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Disorder is in the eye of the beholder. Toy with entropy in our interactive deep-dive:
What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know. | Quanta Magazine
Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay. But entropy, as it’s currently understood, is less a fact about the world…
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February 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Disorder is in the eye of the beholder. Toy with entropy in our interactive deep-dive:
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one day when this is all over — and it will be — i will personally never forget the people, famous or otherwise, who jumped on board with fascism because it was the easier thing to do at the time
January 21, 2025 at 6:02 AM
one day when this is all over — and it will be — i will personally never forget the people, famous or otherwise, who jumped on board with fascism because it was the easier thing to do at the time
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🏅AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT🏅
This year's Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal, the Society’s highest honour, has been awarded to Professors James Binney, of the University of Oxford, and Jonathan Tennyson, of University College London.
Congratulations! 🎉👏
#RASAwards2025
This year's Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal, the Society’s highest honour, has been awarded to Professors James Binney, of the University of Oxford, and Jonathan Tennyson, of University College London.
Congratulations! 🎉👏
#RASAwards2025
January 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🏅AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT🏅
This year's Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal, the Society’s highest honour, has been awarded to Professors James Binney, of the University of Oxford, and Jonathan Tennyson, of University College London.
Congratulations! 🎉👏
#RASAwards2025
This year's Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal, the Society’s highest honour, has been awarded to Professors James Binney, of the University of Oxford, and Jonathan Tennyson, of University College London.
Congratulations! 🎉👏
#RASAwards2025
Jan 5th and the Christmas balloon is still living its best life. Stronger than my New Year’s resolutions 😅
January 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Jan 5th and the Christmas balloon is still living its best life. Stronger than my New Year’s resolutions 😅
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People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
F.D.A. Approves Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea
Zepbound is the first prescription drug approved specifically to treat the common condition.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
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Explore or revisit 2024’s biggest moments in mathematics:
www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...
www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...
The Year in Math | Quanta Magazine
Landmark results in geometry and number theory marked an exciting year for mathematics, at a time when advances in artificial intelligence are starting to transform the subject’s future.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 17, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Explore or revisit 2024’s biggest moments in mathematics:
www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...
www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...
I love it when she's confident 🌕🌝
November 18, 2024 at 1:02 AM
I love it when she's confident 🌕🌝