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“Eureka moment” as Australian researchers make hydrogen storage breakthrough
2 min · · Deakin University researchers find a novel way to separate, store and transport huge amounts of gas safely that could be a eureka moment for green hydrogen. · Shared by 62, including Pascal Sulser, Tom Pick | #B2Bmarketing guy
Quanta Magazine
June Huh, High School Dropout, Wins the Fields Medal
20+ min · · June Huh wasn’t interested in mathematics until a chance encounter during his sixth year of college. Now his profound insights connecting combinatorics and geometry have led to math’s highest honor. · Shared by 1936, including Anne Helen Petersen, hardmaru, Mathew Ingram, John Nosta, Michael Clemens, Packy McCormick, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Austin Kleon, Pam Didner, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, John Cutler, Patricia Smith, Jason Stanley, Nathan Baschez 📧, Brendan Nyhan (@Brendan.J.Nyhan on 🧵🧵🧵), Daniel Cook (also on mastodon), Bilal Zuberi, dj patil, Noah Smith
Big Think
The Universe is flat. Here's what that teaches us.
13+ min · · In theory, the fabric of space could have been curved in any way imaginable. So why is the Universe flat when we measure it? · Shared by 460, including Pascal Sulser
Big Think
How many people should you date before settling down? Follow the 37% rule
4 min · · The 37% rule states that when making any major decision in life, reject the first 37% in a list and choose the next best that comes along. · Shared by 472, including Pascal Sulser, Howard Getson, Jo Hemmings 🇺🇦
The Pudding
We think this cool study we found is flawed. Help us reproduce it.
5 min · · Are 25 year olds really more random than 60 year olds? · Shared by 1316, including Nilan 🇱🇰 නිලාන්, David Smith, David Robinson, Simon C, Pascal Sulser, Colin Wright, Tactical Tech, Stef Walter
Quanta Magazine
Why ‘De-Extinction’ Is Impossible (But Could Work Anyway)
3 min · · Several projects are aiming to bring back mammoths and other species that have vanished from the planet. Whether that’s technically possible is beside the point. · Shared by 579, including Anita Leirfall, Colin Wright, Howard Getson, Pascal Sulser, John Hagel
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Mechanical Watch – Bartosz Ciechanowski
20+ min · · Interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works. · Shared by 7254, including DP, Colin Wright, Carlos Scheidegger, Max Roser, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Pixel, Paul Graham, Esther Schindler, Nils Hitze, Tim Holman, Scott Klein, Leo Polovets, Romain Guy, Tactical Tech, Michael Bench-Capon, Craig Mod, Krzysztof Zabłocki, 𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖝, Oliver Reichenstein, Ben Thompson
Science News
All of the bases in DNA and RNA have now been found in meteorites
3 min · · Scientists have detected adenine and guanine in meteorites for decades and seen hints of uracil. But cytosine and thymine had remained elusive. · Shared by 91, including Patricia Churchland, Jennifer Ouellette, Pascal Sulser, Keith Frankish, Brian Roemmele, Ajit Pai, Alex Barrera
Longreads
Tomorrow Isn’t Over: A Reading List About Brighter Futures
9 min · · Hope may seem to be in short supply these days, but these stories dare to chart a course toward something better. · Shared by 455, including Christo Meid, Katja Evertz, Pascal Sulser, Ines Bieler
Vox
The long, strange history of anti-vaccination movements
15+ min · · Here’s what the past can tell us about the future of the pandemic. · Shared by 114, including Jennifer Ouellette, Barry Ritholtz, Pascal Sulser, Loralee Hutton
Quanta Magazine
Cryptographers Achieve Perfect Secrecy With Imperfect Devices
7 min · · For the first time, experiments demonstrate the possibility of sharing secrets with perfect privacy — even when the devices used to share them cannot be trusted. · Shared by 88, including Pascal Sulser, Dr. James Canton, Nico Müller 🇺🇦
The Wall Street Journal
Live Question & Answer Event
· Artificial intelligence, a product of human ingenuity, is assisting us in countless tasks in the fields of data analytics and science, medicine, finance and more. But what happens when AI begins to… · Shared by 11, including Pascal Sulser
The New Yorker
Can Nuclear Fusion Put the Brakes on Climate Change?
9 min · · Amid an escalating crisis, the power source offers a dream—or a pipe dream—of limitless clean energy. · Shared by 123, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Noah Smith, Steven Pinker, Columbia University, Gerd Leonhard, Paul Kedrosky, Jonathan Overpeck, Logical Analysis, Molly Wood, Pascal Sulser, Martin Ford, Patrick Collison, John Hagel, Marc Abrahams
Quanta Magazine
The Uselessness of Useful Knowledge
4 min · · Today’s powerful but little-understood artificial intelligence breakthroughs echo past examples of unexpected scientific progress. · Shared by 479, including Pascal Sulser, Vikram Dutt, A. FNIX Hill, Carla Gentry 🎶
Vox
The largest space telescope in history is about to blow our minds
12+ min · · The James Webb Space Telescope will be 100 times as powerful as the Hubble. Here’s what it will see. · Shared by 463, including Bob Violino, Christo Meid, John Hagel, Brian Resnick, Carla Gentry 🎶, DP, Christopher Mims 🤌, Brian Ahier, Thomas Power, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, AI, Pascal Sulser, Stefan Plattner 💙✌, John Nosta
Big Think
Is human consciousness creating reality?
9 min · · Is the physical universe independent from us, or is it created by our minds, as suggested by scientist Robert Lanza? · Shared by 148, including Pascal Sulser, M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu