Towards Data Science
Why are neural networks so powerful?
12+ min · · The universal approximation theorem · Shared by 102, including Elena Neira, Andreas Staub, Lillian Pierson, PE 👩🎤 GTM & Growth Queen, Yves Mulkers, MIT CSAIL, Harold Sinnott, Katja Evertz, Dr. Ganapathi Pulipaka 🇺🇸
Brain Pickings
When Did Time Really Begin? The Little Loophole in the Big Bang
2 min · · A pleasurable warping of the figuring faculty to contemplate what was there before the before. · Shared by 269, including Jennifer Ouellette, LARRY ELKAN, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Charles Duhigg, Ceferino Díaz, Esther Schindler, Bilal Aslam
Aeon+Psyche
To say what consciousness is, science explores where it isn’t
14+ min · · Can electrical impulses in the brain explain the stuff that dreams are made on? What a new consciousness-detector reveals · Shared by 329, including Bilal Aslam, John Hagel, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Gregor B. Rosenauer, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Liv 😷, Gregg Caruso, Vaughan Bell, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Pip Morris, Jason Silva, Thomas Power
Science Magazine
Meet the ‘psychobiome’: the gut bacteria that may alter how you think, feel, and act
19+ min · · Scientists hope to turn gut microbes or their products into new antidepressants or drugs for other brain disorders · Shared by 162, including Tauno, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), Matt Walton R.TCMP, Liv 😷, AAAS, Mathew Ingram, John Hagel, Chris Brogan/Chief of Staff, fnord, Ward Plunet, Thomas Power, News from Science
VentureBeat
Nvidia unveils monstrous A100 AI chip with 54 billion transistors and 5 petaflops of performance
5 min · · Nvidia unwrapped its Nvidia A100 artificial intelligence chip today, and CEO Jensen Huang called it the ultimate instrument for advancing AI. · Shared by 72, including Robert Scoble, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Thomas Power
New York Post
NASA scientists detect evidence of parallel universe where time runs backward
2 min · · In a scenario straight out of “The Twilight Zone,” a group of NASA scientists working on an experiment in Antarctica have detected evidence of a parallel universe – where the rules of physics are o… · Shared by 169, including Shawn Venasse, Pascal Sulser, Brian Roemmele, Tyler Winklevoss, Xeorge Xonway, Cameron Winklevoss
Forbes
This Is How Physics, Not Math, Finally Resolves Zeno's Famous Paradox
9 min · · Zeno's paradox stumped philosophers, mathematicians, and intellectuals for millennia. It took physics to finally solve it. · Shared by 61, including Matthias Lampe, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer
nature
Galileo’s story is always relevant
4 min · · With science denialism stronger than ever, who better to revisit? By Alison Abbott · Shared by 93, including Rick Powell, Christian Surchi, Marius Bleuer
Quanta Magazine
Black Holes Help Prove That a Special Kind of Space-Time Is Unstable
7 min · · Einstein’s equations describe three canonical configurations of space-time. Now one of these three — important in the study of quantum gravity — has been shown to be inherently unstable. · Shared by 70, including Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Faik Ersoy
The Atlantic
A Black Hole Is ‘Almost on Our Doorstep’
4 min · · The invisible point of darkness resides in a double-star system just 1,000 light-years away. · Shared by 34, including Tamara McCleary
Quanta Magazine
Landmark Computer Science Proof Cascades Through Physics and Math
6 min · · Computer scientists established a new boundary on computationally verifiable knowledge. In doing so, they solved major open problems in quantum mechanics and pure mathematics. · Shared by 481, including Philipp Laurim, sircharlsxavier, Elyzer Gatez, ipfconline in vacation mode :) will be back Sept.4, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Yisong Yue, andre hollstein, rohit, Noel Jacob, Matthias Lampe, Matteo Furia, Christopher D. Long, ExApologist, Pascal Sulser, 瑞拿頭, Jonathan Kogan, James Wooden, Matthew Green