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It's March 14, or Pi Day, that day of the year where we celebrate the ratio that makes a circle a circle. The Greek letter that represents it is such a part of our culture that it merits our irrational attention.Joining Host Ira Flatow to help slice into our pi's is Dr. Steven Strogatz, professor of math at Cornell University and co-host of Quanta Magazine's podcast “The Joy Of Why.” They talk about how pi was “discovered,” the ways it's figuring into recent science, and how AI is changing the field of mathematics.Transcripts for each segment will be available after the show airs on sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.

Analysis of image classifiers demonstrates that it is possible to understand backprop networks at the task-relevant run-time algorithmic level. In these systems, at least, networks gain their power from deploying massive parallelism to check for the presence of a vast number of simple, shallow patterns. https://betterwithout.ai/images-surface-features This episode has a lot of links: David Chapman's earliest public mention, in February 2016, of image classifiers probably using color and texture in ways that "cheat": twitter.com/Meaningness/status/698688687341572096 Jordana Cepelewicz's “Where we see shapes, AI sees textures,” Quanta Magazine, July 1, 2019: https://www.quantamagazine.org/where-we-see-shapes-ai-sees-textures-20190701/ “Suddenly, a leopard print sofa appears”, May 2015: https://web.archive.org/web/20150622084852/http://rocknrollnerd.github.io/ml/2015/05/27/leopard-sofa.html “Understanding How Image Quality Affects Deep Neural Networks” April 2016: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.04004   Goodfellow et al., “Explaining and Harnessing Adversarial Examples,” December 2014: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.6572 “Universal adversarial perturbations,” October 2016: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1610.08401v1.pdf “Exploring the Landscape of Spatial Robustness,” December 2017: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.02779 “Overinterpretation reveals image classification model pathologies,” NeurIPS 2021: https://proceedings.neurips.cc/paper/2021/file/8217bb4e7fa0541e0f5e04fea764ab91-Paper.pdf “Approximating CNNs with Bag-of-Local-Features Models Works Surprisingly Well on ImageNet,” ICLR 2019: https://openreview.net/forum?id=SkfMWhAqYQ Baker et al.'s “Deep convolutional networks do not classify based on global object shape,” PLOS Computational Biology, 2018: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006613 François Chollet's Twitter threads about AI producing images of horses with extra legs: twitter.com/fchollet/status/1573836241875120128 and twitter.com/fchollet/status/1573843774803161090 “Zoom In: An Introduction to Circuits,” 2020: https://distill.pub/2020/circuits/zoom-in/ Geirhos et al., “ImageNet-Trained CNNs Are Biased Towards Texture; Increasing Shape Bias Improves Accuracy and Robustness,” ICLR 2019: https://openreview.net/forum?id=Bygh9j09KX Dehghani et al., “Scaling Vision Transformers to 22 Billion Parameters,” 2023: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.05442 Hasson et al., “Direct Fit to Nature: An Evolutionary Perspective on Biological and Artificial Neural Networks,” February 2020: https://www.gwern.net/docs/ai/scaling/2020-hasson.pdf

Happy New Year, Short Wavers! What better time to contemplate the conundrum that is zero than this, the reset of the year? Zero is a fairly new concept in human history and even more recent as a number. It wasn't until around the 7th century that zero was being used as a number. That's when it showed up in the records of Indian mathematicians. Since then, zero has, at times, been met with some fear — at one point, the city of Florence, Italy banned the number.Today, scientists seek to understand how much humans truly comprehend zero — and why it seems to be different from other numbers. That's how we ended up talking to science writer Yasemin Saplakoglu about the neuroscience of this number that means nothing.Read more of Yasemin's reporting on zero for Quanta Magazine. Plus, check out our episode on why big numbers break our brains.Thirst for more math episodes? Let us know what kind of stories you want to hear from us in 2025 by emailing shortwave@npr.org! Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Share this episode: https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/388-what-is-life Sam Harris speaks with Sara Imari Walker about a scientific understanding of life. They discuss the contributions of physics to this topic, Erwin Schrödinger, the inadequacy of standard definitions of life, the prospect of "artificial" life, the role of information, constructor theory, assembly theory, the space of all possible structures, a "block universe," the existence of abstract objects like numbers, the Fermi paradox, the likelihood of life elsewhere in the universe, experiments that could decide how likely life is to emerge, the possibility of a Great Filter, the number of Earth-like worlds, and other topics. Sara Imari Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist. She is the deputy director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science and a professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University. She is also a fellow of the Berggruen Institute and a member of the external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute. She is a recipient of the Stanley L. Miller Early-Career Award for her research on the origin of life, and her research team at ASU is internationally regarded as being among the leading labs aiming to build a fundamental theory for understanding what life is. Her research has been featured in Scientific American, Quanta Magazine, and a variety of other international outlets. Her book, Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence, is available now. Website: https://search.asu.edu/profile/1731899 Twitter: @Sara_Imari Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That’s why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life’s most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.

Zero, which was invented late in history, is special among numbers. New studies are uncovering how the brain creates something out of nothing. The post How the Human Brain Contends With the Strangeness of Zero first appeared on Quanta Magazine

What exactly is … everything? What is space-time?At one extreme, you've got the weird rules of quantum physics that deal with subatomic particles. At the other extreme, you've got the vast expanses of space, such as spinning galaxies and black holes.By mapping the cosmic microwave background, surveying the distribution of galaxies around the sky, and listening for gravitational waves, researchers are studying the cosmos for clues to the quantum. They hope that by finding patterns in some of these large-scale structures, tiny irregularities involving quantum effects in the earliest days of the universe might be revealed.Charlie Wood, a staff writer covering physics for Quanta Magazine, has written about some of these space-time mysteries in a special issue. He joins Ira to discuss the nature of space-time and how scientists are trying to decode its physics.Transcript for this segment will be available after the show airs on sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.

"Lava is almost sentient"Dr Robin George Andrews is an award-winning science journalist, who regularly writes about space and geosciences, and is a doctor of experimental volcanology. He has written for outlets including The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Scientific American and Quanta Magazine. He has written two books, Super Volcanoes: What they reveal about Earth and the worlds beyond, and How to Kill an Asteroid, out October 1st 2024. ***LIVE SHOW OCTOBER 21st***We Can Be Weirdos is LIVE again on Monday 21st October 2024, at the Underbelly Boulevard, London. Keep listening to the podcast for the guest announcement!Head here for more info and to buy your tickets: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/we-can-be-weirdos-live/

Within just a few years, artificial intelligence systems that sometimes seem to display almost human characteristics have gone from science fiction to apps on your phone. But there's another AI-influenced frontier that is developing rapidly and remains untamed: robotics. Can the technologies that have helped computers get smarter now bring similar improvements to the robots that will work alongside us? In this episode of The Joy of Why podcast, Daniela Rus, a pioneering roboticist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, talks to host Steven Strogatz about the surprising inspirations from biology that may help robots rise to new levels. Subscribe to The Joy of Why from Quanta Magazine wherever you listen to podcasts! 

One of the most important ways that we're inspired to discuss topics on this podcast is through science journalism: that is, reading the latest news in STEM fields to stay updated on new innovations! However, considering the sheer volume of science content available on the Internet, it's crucial to know how to navigate this scene. Today, we chatted with Max Levy to discuss key takeaways in this field from his experience as a researcher turned journalist. Tune in to hear about how he comes up with unique stories, balancing individual interests with the need of the consumer, and the power of following your passion to create the best content.​Max Levy is a freelance science journalist based in Los Angeles, California, with a Ph.D. in chemical & biological engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He specializes in writing, editing, and fact-checking across a wide array of science topics, making complex scientific concepts accessible and engaging for a broad audience. His work has been featured on WIRED, Quanta Magazine, The Atlantic, Drug Discovery News, Smithsonian, TED-Ed, Veritasium, Vox, and more.Check out his magazine, Sequencer, here: www.sequencermag.com/

Christian is a researcher in foundational AI, information security, and AI safety, with a current focus on the limits of undetectability. He is a pioneer in the field of Multi-Agent Security (masec.ai), which aims to overcome the safety and security issues inherent in contemporary approaches to multi-agent AI. His recent works include a breakthrough result on the 25+ year old problem of perfectly secure steganography (jointly with Sam Sokota), which was featured by Scientific American, Quanta Magazine, and Bruce Schneier's Security Blog. Key Highlights How do we design autonomous systems and environments in which undetectable actions cannot cause unacceptable damages? He argues that the ability of advanced AI agents to use perfect stealth will soon be AI Safety's biggest concern. In this talk, he focuses on the matter of steganographic collusion among generative AI agents.About Foresight InstituteForesight Institute is a non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1987 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support.Allison DuettmannThe President and CEO of Foresight Institute, Allison Duettmann directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Programs, alongside Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees. She has also been pivotal in co-initiating the Longevity Prize, pioneering initiatives like Existentialhope.com, and contributing to notable works like "Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy" and "Gaming the Future".Get Involved with Foresight:Apply: Virtual Salons & in-person WorkshopsDonate: Support Our Work – If you enjoy what we do, please consider this, as we are entirely funded by your donations!Follow Us: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedInNote: Explore every word spoken on this podcast through Fathom.fm, an innovative podcast search engine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Half of the cells in the brain are neurons, the other half are glial cells.When scientists first discovered glia over a century ago, they thought that they simply held the neurons together. Their name derives from a Greek word that means glue.In the past decade, researchers have come to understand that glial cells do so much more: They communicate with neurons and work closely with the immune system and might be critical in how we experience pain. They even play an important role in regulating the digestive tract.Ira is joined by Yasemin Saplakoglu, a staff writer at Quanta Magazine who has reported on these lesser-known cells.Transcripts for each segment will be available after the show airs on sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.

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Logic gates and origami? Professor Inna Zakharevich joined us to talk about Turing complete origami crease patterns.  We started talking about Turing completeness which led to a Conway's Game of Life-like 2D cellular automaton called Rule 110 (Wikipedia) which can be implemented with logic gates (AND, OR, NOT). These logic gates can be implemented as creases in paper (with the direction of the crease indicating 0 or 1).  The paper describing the proof is called Flat Origami is Turing Complete (arxiv and PDF). Quanta Magazine has a summary article: How to Build an Origami Computer. Inna's page at Cornell University also has the crease patterns for the logic gates (pdf). Inna is an aficionado of the origami work by Satoshi Kamiya who creates complex and lifelike patterns.  Some other origami mentioned: Origami Stegosaurus by John Montroll YouTube Folding video (Part 1 of 3) Ilan Garibi's Pineapple Tessellation (PDF instructions) Eric Gjerde Spread Hex Origami Tessellation (This also has the equilateral triangle grid needed to fold Inna's gate logic) Peter Engel Amanda Ghassaei's Origami Simulator (Mooser's is under Examples->Origami) Some other math mentioned: Veritasium's Math's Fundamental Flaw talks about Goerthe's Incompleteness Theorem Physical Logic Game: Turing Tumble - Build Marble-Powered Computers Mathematics of Paper Folding (Wikipedia) Transcript Memfault is making software the most reliable part of the IoT with its device reliability platform that enables teams to be more proactive with remote debugging, monitoring and OTA update capabilities. Try Memfault's new sandbox demo at demo.memfault.com. Embedded.fm listeners receive 25% off their first-year contract with Memfault by booking a demo here: https://go.memfault.com/demo-request-embedded

Breaking Math WebsiteBreaking Math Email:  BreakingMathPodcast@gmail.comEmail us for copies of the transcript! Resources on the LEAN theorem prover and programming language can be found at the bottom of the show notes (scroll to the bottom). SummaryThis episode is inspired by a correspondence the Breaking Math Podcast had with the editors of Digital Discovery, a journal by the Royal Society of Chemistry.  In this episode the hosts review a paper about how the Lean Interactive Theorem Prover, which is usually used as a tool in creating mathemtics proofs, can be used to create rigorous and robust models in physics and chemistry.  The paper is titled Formalizing chemical physics using the Lean Theorem prover and can be found in Digital Discovery, a journal with the Royal Society of Chemistry.  Also -  we have a brand new member of the Brekaing Math Team!  This episode is the debut episode for Autumn, CEO of Cosmo Labs, occasional co-host / host of the Breaking Math Podcast, and overall contributor who has been working behind the scenes on the podcast on branding and content for the last several months. Welcome Autumn!  Autumn and Gabe discuss how the paper explores the use of interactive theorem provers to ensure the accuracy of scientific theories and make them machine-readable. The episode discusses the limitations and potential of interactive theorem provers and highlights the themes of precision and formal verification in scientific knowledge.  This episode also provide resources (listed below) for listeners intersted in learning more about working with the LEAN interactive theorem prover.  TakeawaysInteractive theorem provers can revolutionize the way scientific theories are formulated and verified, ensuring mathematical certainty and minimizing errors.Interactive theorem provers require a high level of mathematical knowledge and may not be accessible to all scientists and engineers.Formal verification using interactive theorem provers can eliminate human error and hidden assumptions, leading to more confident and reliable scientific findings.Interactive theorem provers promote clear communication and collaboration across disciplines by forcing explicit definitions and minimizing ambiguities in scientific language. Lean Theorem Provers enable scientists to construct modular and reusable proofs, accelerating the pace of knowledge acquisition.Formal verification presents challenges in terms of transforming informal proofs into a formal language and bridging the reality gap.Integration of theorem provers and machine learning has the potential to enhance creativity, verification, and usefulness of machine learning models.The limitations and variables in formal verification require rigorous validation against experimental data to ensure real-world accuracy.Lean Theorem Provers have the potential to provide unwavering trust, accelerate innovation, and increase accessibility in scientific research.AI as a scientific partner can automate the formalization of informal theories and suggest new conjectures, revolutionizing scientific exploration.The impact of Lean Theorem Provers on humanity includes a shift in scientific validity, rapid scientific breakthroughs, and democratization of science.Continuous expansion of mathematical libraries in Lean Theorem Provers contributes to the codification of human knowledge.Resources are available for learning Lean Theorem Proving, including textbooks, articles, videos, and summer programs.Resrouces / Links:  Email Professor Tyler Josephson about summer REU undergraduate opportunities at the University of Maryland Baltimore (or online!) at tjo@umbc.edu.  See below Professor Tyler Josephson's links on learnnig more about LEANThe Natural Number Game:  Start in a world without math, unlock tactics and collect theorems until you can beat a 'boss' level and prove that 2+2=4, and go further.  Free LEAN Texbook and CourseProfessor Josephson's most-recommended resource for beginners learning Lean - a free online course and textbook from Prof. Heather Macbeth at Fordham University. Quanta Magazine articles on LeanProf. Kevin Buzzard of Imperial College London's lecture on LEAN interactive theorem prover and the future of mathematics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/breaking-math-podcast--5545277/support.

