Mathematician Richard Evan Schwartz has potentially solved the 46-year-old Halpern-Weaver Conjecture, which suggests the minimum size…
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16,000 mph Faster! Is Earth in a Race Towards a Black Hole Catastrophe?
Earth is moving 16,000 mph faster and is 2,000 light years closer to the supermassive black…
AI is already helping astronomers make incredible discoveries. Here’s how
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing astronomy by processing vast amounts of data, enhancing image clarity, and…
Defense Department may have discovered a cure for rabies
Researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences have discovered a method to neutralize…
Supernovae Struck the Earth 3 Million and 7 Million Years Ago
Researchers at the University of Illinois have used the radioactive isotope 60-Fe to determine the distances…
A Brand New Parkinson’s Trigger Has Been Found – And It Begins Far Earlier Than Thought
A new study reveals that Parkinson’s disease may be triggered earlier than previously thought due to…
Machine Learning Algorithms Can Find Anomalous Needles in Cosmic Haystacks
A machine learning program, ASTRONOMALY, has scanned four million galaxy images, discovering 1635 anomalies, including 18…
Astronomers find abundance of Milky Way–like galaxies in early universe, rewriting cosmic evolution theories
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers have discovered that galaxies similar to the Milky…
Behold Modular Forms, the ‘Fifth Fundamental Operation’ of Math | Quanta Magazine
The article explores the complex world of modular forms, mathematical functions with symmetrical properties that fill…
JWST’s first triple-image supernova could save the Universe
Astronomers have discovered a triply-lensed supernova in a distant galaxy, which could help resolve the mystery…
‘We’re all going to be overwhelmed’: Emergency planners bracing for April’s solar eclipse
Emergency planners in Ohio are preparing for the first total solar eclipse in the state in…
Cognitive ability, health policy, and the dynamics of COVID-19 vaccination
A study of over 700,000 individuals in Sweden reveals a strong correlation between cognitive ability and…
Mathematicians find 12,000 new solutions to ‘unsolvable’ 3-body problem
An international team of mathematicians has discovered 12,000 new solutions to the three-body problem, a complex…
The spectacular downfall of a common, useless cold medicine
The FDA’s advisory panel has unanimously voted that oral doses of phenylephrine, a common ingredient in…
When Stars Align with AI: Training LLM for Astronomy Texts
Large language models like GPT-3 and PaLM have demonstrated impressive performance on many natural language tasks.…
Mathematicians Solve 50-Year-Old Möbius Strip Puzzle
Mathematician Richard Evan Schwartz has solved a long-standing problem about Möbius strips, proving the Halpern-Weaver conjecture.…
Black Holes May Lurk Much Closer to Earth Than We Realized
Astronomers have discovered that the Hyades cluster, a group of stars 150 light-years away, may contain…
Comet Nishimura to light up night sky this weekend — Here’s how you can watch it
Comet Nishimura, discovered by Japanese space photographer Hideo Nishimura, is set to make its closest approach…
Paper Retracted When Authors Caught Using ChatGPT to Write It
A paper published in Physica Scripta has been retracted after it was discovered that the authors…
Scientists Discover Strange Link Between Internet Use and Dementia
Regular and moderate internet use could reduce the risk of dementia in older adults, according to…