Humans will continue to live in an era of incredible food waste
Let me start with the following principle: “Energy is the only universal currency: one of its many forms must be…
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The simple mathematics behind public key cryptography
The original version From this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For thousands of years, if you wanted to send a…
Good at reading? Your brain may be structured differently
THIS ITEM IS republished from The conversation below a Creative Commons License. The number of people who read for fun…
The uranium mining boom is spreading to Texas
Michaelsen thought he had won. But when TCEQ commissioners addressed the issue several months later, they once again rejected all…
Everyone is capable of mathematical thinking, yes, even you
The original version From this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. David Bessis was drawn to mathematics for the same reason…
The designer kids are teenagers now and some of them need therapy for this reason
In these houses a high value is placed on the results obtained. I think the way these guys are created…
Can artificial rain, drones or satellites clean toxic air?
Amid all these concerns, the city has turned to drones to monitor pollution hotspots, as well as those that spray…
Meat and milk prices in the United States are expected to rise if Donald Trump implements mass deportation programs
In recent earnings calls, shareholders of some publicly traded meat companies asked whether the Trump administration’s deportation plans – among…
The physics of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons
If you double the radius of a balloon, you increase the volume by a factor of eight (since the volume…
The mystery of how supermassive black holes merge
However, modeling has shown that it is difficult to scatter enough stars towards black holes to solve the final parsec…