Have you ever looked up at the moon in the night sky and wondered why it's there, how it was formed and  what effect it has had on us humans and animals down on Earth?Here to answer those questions and many more I'm joined by Rebecca Boyle. Rebecca is an award winning science journalist contributing to Scientific American, The New York Times and many other publications. She is author of the book, Our Moon: A Human History. How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Our-Moon-Celestial-Companion-Transformed/dp/1529342783Rebecca regales us with tales of the Moon's enigmatic origins and its silent yet profound influences on our planet—from the length of our days to the evolution of terrestrial life. Her book paints a stark portrait of the Moon's desolate beauty, and during our talk, she brings that imagery to life, reflecting on how this celestial body is a cornerstone of life as we know it.The dance between Earth and its Moon is a ballet of celestial mechanics and evolutionary impulses, one that Rebecca eloquently elucidates. She shares how the Moon's elliptical orbit and slow retreat from Earth have vast repercussions, from tidal forces that may have nudged vertebrates onto land to the synchronisation challenges between lunar and solar calendars that have fascinated human cultures for millennia. Our conversation wades through the interplay of light and time, considering how this relationship might even sway the rhythms of our own biology, affecting everything from plant behavior to human health.Our lunar odyssey concludes by casting an eye toward the future, questioning the implications of a Moon-less Earth and the current pulse of space exploration. As Rebecca and I discuss, space agencies are reigniting their lunar ambitions with programs like Artemis and international moon landings, paving the way for potential lunar tourism and the utilisation of Moon resources like water and helium-3. Yet, as we gaze ahead, we're mindful of the hurdles—environmental challenges like abrasive moon dust and the untapped mysteries of the Moon's far side. Join us to unravel these lunar enigmas and discover why our connection to the Moon is more than just a tale of tides and time, but a narrative deeply interwoven with the essence of our humanity.Links:https://rebeccaboyle.com/https://www.instagram.com/by.rebecca.boyle/https://www.undercurrentstories.com/https://www.instagram.com/undercurrentstorieswww.undercurrentstories.com

“The Joy of Why” is a Quanta Magazine podcast about curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge. The mathematician and author Steven Strogatz and the astrophysicist and author Janna Levin take turns interviewing leading researchers about the great scientific and mathematical questions of our time. New episodes are released every other Thursday.

How does one go from writing articles to writing a full book? How does this change creative rhythms of research, scheduling and writing? In this episode of Emerging Form we speak with journalist Rebecca Boyle whose first book, OUR MOON: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are comes out January 16. We speak, too, about how to do creative work while parenting young children and how to find focus with a subject literally as big as the moon. As a journalist, Rebecca Boyle has reported from particle accelerators, genetic sequencing labs, bat caves, the middle of a lake, the tops of mountains, and the retractable domes of some of Earth's largest telescopes. Her first book, OUR MOON: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are (Random House, 2024) is a new history of humanity's relationship with the Moon, which Rebecca has not yet visited on assignment. Based in Colorado Springs, Colo., Rebecca is a contributing editor at Scientific American, a contributing writer at Quanta Magazine and The Atlantic, and a columnist at Atlas Obscura. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Smithsonian Air & Space, and Popular Science. Her work has appeared in Wired, MIT Technology Review, Nature, Science, Popular Mechanics, New Scientist, Audubon, Distillations, and many other publications. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emergingform.substack.com/subscribe

How can the subject of math be a source of human flourishing? Find out as we interview Francis Su, PhD, Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics. Francis Su writes about the dignity of human beings and the wonder of mathematical teaching. He is a Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and a former president of the Mathematical Association of America. His work has been featured in Quanta Magazine, Wired, and the New York Times. His book Mathematics for Human Flourishing, winner of the 2021 Euler Book Prize, offers an inclusive vision of what math is, who it's for, and why anyone should learn it.

In our first guest episode of season 2, Robin George Andrews takes us into the wild weird world of science journalism. How do you write a compelling and truthful story about volcanoes for the general public?! Dr. Robin George Andrews (he/him) is a freelance science journalist with a doctorate in volcanology. He is often found writing about the Earth, space, and planetary sciences for the Atlantic, the New York Times, Quanta Magazine, National Geographic, Scientific American, the Washington Post, Vox, and many others. In 2022, he was awarded the EGU's Angela Croome Award for continued excellence in science journalism and the AGU's David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Writing—News. He is the author of two books: Super Volcanoes (2021) and the upcoming How to Kill An Asteroid (2024). He lives in London, UK. Website: https://robingeorgeandrews.com/ Instagram / Twitter(X)

Imagine the last time you had some horrendous food. Like the kind which not only tastes bad, but also gives you a recoiling diarrohea. The one you take almost a week to properly recover from. Now imagine walking into your home after being drenched in the rain, and being greeted with smell of crisp frying pakoras and piping hot ginger tea. Turns out these two experiences are not very different from each other. This week, we uncover the connection between smell, taste and memory, and discover how our evolutionary brain often stops us from trying new cuisines. Tune in, and discover why and how we must fight this evolutionary impulse, to make the most of our travels And if you are intrigued about Central Asia, Samosas and Hospitality, check out the episodes on Uzbekistan Beauty of Uzbekistan and the Geometry Box: https://omny.fm/shows/postcards-from-nowhere-with-utsav-mamoria/beauty-of-uzbekistan-the-geometry-boxMelons of Samarkand: https://omny.fm/shows/postcards-from-nowhere-with-utsav-mamoria/melons-of-samarkand Vincent Van Gogh and Uzbekistan: https://podcasts.adorilabs.com/show/e?eid=I03d1slNCXMla8VCSecrets of Doors: https://podcasts.adorilabs.com/show/e?eid=InTTDLzqdrZWSvf5 Train Journeys and Humanity: Part 1: https://podcasts.adorilabs.com/show/e?eid=I2xUGZmKqpNnFmKl Train Journeys and Humanity: Part 2: https://podcasts.adorilabs.com/show/e?eid=I2fOFK5K0YFNLT3F World's most popular snack: https://podcasts.adorilabs.com/show/e?eid=ImYiIkxnf8vNTFNn For reflections on walking, check out Walking: An Act of Resistance: https://podcasts.adorilabs.com/show/e?eid=IlhRj0aYOdW8A8Pu You can reach out to our host Utsav on Instagram: @‌whywetravel42(https://www.instagram.com/whywetravel42  ) Do follow IVM Podcasts on social media. We are @IVMPodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram.  Do share the word with your folks!    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

