in Physics in a couple of newspapers and I was utterly confused. Went to Physics Today and it was: oh, attosecond pulse laser. Sometimes things do get lost in translation.
Angel Yanguas-GilOct 3, 2023
Jennifer OuelletteOct 2, 2023
54-Year-Old Facebook User Wins Nobel Prize For Own Extensive Internet Research Into Dangers Of Covid Vaccine [SATIRE] https://www.theonion.com/54-year-old-facebook-user-wins-nobel-prize-for-own-exte-1850892290
54-Year-Old Facebook User Wins Nobel Prize For Own Extensive Internet Research Into Dangers Of Covid Vaccine

STOCKHOLM—Lauding the man as one of the greatest minds working in medicine today, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences reportedly awarded 54-year-old Facebook user Darren Weston the Nobel Prize Monday for his own extensive internet research into the dangers of Covid vaccinations. “We are proud to announce that the…

The Onion
Angel Yanguas-GilSep 25, 2023
Jennifer OuelletteSep 23, 2023
Ecologists worked with art historians to find out if it’s possible to study landscape changes by looking at art from the nineteenth century. https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2023/09/18/art-historians-join-ecologists-to-study-landscapes-of-the-past/
Art Historians Join Ecologists To Study Landscapes Of The Past

Ecologists worked with art historians to find out if it’s possible to study landscape changes by looking at art from the nineteenth century.

Forbes
Angel Yanguas-GilJul 22, 2023
Jennifer OuelletteJul 20, 2023
A New Graphic Novel Explores How Martial Arts Impacted British Women’s Suffrage https://www.themarysue.com/new-graphic-novel-explores-how-martial-arts-impacted-british-womens-suffrage/
New Graphic Novel Explores How Martial Arts Impacted British Women's Suffrage

During the women's suffrage movement in the early 20th century, some fought for their rights physically—using jujitsu.

The Mary Sue
Angel Yanguas-GilJul 4, 2023
I am not getting paid to work on this, but I think I found a simple model for the growth of basalt columns through crack propagation. Spin models are the gift that keeps on giving.
Angel Yanguas-GilJul 4, 2023
Casey NewtonJun 30, 2023
It's Hard Fork Friday! This week: Is AI poisoning itself? Plus, Joe Bernstein on Musk vs. Zuckerberg, and Priya Krishna joins to discuss her adventures cooking with ChatGPT https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/podcasts/hard-fork-ai-poison.html
Is A.I. Poisoning Itself?, Billionaire Cage Fight and Cooking With ChatGPT

The missing ingredient in A.I. content might soon be human-generated content.

The New York Times
Angel Yanguas-GilMay 7, 2023
Samuel PepysMay 7, 2023
Captain Cuttance sent me 12 bottles of Margate ale. Three of them I drank presently with some friends in the Coach.
Angel Yanguas-GilMay 7, 2023
Emily LakdawallaMay 7, 2023

I just wrote an article about the moons of #Uranus. Turns out there’s liquid water inside those moons, probably. We need a mission to find out! https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/four-of-uranuss-moons-might-contain-briny-oceans/

#space #NASA #astronomy #ButtJokes

Four of Uranus's Moons Might Contain Briny Oceans

Four of Uranus's five icy moons likely contain a thin layer of briny (or otherwise enriched) water, astronomers have concluded from Voyager 2 data.

Sky & Telescope
Angel Yanguas-GilMay 1, 2023
Jennifer OuelletteApr 30, 2023
Voyager 2: NASA Hacks Ageing Spacecraft To Give It A New Lease Of Life https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2023/04/29/voyager-2-nasa-hacks-ageing-spacecraft-to-give-it-a-new-lease-of-life/
Voyager 2: NASA Hacks Ageing Spacecraft To Give It A New Lease Of Life

Voyager 2 gets a three year stay of execution after engineers figure out how to draw power from a safety mechanism.

Forbes
Angel Yanguas-GilApr 25, 2023

Two important points of "Unexplained ocean warming": 1) scientists are not afraid of admitting that they do not understand stuff when they actually don't understand it; 2) lack of knowledge usually leads to higher than expected risks (unknowns unknowns)

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65339934

Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists

There’s growing concern that the oceans are heating up quickly – and scientists are unsure of the implications.

BBC News