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Check Out These Awesome Objects in the Night SkyGet your binoculars (or not) and let’s explore the reaches of our galaxy and the craters of the moon.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Rhett Allain Powered by WPeMatico
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Super Slow Computer Programs Reveal Math’s Fundamental LimitsThe goal of the “busy beaver” game is to find the longest-running computer program. Its pursuit has surprising connections to profound questions in math.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124John Pavlus Powered by WPeMatico
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Let’s Unpack the Pendulum Rocket FallacyAnd explore how it relates to Iron Man’s flight strategy.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Rhett Allain Powered by WPeMatico
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The Search for Dark Matter Is Dramatically ExpandingPhysicists are checking whether dark matter tickles different types of detectors, nudges starlight, warms planetary cores, or even lodges in rocks.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Charlie Wood Powered by WPeMatico
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Physicists Are Closer to Knowing the Size of a Proton … Sort ofA new and potentially improved measurement of a proton’s charge radius brings scientists closer to an answer. But the issue is still unresolved.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124John Timmer, Ars Technica Powered by WPeMatico
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Physicists Pin Down the Nuclear Reaction After the Big BangThe newly measured rate of a key nuclear fusion process that forged the first atomic nuclei matches the picture of the universe 380,000 years later.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Thomas Lewton Powered by WPeMatico
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The Physics of Materials at Minus 80 Degrees CelsiusPfizer’s new vaccine has to be stored at extremely low temperatures. Here’s how things work when it gets that cold.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Rhett Allain Powered by WPeMatico
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How NASA Finds the Mass of the Dirt Grabbed From an AsteroidJust how much material did OSIRIS-REx collect from Bennu? The method relies on something called the moment of inertia, and you can replicate it with a fan and a penny.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Rhett Allain Powered by WPeMatico
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Computer Scientists Achieve the ‘Crown Jewel’ of CryptographyFor years, a master tool called indistinguishability obfuscation seemed too good to be true. Three researchers have figured out that it can work.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Erica Klarreich Powered by WPeMatico
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The Black Hole Information Paradox Comes to an EndIn a landmark series of calculations, physicists have proved that black holes can shed information, which seems impossible by definition.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124George Musser Powered by WPeMatico
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