*Humiliation 101: Listen as Fred Williams and Doug McBurney discuss Real Science, on Friday! This week they analyze and refute the nonsense passed off as science by Ira Flatow over at NPR, (starting with analysis of Ira's Marxist oratory formulae, and the professor he humiliates). *Test for Echo: The NPR host says that of course evolution is just "how scientists understand biology"! But there are plenty of doubting scientists who believe evolution is at best unworkable, at middling ridiculous, and at worst evil! *March Madness: Hear the evolutionists lament the fact that some of the early imagery designed by evolutionists to fool children about origins "did more harm than good" for their cause (because many early proponents of Darwinism did not understand it would eventually involve the overthrow of all reason). We remind them that images like the "March of Progress" were also fake, phony and full of lies! *Stealing the Devil His Due: Asked for his best evidence "that evolution is real'', Prosanta Chakrabarty, Ph.D. misappropriates the name of God's Tree of Life, makes false claims about the evolutionist's "Tree of whatever", and ignores, or misrepresents the mountain of anti-evolution evidence accumulating in the Real Science world of genetics! *Everything Makes Nonsense: Flatow dusts off Dobzhansky's old saw that "nothing in biology makes sense without evolution." But that was proven false at least a decade ago by The Late Great Bob Enyart himself! *The Evolution of "Evilution": Is it just me or does Ira slip into the "Richard Dawkins" pronunciation of "Evilution" every once in a while? Regardless! His assertion regarding "neutral" evolution doesn't hold up according to his otherwise fellow travelers over at Quanta Magazine, and is being absolutely dunked on by Real Science researchers and their studies of cave fish adaptation at ICR. Trading Biology for Non-Binary: The only thing more pitiful than listening to an NPR host trying to align science, gender ideology and creepy weird sex stuff, is hearing a full professor, (and father of two girls) go along with it. Please just let the humiliation end!

*Humiliation 101: Listen as Fred Williams and Doug McBurney discuss Real Science, on Friday! This week they analyze and refute the nonsense passed off as science by Ira Flatow over at NPR, (starting with analysis of Ira's Marxist oratory formulae, and the professor he humiliates). *Test for Echo: The NPR host says that of course evolution is just "how scientists understand biology"! But there are plenty of doubting scientists who believe evolution is at best unworkable, at middling ridiculous, and at worst evil! *March Madness: Hear the evolutionists lament the fact that some of the early imagery designed by evolutionists to fool children about origins "did more harm than good" for their cause (because many early proponents of Darwinism did not understand it would eventually involve the overthrow of all reason). We remind them that images like the "March of Progress" were also fake, phony and full of lies! *Stealing the Devil His Due: Asked for his best evidence "that evolution is real'', Prosanta Chakrabarty, Ph.D. misappropriates the name of God's Tree of Life, makes false claims about the evolutionist's "Tree of whatever", and ignores, or misrepresents the mountain of anti-evolution evidence accumulating in the Real Science world of genetics! *Everything Makes Nonsense: Flatow dusts off Dobzhansky's old saw that "nothing in biology makes sense without evolution." But that was proven false at least a decade ago by The Late Great Bob Enyart himself! *The Evolution of "Evilution": Is it just me or does Ira slip into the "Richard Dawkins" pronunciation of "Evilution" every once in a while? Regardless! His assertion regarding "neutral" evolution doesn't hold up according to his otherwise fellow travelers over at Quanta Magazine, and is being absolutely dunked on by Real Science researchers and their studies of cave fish adaptation at ICR. Trading Biology for Non-Binary: The only thing more pitiful than listening to an NPR host trying to align science, gender ideology and creepy weird sex stuff, is hearing a full professor, (and father of two girls) go along with it. Please just let the humiliation end!

Boaz Barak is a professor of computer science at Harvard University, having previously been a principal researcher at Microsoft Research and a professor at Princeton University. His research interests span many areas of theoretical computer science including cryptography, computational complexity, and the foundations of machine learning. Boaz serves on the scientific advisory boards for Quanta Magazine and the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing and he was selected for Foreign Policy magazine's list of 100 leading global thinkers for 2014. www.patreon.com/timothynguyen Cryptography is about maintaining the privacy and security of communication. In this episode, Boaz and I go through the fundamentals of cryptography from a foundational mathematical perspective. We start with some historical examples of attempts at encrypting messages and how they failed. After some guesses as to how one might mathematically define security, we arrive at the one due to Shannon. The resulting definition of perfect secrecy turns out to be too rigid, which leads us to the notion of computational secrecy that forms the foundation of modern cryptographic systems. We then show how the existence of pseudorandom generators (which remains a conjecture) ensures that such computational secrecy is achievable, assuming P does not equal NP. Having covered private key cryptography in detail, we then give a brief overview of public key cryptography. We end with a brief discussion of Bitcoin, machine learning, deepfakes, and potential doomsday scenarios. I. Introduction 00:17 : Biography: Academia vs Industry 10:07 : Military service 12:53 : Technical overview 17:01 : Whiteboard outline II. Warmup 24:42 : Substitution ciphers 27:33 : Viginere cipher 29:35 : Babbage and Kasiski 31:25 : Enigma and WW2 33:10 : Alan Turing III. Private Key Cryptography: Perfect Secrecy 34:32 : Valid encryption scheme 40:14 : Kerckhoffs's Principle 42:41 : Cryptography = steelman your adversary 44:40 : Attempt #1 at perfect secrecy 49:58 : Attempt #2 at perfect secrecy 56:02 : Definition of perfect secrecy (Shannon) 1:05:56 : Enigma was not perfectly secure 1:08:51 : Analogy with differential privacy 1:11:10 : Example: One-time pad (OTP) 1:20:07 : Drawbacks of OTP and Soviet KGB misuse 1:21:43 : Important: Keys cannot be reused! 1:27:48 : Shannon's Impossibility Theorem IV. Computational Secrecy 1:32:52 : Relax perfect secrecy to computational secrecy 1:41:04 : What computational secrecy buys (if P is not NP) 1:44:35 : Pseudorandom generators (PRGs) 1:47:03 : PRG definition 1:52:30 : PRGs and P vs NP 1:55:47: PRGs enable modifying OTP for computational secrecy V. Public Key Cryptography 2:00:32 : Limitations of private key cryptography 2:09:25 : Overview of public key methods 2:13:28 : Post quantum cryptography VI. Applications 2:14:39 : Bitcoin 2:18:21 : Digital signatures (authentication) 2:23:56 : Machine learning and deepfakes 2:30:31 : A conceivable doomsday scenario: P = NP Further reading: Boaz Barak. An Intensive Introduction to Cryptography Twitter: @iamtimnguyen Webpage: http://www.timothynguyen.org

With Doug on assignment, Ryan is back in studio and joins Fred to go through the latest Creation Magazine. Fred was quick to congratulate Ryan on his recent engagement to Hailey Guyette! The highlight of the magazine were two articles on the squid, yet another uniquely fascinating creature in God's creation. Tune in to find out how the squid can change its underbelly appearance to appear as the moon shining through the water, effectively hiding the squid for prey and predators lurking beneath them. You will also discover that squid and human brain development use the same blueprint, which is yet another fatal blow to evolution.  Fred and Ryan also talk about how the so-called "simple" jellyfish regularly solves differential equations to propel through the water, as reported in Quanta Magazine. The article is titled “What Can Jellyfish Teach Us About Fluid Dynamics?” by Steven Strogatz who interviews Dr. John Dabiri, a professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering at CalTech. Fred and Doug will be at the ICC Conference in Cedarville July 16 through 19. If you are there please stop by the RSR booth and say hi!

With Doug on assignment, Ryan is back in studio and joins Fred to go through the latest Creation Magazine. Fred was quick to congratulate Ryan on his recent engagement to Hailey Guyette! The highlight of the magazine were two articles on the squid, yet another uniquely fascinating creature in God's creation. Tune in to find out how the squid can change its underbelly appearance to appear as the moon shining through the water, effectively hiding the squid for prey and predators lurking beneath them. You will also discover that squid and human brain development use the same blueprint, which is yet another fatal blow to evolution.  Fred and Ryan also talk about how the so-called "simple" jellyfish regularly solves differential equations to propel through the water, as reported in Quanta Magazine. The article is titled “What Can Jellyfish Teach Us About Fluid Dynamics?” by Steven Strogatz who interviews Dr. John Dabiri, a professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering at CalTech. Fred and Doug will be at the ICC Conference in Cedarville July 16 through 19. If you are there please stop by the RSR booth and say hi!

Лонгрид Quanta Magazine посвящен истории изучения болезни Альцгеймера. Автор освещает различные версии происхождения заболевания, включая гипотезу «амилоидного каскада», которая долгое время оставалась вне конкуренции. Если вы готовы погрузиться надолго в сложный, но увлекательный мир исследований Альцгеймера, то этот выпуск для вас. Это его вторая часть.   Текстовая версия: https://newochem.io/alzheimer-2/ По материалам Quanta MagazineАвтор: Ясмин Саплакоглу  Озвучил: Александр Тарасов Переводили:Елизавета Яковлева, Екатерина Кузнецова, Эвелина Пак, Софья ФальковскаяРедактировала: Валерия ЗитеваНаучный редактор: Полина Безрукавая   Поддержать команду и получить бонусный контент:https://boosty.to/newochemhttps://www.patreon.com/join/newochem Хочешь предложить партнерство или заказать рекламу? Напиши нам:https://t.me/newochem  

Episode Title and Show Notes:106 - Michael Garfield & David Krakauer on Evolution, Information, and Jurassic ParkWelcome to Complexity, the official podcast of the Santa Fe Institute. I'm Michael Garfield, producer of this show and host for the last 105 episodes. Since October, 2019, we have brought you with us for far ranging conversations with our worldwide network of rigorous researchers developing new frameworks to explain the deepest mysteries of the universe. Today I step down and depart from SFI with one final appearance as the guest of this episode. Our guest host is SFI President David Krakauer, he and I will braid together with nine other conversations from the archives in a retrospective masterclass on how this podcast traced the contours of complexity. We'll look back on episodes with David, Brian Arthur, Geoffrey West, Doyne Farmer, Deborah Gordon, Tyler Marghetis, Simon DeDeo, Caleb Scharf, and Alison Gopnik to thread some of the show's key themes through into windmills and white whales, SFI pursues, and my own life's persistent greatest questions.We'll ask about the implications of a world transformed by science and technology by deeper understanding and prediction and the ever-present knock-on consequences. If you value our research and communication efforts, please subscribe, rate and review us at Apple Podcasts or Spotify and consider making a donation or finding other ways to engage with SFI at Santa fe.edu/engage. Thank you each and all for listening. It's been a pleasure and an honor to take you offroad with us over these last years.Follow SFI on social media: Twitter • YouTube • Facebook • Instagram • LinkedIn

Лонгрид Quanta Magazine посвящен истории изучения болезни Альцгеймера. Автор освещает различные версии происхождения заболевания, включая гипотезу «амилоидного каскада», которая долгое время оставалась вне конкуренции. Если вы готовы погрузиться надолго в сложный, но увлекательный мир исследований Альцгеймера, то этот выпуск для вас. Сегодня мы выкладываем первую его часть.  Текстовая версия: https://newochem.io/alzheimer-1/ По материаламQuanta MagazineАвтор: Ясмин Саплакоглу  Озвучил: Александр ТарасовПереводили:Елизавета Яковлева, Екатерина Кузнецова, Эвелина Пак, Софья ФальковскаяРедактировала: Валерия ЗитеваНаучный редактор: Полина Безрукавая Поддержать команду и получить бонусный контент:https://boosty.to/newochemhttps://www.patreon.com/join/newochem Хочешь предложить партнерство или заказать рекламу? Напиши нам:https://t.me/newochem    

In this Berkeley Talks episode, Natalie Wolchover, a senior editor at Quanta Magazine and winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting, gives the keynote commencement speech to the Class of 2023 at Berkeley Physics"'Knowledge is power,' my grandpa always used to tell me," said Wolchover at the May 14 ceremony. "Well, I think knowledge of physics is a superpower. We tend to forget, when we're in a bubble of people who've studied physics, as we are in this auditorium, just how unusual it is to understand the laws of nature. Galileo wrote that 'the universe is written in the language of mathematics, and its characters are triangles, circles and other geometric figures without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it. Without these, one is wandering about in a dark labyrinth.' You all understand the language of nature. You are not wandering about in a dark labyrinth. You have a headlamp on."Listen to the episode and read the transcript on Berkeley News (news.berkeley.edu).Photo by Sarah Wittmer.Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the MIT Press podcast, Thomas Lin, Editor-in-Chief of Quanta Magazine, discusses the research and current climate behind the science and math in Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire: The Biggest Ideas in Science from Quanta and The Prime Number Conspiracy: The Biggest Ideas in Math from Quanta.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/mathematics

Оценивать понимание искусственным интеллектом человеческого языка непросто. На то есть много причин, одна которых — мнимая разумность компьютера, «понимающего» вас до первого же случая, когда требуется осмысление предложения и на уловках больше выехать не получается. Про связь ИИ и младенцев, а также проблемы со здравым смыслом у первого слушайте в сегодняшнем выпуске.По материалам Quanta MagazineАвтор: Мелани МитчеллТекстовая версия: https://newochem.io/kak-ii-mozhet-ponimat/Озвучил: Глеб РандалайенПереводила: Екатерина ЛобзеваРедактировали: Елизавета Яковлева, Софья ФальковскаяПоддержать команду и получить бонусный контент:https://boosty.to/newochemhttps://www.patreon.com/join/newochem Хочешь предложить партнерство или заказать рекламу? Напиши нам:https://t.me/newochem

“The Joy of Why” is a podcast about curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge from Quanta Magazine. The acclaimed mathematician and author Steven Strogatz interviews leading researchers about the great scientific and mathematical questions of our time.

