by | Dec 19, 2022 | Weirdness
from WIRED Physicists Rewrite a Quantum Rule That Clashes With Our Universe The past and future are tightly linked in conventional quantum mechanics. A tweak could let quantum possibilities increase as space expands. by CHARLIE WOOD ILLUSTRATION: MERRILL...
by | Dec 14, 2022 | Weirdness
from The Atlantic via MSN Little House on the Prairie—With Meth Opinion by Judith Shulevitz A home in Colorado’s San Luis Valley © Courtesy of Ted Conover In the many decades that have passed since Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie books became...
by | Dec 12, 2022 | Weirdness
from Study Finds Men are slowly losing their Y chromosome, but new sex gene discovery in spiny rats brings hope for humanity By Jenny Graves, La Trobe University The sex of human and other mammal babies is decided by a male-determining gene on the Y...
by | Dec 8, 2022 | Culture Music Art, Mirth, Weirdness
by | Dec 5, 2022 | Weirdness
from The Atlantic THE PEOPLE CHEERING FOR HUMANITY’S END A disparate group of thinkers says we should welcome our demise. By Adam Kirsch Painting by Reynier Llanes. Home, 2022 (mixed media on paper, 70 x 59 inches). “Man is an invention of recent date....
by | Nov 27, 2022 | Weirdness
from WIRED The High-Temperature Superconductivity Mystery Is Finally Solved An atomic-scale experiment all but settles the origin of the strong form of superconductivity seen in cuprate crystals, confirming a 35-year-old theory. by CHARLIE WOOD Atom-by-atom scans of a...