Text for socials: In this episode, we talked to Professor Francis Su about the role of mathematics in flourishing, how mathematics can promote flourishing, and his argument that the purpose of mathematics is to support flourishing.  Francis Su is the Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and a former president of the Mathematical Association of America. In 2013, he received the Haimo Award, a nationwide teaching prize for college math faculty, and in 2018 he won the Halmos-Ford writing award. His work has been featured in Quanta Magazine, Wired, and the New York Times. His 2020 book Mathematics for Human Flourishing, which won the 2021 Euler Book Prize, offers an inclusive vision of what math is, who it's for, and why anyone should learn it. Key conversation points: Francis' definition of flourishing as a “wholeness of being and doing” and the way he distinguishes between flourishing and happiness Francis' argument on the role of mathematics in human flourishing How mathematics can cultivate virtues important for flourishing and which virtues mathematics can cultivate in a particularly strong way Francis' approach towards teaching mathematics in such a way as to cultivate virtues among students of mathematics, such as creativity and an appreciation for beauty Francis' correspondence with Christopher Jackson, an inmate serving a 32-year sentence for armed robberies who started writing to Francis seven years into his sentence, about his passion for mathematics, and the influence this correspondence has had on Francis' work on mathematics and flourishing, and how he sees mathematics  Francis' views on how mathematics education needs to change to cultivate virtues   francissu.com flourishfmpodcast.com 

Canary Cry News Talk #574 - 12.21.2022 - Recorded Live to Tape TOTAL PSYOPICS | Intel War Wiles, Woke Stanford, Gel Bot, 2100 Supercomputer A Podcast that Deconstructs Mainstream Media News from a Biblical Worldview Harvard: Index of MSM Ownership (Harvard.edu) Logos Bible: Aliens Demons Doc (feat. Dr. Heiser, Unseen Realm) A Podcast that Deconstructs Mainstream Media News from a Biblical Worldview Harvard: Index of MSM Ownership (Harvard.edu) Logos Bible: Aliens Demons Doc (feat. Dr. Mike Heiser, Unseen Realm)   This Episode was Produced By: Executive Producer Anon Y Mouse** Natalie T** Christine S**   Producers Marita R, Puddin22, Sir Morv Knight of the Burning Chariots, Sir LX Protocol V2 Knight of the Berrean Protocol, Dame Gail Canary Whisperer and Lady of X's and O's, Runksmash, Sir Darrin Knight of the Hungr Panda's, DrWhoDunDat, Sir Casey the Shield Knight, Veronica D, Sir Scott Knight of Truth   Audio Production Kalub LittleOwen   Visual Art Sir Dove Knight of Rusbeltia Sir Darrin Knight of the Hungry Panda's   Microfiction Stephen S - “They will gladly give me their fertilized eggs for just one perfect specimen.” “And what of the rest?” “They will become my army of three foot minions!” “Or how about, the next special entre at Le Pierre's” “How delicious!” agrees Dr. Diablo.   CLIP PRODUCER Emsworth, FaeLivrin   TIMESTAPERS Jackie U, Jade Bouncerson, Christine C, Pocojoyo, Joelle S   SOCIAL MEDIA DOERS Dame MissG of the OV and Deep Rivers   LINKS HELP JAM   REMINDERS Clankoniphius   SHOW NOTES HELLO, RUN DOWN CALLED IT/WOKE Stanford releases guide against ‘harmful language' — including the word ‘American' (NY Post)    DAY JINGLE/PERSONAL/EXEC.   FLIPPY Creepy-crawly gel robots being trained to root out disease in body (NY Post)   BEING WATCHED* Police seize on Covid 19 tech to expand global surveillance (AP) → CCR 015: Surveillance State (July 2012) → CCR 002: Internet Tracking and Utah Data Center (March 2012)   TRUMP (Note) Trump Tax Return is Worse than Nothing Burger (Fox, ABC)   RUSSIA/UKRAINE/BIDEN Congress Proposes More Than $44 Billion for Ukraine (NY Times) Zelensky Visits White House (Politico)   PARTY TIME: http://CANARYCRY.PARTY BREAK 1: TREASURE: https://CanaryCryRadio.com/Support   COVID/WACCINE PSYOP: *Conspiracy theorist plotted to firebomb phone/TV radio masts, believed UK was 'controlled by Israel', C19 shot was 'planned genocide' - convicted terrorist faces jail (DailyMail)  → Appeals Court Says U.S. Cannot Mandate Federal Contractor COVID Vaccines (US News) → Regular exercise protects against fatal covid, a new study shows (Wapo)   CRISPR/DNA He Jenkui is back in action (Wired) → CCR 014, GM Babies (July 2012)   BREAK 3: TALENT   DAYS OF NOAH Earth could face a mass EXTINCTION by 2100: Supercomputer (DailyMail)  → CCR 025, Sentient World Simulation (August 2012)   BREAK 4: TIME END     ADDITIONAL STORIES Kim Jong-un's Sister Threatens to Launch ICBM Towards America in Unhinged Rant (Breitbart)  North Korea accuses Japan of planning invasion (Times UK)  Biden in newly surfaced video: Iran nuclear deal is "dead" (Axios)  Scenes from a celebration of the same-sex marriage law — at Mar-a-Lago (Politico)  Trump addresses Log Cabin Republicans at Mar-a-Lago gala (LA Blade)  Jan. 6 committee unveils criminal referrals against Trump (The Hill)  FTX warns it will claw back political donations and contributions (Coin Telegraph)  Patriot Games: U.S. Missiles Head for Ukraine, and Pressure on Israel Mounts (Haaretz) (Archive)  Ukraine War: Russia's 2nd Regiment Of Avangard Hypersonic Missile, With ‘Mach 27' Speed, Takes Up Combat Duty (EurAsian Times)  Repair of two $2.1 billion B-2 Spirit nuke bombers will take several years (Gagadget)  Polish police chief in hospital after gift from Ukrainian officials explodes (BBC)  Kissinger Calls for Negotiated Peace in Ukraine, Kyiv Dismisses Proposal (VOA)  Kyiv slams Kissinger over call to negotiate with Russia for peace (Al Jazeera)  UK's PM Sunak to announce $304m in new military aid for Ukraine (Al Jazeera)  US to send precision bomb kits Patriot missiles in next Ukraine aid package, officials say (CNN)  Where is Putin? Russian leader may be hatching ‘Noah's Ark' escape (Times UK) (Archive)  No conclusive evidence Russia is behind Nord Stream attack (WaPo) (Archive)  Twitter Aided the Pentagon in its Covert Online Propaganda Campaign (Intercept)  Elizabeth Warren's Fin Surveillance Bill is Disaster for Privacy, Civil Liberties (CoinDesk) Lawmakers unveil a $1.7 trillion U.S. spending bill as shutdown deadline looms (NPR) → Elon poll $1.7 omnibus (Twitter) ‘Our grandkids will grow up in world dramatically worse off' if we don't fix climate change (CNBC) World order on verge of cliff - first Israeli national intel assessment (JPost)  Scientists 3D-print biomedical devices, ‘open up new possibilities' (SCMP) (Archive)  Ukrainian soldiers receive 'bionic' prostheses in Mexico (Reuters) The viral AI avatar app Lensa undressed me—without my consent (MIT)  Generative AI is changing everything. But what's left when the hype is gone? (MIT)  What Does It Mean to Align AI With Human Values? (Quanta Magazine) 

We make a guest appearance on Nick Anyos' podcast to talk about effective altruism, longtermism, and probability. Nick (very politely) pushes back on our anti-Bayesian credo, and we get deep into the weeds of probability and epistemology. You can find Nick's podcast on institutional design here (https://institutionaldesign.podbean.com/), and his substack here (https://institutionaldesign.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile). We discuss: - The lack of feedback loops in longtermism - Whether quantifying your beliefs is helpful - Objective versus subjective knowledge - The difference between prediction and explanation - The difference between Bayesian epistemology and Bayesian statistics - Statistical modelling and when statistics is useful Links - Philosophy and the practice of Bayesian statistics (http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/philosophy.pdf) by Andrew Gelman and Cosma Shalizi - EA forum post (https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/hqkyaHLQhzuREcXSX/data-on-forecasting-accuracy-across-different-time-horizons#Calibrations) showing all forecasts beyond a year out are uncalibrated. - Vaclav smil quote where he predicts a pandemic by 2021: > The following realities indicate the imminence of the risk. The typical frequency of influenza pan- demics was once every 50–60 years between 1700 and 1889 (the longest known gap was 52 years, between the pandemics of 1729–1733 and 1781–1782) and only once every 10–40 years since 1889. The recurrence interval, calculated simply as the mean time elapsed between the last six known pandemics, is about 28 years, with the extremes of 6 and 53 years. Adding the mean and the highest interval to 1968 gives a span between 1996 and 2021. We are, probabilistically speaking, very much inside a high-risk zone. > > - Global Catastropes and Trends, p.46 Reference for Tetlock's superforecasters failing to predict the pandemic. "On February 20th, Tetlock's superforecasters predicted only a 3% chance that there would be 200,000+ coronavirus cases a month later (there were)." (https://wearenotsaved.com/2020/04/18/pandemic-uncovers-the-ridiculousness-of-superforecasting/) Contact us - Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani - Check us out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ - Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link Errata - At the beginning of the episode Vaden says he hasn't been interviewed on another podcast before. He forgot his appearence (https://www.thedeclarationonline.com/podcast/2019/7/23/chesto-and-vaden-debatecast) on The Declaration Podcast in 2019, which will be appearing as a bonus episode on our feed in the coming weeks. Sick of hearing us talk about this subject? Understandable! Send topic suggestions over to incrementspodcast@gmail.com. Photo credit: James O'Brien (http://www.obrien-studio.com/) for Quanta Magazine (https://www.quantamagazine.org/where-quantum-probability-comes-from-20190909/)

After graduating from high school, without a clear plan for what to do next, Laura Andrews started asking herself a lot of questions. A spiral of big philosophical thoughts that led her to sit down and write to us with a question that was… oddly mathematical.  What is the most average size thing, if you take into account everything in the universe. So, along with mathematician Steven Strogatz, we decided to see if we could sit down and, in a friendly throwdown of guesstimates and quick calculations, rough out an answer.  Special thanks to all the listeners who sent in their responses to this question. Episode Credits:Reported by - Soren Wheeler and Alex NeasonProduced by - Annie McEwenwith mixing help from - Arianne WackFact-checking by - Natalie A. Middletonand Edited by  - Alex Neason Citations: BooksYou can find links to many books by Steven Strogatz here: https://www.stevenstrogatz.com/all-books MediaAnd the podcast he does for Quanta Magazine, The Joy of Why, here: https://www.quantamagazine.org/tag/the-joy-of-why/ Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org.   Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

In this final episode of 2022, I'm honored to close out the calendar year with Dr. Francis Su as he opens up about his personal math journey, his book "Mathematics for Human Flourishing", and his desire for schools and teachers to adopt an inclusive vision for mathematics. To learn more about Dr. Su's work, you can visit his website at francissu.com or you can follow him on Twitter (@mathyawp). BIO: Francis Su is the Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College, and former president of the Mathematical Association of America. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. His research is in topological and geometric combinatorics and applications to the sciences, including game theory, voting theory, and the mathematics of fair decisions. He has co-authored numerous papers with undergraduates. He also has a passion for teaching and popularizing mathematics through writing and public engagement. His work has been featured in Quanta Magazine, Wired, and the New York Times. From the Mathematical Association of America, he received the 2018 Halmos-Ford award for mathematical writing, and the 2013 Haimo Award for distinguished teaching of college-level mathematics. Three of his articles have been featured in Princeton Press' Best Writing on Mathematics in 2011, 2014, and 2018. He authors the popular Math Fun Facts website and is creator of “MathFeed,” the math news app. His book Mathematics for Human Flourishing, published by Yale University Press, won the 2021 Euler Book Prize. It offers an inclusive vision of what math is, who it's for, and why anyone should learn it.

In the lead up to our special Story Collider All-Star Slam on December 6, 2022, we're featuring two past stories from our challengers on this week's episode. If their old stories are this good, we can only imagine how awesome they're gonna be competing for the title of Ultimate Science Storyteller. You won't want to miss this online event! Register for free here. Part 1: A college course forces John Rennie to confront a furious rat, and himself. Part 2: As a kid, comedian Gastor Almonte seeks answers about some of the scientific terms he hears around school. John has worked as a science editor, writer and lecturer for more than 30 years. Currently, he is deputy editor at Quanta Magazine. During his time as editor in chief at Scientific American, between 1994 and 2009, the magazine received two National Magazine Awards. He co-created and hosted the 2013 series Hacking the Planet on The Weather Channel. Since 2009, he has been on the faculty of the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program in New York University's graduate journalism school. John is @tvjrennie Gastor Almonte is a stand-up comedian and storyteller from Brooklyn, NY. He's appeared on Comedy Central's This Is Not Happening, Risk! podcast and the Story Collider Podcast. Timeout magazine named him one of your "New Comedy Obsessions." He's been featured on the New York Comedy Festival, The People's Impov Theater's SoloCom and Cinderblock Comedy Festival. His new album, Immigrant Made, was released in March 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Бесплатный курс «Data Science: будущее для каждого» http://netolo.gy/k7cНетология: http://netolo.gy/kxmМозг изучают самыми разными способами. В частности, с помощью нейросетей. В материале от Quanta Magazine пойдет речь о трансформере — одном из типов архитектуры нейросетей — и том, как с его помощью расширяется наше понимание функций мозга.Эти выпуски выходят при поддержке Нетологии — образовательной платформы, которая стремится вдохновить людей на перемены. 100+ тыс. выпускников, 11 лет на рынке и 11 направлений обучения. Внутри вы найдете больше информации про разные платформы. Специально для читателей есть промокод NEWOCHEM. Его можно применить при покупке любого курса (кроме направлений Высшее образование и Lifestyle and hobby) и получить 10%-ную скидку. Скидка суммируется с другими акциями и скидками. Промокод действует до конца 2022 годаТекстовая версия: https://newochem.io/transformerah/По материалам Quanta MagazineАвтор: Стивен ОрнесОзвучил: Александр ТарасовПереводила: Екатерина ЛобзеваРедактировала: Елизавета Яковлева

Jurassic Park. The Lazrus Effect. Frankenstein. All of these stories emulate our fascination with turning back the clock, to revive those which we have lost. In a time where technological advances have matched our curiosity with the past. No longer is the question if we can bring back species from the dead – but rather, should we? We love our National Parks and we know you do too but when you're out there, remember to enjoy the view but watch your back. Please take a moment to rate and subscribe from wherever you're listening to NPAD! Become part of our Outsider family on Patreon to gain access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more. Follow our socials Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. To share a Trail Tale, suggest a story, access merch, and browse our book recommendations - head over to our website. Thank you so much to our partners, check them out! Factor: Use our link and code NPAD60 to get 60% off your first box. BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month of online therapy by using our link. Apostrophe: Get your first visit for only five dollars at our link and when you use code NPAD. Aspiration - Make your dollars make a difference. Use our link and open an Aspiration account today. Sources: National Geographic, The Atlantic, Scientific American, CNN, TechnologyWorks, Pleistocene Park, BBVA, Quanta Magazine , Mongabay News, Tasmania Parks & Wildlife, Smithsonian, Natural History, National Geographic, Griffith University, Colossal, Pleistocene Park, YouTube, Wikipedia, Mammoth, Science

Hey Gen C Changemakers. This is Generation Carbon. The podcast where kids like you, help grownups like us, save the planet. We know you have tough questions about climate change, and we believe you deserve the answers! In this episode of Generation Carbon, we are learning about dinosaurs! Why did the dinosaurs go extinct? Did the asteroid affect the climate? How did the planet recover? Our Science Spark comes from Lake, our Gen C Changemaker from River Farm Forest School. We hear what's going on firsthand from Edie, Hennie Heron and Sloane the Sloth! Learn more from Francois Therrien from https://tyrrellmuseum.com/ (Royal Tyrrell Museum 1) and Gen C Super Scientific Story Reporter Onon from Hong Kong. Cole, from Toronto, shares what Jurassic Park got wrong. Additional Resources: https://www.livescience.com/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-struck-earth (What happened when the dinosaur-killing asteroid slammed into Earth? via LiveScience) https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-birds-evolved-from-dinosaurs-20150602/ (How birds evolved from dinosaurs. Quanta Magazine) https://www.inverse.com/science/did-climate-change-wipe-out-the-dinosaurs (Research finds a surprising new way climate change killed the last dinosaurs) Gen C Changemakers. We'd love you to get involved. If you'd like to ask a question or submit your super scientific findings in a future episode, we need Gen C science-minded story reporters on the climate case! Have your grownups visit https://my.captivate.fm/thecarbonalmanac.org/kids (thecarbonalmanac.org/kids) to sign up. This podcast is a part of the Carbon Almanac Network of Podcasts. Supervising Producer: Jennifer Myers Chua. Senior Producer: Tonya Downing. Expert Outreach Advisor: Tania Marien. Produced by: Jen Ankenmann. Written by: Carolanne Petrusiak and Tonya Downing. Hosted By: Jennifer Myers Chua, Edie Chua. Talent: Olabanji Stephen and Fannie Theofanidou. Editor: Jennifer Myers Chua. Project Co-ordinator: Jen Ankenmann. Shownotes: Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett

Dreams are so personal, subjective and fleeting, they might seem impossible to study directly and with scientific objectivity. But in recent decades, laboratories around the world have developed sophisticated techniques for getting into the minds of people while they are dreaming. In the process, they are learning more about why we need these strange nightly experiences and how our brains generate them. In this episode, Steven Strogatz speaks with sleep researcher Antonio Zadra about how new experimental methods have changed our understanding of dreams. “The Joy of Why” is a podcast from Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent publication supported by the Simons Foundation. Funding decisions by the Simons Foundation have no influence on the selection of topics, guests, or other editorial decisions in this podcast or in Quanta Magazine. “The Joy of Why” is produced by Susan Valot and Polly Stryker. Our editors are John Rennie and Thomas Lin, with support by Matt Carlstrom, Annie Melchor and Leila Sloman. Our theme music was composed by Richie Johnson. Our logo is by Jackie King, and artwork for the episodes is by Michael Driver and Samuel Velasco. Our host is Steven Strogatz. If you have any questions or comments for us, please email us at quanta@simonsfoundation.org.

Quantum field theory may be the most successful scientific theory of all time, predicting  experimental results with stunning accuracy and advancing the study of higher dimensional mathematics. Yet, there's also reason to believe that it is missing something. Steven Strogatz speaks with David Tong, a theoretical physicist at the University of Cambridge, to explore the open questions of this enigmatic theory. “The Joy of Why” is a podcast from Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent publication supported by the Simons Foundation. Funding decisions by the Simons Foundation have no influence on the selection of topics, guests, or other editorial decisions in this podcast or in Quanta Magazine. “The Joy of Why” is produced by Susan Valot and Polly Stryker. Our editors are John Rennie and Thomas Lin, with support by Matt Carlstrom, Annie Melchor and Leila Sloman. Our theme music was composed by Richie Johnson. Our logo is by Jackie King, and artwork for the episodes is by Michael Driver and Samuel Velasco. Our host is Steven Strogatz. If you have any questions or comments for us, please email us at quanta@simonsfoundation.org.

Everybody gets older, but not everyone ages in the same way. For many people, late life includes a deterioration of health brought on by age-related disease. But that's not true for everyone, and around the world, women typically live longer than men. Why is that? In this episode, Steven Strogatz speaks with Judith Campisi and Dena Dubal, two biomedical researchers who study the causes and outcomes of aging to understand how it works — and what scientists know about postponing or even reversing the aging process. “The Joy of Why” is a podcast from Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent publication supported by the Simons Foundation. Funding decisions by the Simons Foundation have no influence on the selection of topics, guests, or other editorial decisions in this podcast or in Quanta Magazine. “The Joy of Why” is produced by Susan Valot and Polly Stryker. Our editors are John Rennie and Thomas Lin, with support by Matt Carlstrom, Annie Melchor and Leila Sloman. Our theme music was composed by Richie Johnson. Our logo is by Jackie King, and artwork for the episodes is by Michael Driver and Samuel Velasco. Our host is Steven Strogatz. If you have any questions or comments for us, please email us at quanta@simonsfoundation.org. 

Physicists are reexamining a longstanding assumption: that big stuff consists of smaller stuff. The post A Deepening Crisis Forces Physicists to Rethink Structure of Nature's Laws first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Researchers have mapped hundreds of semantic categories to the tiny bits of the cortex that represent them in our thoughts and perceptions. What they discovered might change our view of memory. The post New Map of Meaning in the Brain Changes Ideas About Memory first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Two teams have shown how quantum approaches can solve problems faster than classical computers, bringing physics and computer science closer together. The post Machine Learning Gets a Quantum Speedup first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Large blocks of genes conserved through hundreds of millions of years of evolution hint at how the first animal chromosomes came to be. The post Secrets of Early Animal Evolution Revealed by Chromosome ‘Tectonics' first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Back when the sun was 30% dimmer, Earth should have frozen solid. Yet water flowed and life blossomed. The solution to the paradox shows that we might have that faint sun to owe for life's existence — with critical consequences for the possibility of life outside Earth. The post A Solution to the Faint-Sun Paradox Reveals a Narrow Window for Life first appeared on Quanta Magazine

The noted mathematician and author Steven Strogatz explains how the conversations with experts in his new Quanta Magazine podcast address his lifelong fascination with timeless mysteries. The post Deep Curiosity Inspires The Joy of Why Podcast first appeared on Quanta Magazine